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reCAPTCHA by Astoundify

by Astoundify · Uncategorized

Google reCAPTCHA for WordPress. Currently supports: WordPress Login/Register WooCommerce Login/Register WP Job Manager (Submission Form) Claim Listi …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 57 average across 10,258 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.12.

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.

31 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 9/100
WP compatibility 41/100
Rating quality 59/100
Listing tuning 20/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1453 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-2% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

165

now · peak 247

Directory rank

wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better

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.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈290

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
1.0.3
Last updated
4.0y ago
Added
2017-12-07 · 8 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.9.0
Tested up to
6.0.12
Requires PHP
5.6.0

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2025-09-05 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
  2. 2025-09-04 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
  3. 2025-09-01 300+ → 200+ down after 5 days in band
  4. 2025-08-27 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2025-08-26 300+ → 200+ down after 643 days in band
  6. 2023-11-22 400+ → 300+ down after 38 days in band
  7. 2023-10-15 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
  8. 2023-10-14 400+ → 300+ down after 342 days in band

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reCAPTCHA by Astoundify: 200+ active installs, 3.8★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/astoundify-recaptcha