Advanced SmartCaptcha
by kasitoru · Security
A plugin that helps protect your WordPress site forms from spam and bots using the Yandex SmartCaptcha service.
76 health vs 64 average across 590 Security plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-09-30 · 290 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
81
now · peak 308
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 180 days.
Install history · since 2025-10-02 · 287 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-08 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-05-03 80+ → 90+ up after 7 days in band
- 2026-04-26 70+ → 80+ up after 26 days in band
- 2026-03-31 60+ → 70+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-03-26 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-03-21 40+ → 50+ up after 9 days in band
- 2026-03-12 30+ → 40+ up after 37 days in band
- 2026-02-03 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Captcha by BestWebSoft – Advanced Spam Protection, Math & OCR-Friendly Captcha for Site Forms 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/advanced-smartcaptcha" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Advanced SmartCaptcha — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Advanced SmartCaptcha: 100+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-smartcaptcha