CAPTCHA Solution
by essitco · Security
CAPTCHA Solution is a CAPTCHA module intended to be called from other plugins. It is originally created for my Contact Form 7 plugin.
41 health vs 66 average across 462 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 5.0.25, 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 2776 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
67
now · peak 163
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-31 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-30 80+ → 70+ down after 329 days in band
- 2025-07-05 90+ → 80+ down after 308 days in band
- 2024-08-31 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-08-27 90+ → 100+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-08-23 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-22 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-08-19 100+ → 90+ down after 255 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 -
Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/captcha-solution" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="CAPTCHA Solution — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> CAPTCHA Solution: 80+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/captcha-solution