Advanced SmartCaptcha
by kasitoru · Security
A plugin that helps protect your WordPress site forms from spam and bots using the Yandex SmartCaptcha service.
73 health vs 64 average across 997 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 2025-10-03 · 333 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
107
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
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
20
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v1.5.8
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 204 days.
Install history · since 2025-10-02 · 290 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-08 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-05-03 80+ → 90+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-26 70+ → 80+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2026-03-31 60+ → 70+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-26 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-21 40+ → 50+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-03-12 30+ → 40+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2026-02-03 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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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 -
Captcha Spam Blocker 70+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
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 B -
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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