ARCaptcha – Puzzle Captcha | New-generation Captcha and bot protection
by arcaptcha · Security
Enables ARCaptcha integration with WordPress.
86 health vs 73 average across 244 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.
Excellent listing optimization
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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
159
now · peak 492
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-12 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-10 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-08 100+ → 200+ up after 40 days in band
- 2026-04-29 200+ → 100+ down after 142 days in band
- 2025-12-08 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-12-03 200+ → 300+ up after 193 days in band
- 2025-05-24 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-23 200+ → 100+ down after 3 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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hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Friendly Captcha for WordPress 9K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Hizzle CAPTCHA – Protect your forms from spam 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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