GravityCaptcha
by Frog Eat Fly · Security
Description: Get rid of Gravity Forms spam submissions with GravityCaptcha!
43 health vs 71 average across 289 Security plugins
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1140 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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
59
now · peak 174
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-10 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-04 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-03 40+ → 30+ down after 13 days in band
- 2026-04-20 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-04-16 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-15 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-14 40+ → 30+ down after 12 days in band
- 2026-04-02 30+ → 40+ up after 2 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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CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam} 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Human Presence – Stop Form Spam Without ReCaptcha 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/better-captcha-gravity-forms" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="GravityCaptcha — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> GravityCaptcha: 30+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/better-captcha-gravity-forms