Captcha Spam Blocker
by botezatu · Security
Enhance your site’s security with dynamic CAPTCHA, blocking spam and bot access on forms. GDPR-compliant.
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Health
C 64/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈81 estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “spam blocker”, “xmlrpc” and “bot blocker” to your wp.org tags. You rank #13, #23 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
64 health vs 66 average across 1,776 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.6%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 1.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,059 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 451 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 451 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| spam blocker | #13 | #13 | down 1 |
| spam word blocker | #9 | #11 | 0 |
| bot blocker | #24 | #20 | down 1 |
| xmlrpc | #23 | #20 | up 1 |
| antispam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| captcha your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| spam protection your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “spam blocker”, “xmlrpc” and “bot blocker” to your wp.org tags. You rank #13, #23 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 21 Sep 2024 · 771 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 129 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
1.2y ago
latest release · v3.0.0 · 6 Aug 2025
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 80.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 79 days.
Install history since 20 Sep 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dimail9mo ago
Everything is fine, but it causes a WordPress error The PHP session was created by calling the function session_start(). This prevents the REST API and loopback requests from working. The session must be closed by the function session_write_close()before making any HTTP requests. This topic was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by dimail.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ botezatu1.2y ago
Full disclosure: I am the developer. I originally built this plugin for my own projects because I needed a simple and effective way to stop spam. One year after publishing it, I’m leaving this review to confirm it’s still running flawlessly on all my sites. It has completely eliminated spam on my forms. It’s a “set it and forget it” solution that just works.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Contact Form 7.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,461 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "antispam", "spam protection" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 70+ → 80+ up after 59 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 60+ → 70+ up after 84 days in tier
- 2026-05-21 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-19 60+ → 50+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-05-08 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-05 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-03 50+ → 60+ up after 56 days in tier
- 2026-03-08 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
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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Captcha by BestWebSoft – Advanced Spam Protection, Math & OCR-Friendly Captcha for Site Forms 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Titan Anti-spam & Security – Brute Force Protection, 2FA & Spam Filter 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
SiteGuard WP Plugin 600K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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