Bonafide Tech Google Recaptcha for WordPress
by bonafidetech · Security
The "Google reCaptcha for WordPress" is a perfect security solution to protect your website from spam and abuse.
41 health vs 64 average across 1,370 Security plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.26, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2599 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 2024-09-16 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
26
now · peak 26
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2026-09-15 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Login Security Captcha 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simple Login Captcha 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Friendly Captcha for WordPress 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags B
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