Captcha.eu
by captcha.eu · Forms
Captcha.eu, the GDPR compliant captcha plugin for WordPress!
86 health vs 63 average across 1,191 Forms 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 2023-05-01 · 1,173 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
221
now · peak 744
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 “300+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 257 days.
Install history · since 2023-04-30 · 1,173 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-24 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-22 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-20 200+ → 300+ up after 359 days in tier
- 2025-06-26 100+ → 200+ up after 292 days in tier
- 2024-09-07 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-06 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-09-03 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-01 100+ → 90+ down after 25 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Contact Form Clean and Simple 7K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
VS Contact Form 7K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Multifile Upload Field for Contact Form 7 5K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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