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bbPress reCaptcha

by Pippin Williamson · Security

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This is a simple plugin that adds a recaptcha validation to the bbPress 2.0 topic creation and topic reply forum.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 81/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins

90+

Active installs

≈97 estimated

15.5K

Total downloads

since 2011

4.22★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 5 reviews

+80%

54

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.

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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4275 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+80% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

54

now · peak 79

5430d downloads · Aug 26

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

bbPress reCaptcha · #16748 you Invisible Anti-Spam · #3416 Easy Spam Filter · #6216 bbPress No CAPTCHA r · #13393

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.

600per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

11.7y ago

latest release · v1.1

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1 · 11.7y ago1.0.4 · 13.9y ago1.0.3 · 14.6y ago1.0.2 · 14.6y ago1.0.1 · 14.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
90–100 ≈97

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

Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,388 observations

90Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 5 reviews

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5★
5 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
11.7y ago
Added
2011-10-24 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
4.1.42
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ grantmahy
    10.4y ago

    After putting up a bbpress forum for support sure enough along came the spam bots and Ukrainian and Russian IPs… This is a must have for those who don’t wish to continually be blocking IPs.

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  2. ★★★★★ voiceafx
    11.5y ago

    Worked perfectly, no problems at all.

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  3. ★★★★★ jointhepugs
    11.7y ago

    Stupid bots and scripts have been auto-registering on a Pug site! Why? I couldn’t find a reCaptcha plugin that worked with BP, except this. Thank you! Works great, low overhead.

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  4. ★★★★★ ronthai
    12.8y ago

    again thanks

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  5. ★★★★★ .gabriel.
    12.9y ago

    I love plugins that do one thing and do it well. This adds reCaptcha to bbPress, period. Besides entering your reCaptcha keys, there is an option to show to logged-in users or not, and that’s it. 🙂 Thank you!

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-17 100+ → 90+ down after 1090 days in tier
  2. 2023-07-23 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2023-07-22 100+ → 200+ up after 7 days in tier
  4. 2023-07-15 200+ → 100+ down

Competes with

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bbPress reCaptcha: 90+ active installs, 5.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha