CaptchaFox for WordPress
by Scoria Labs GmbH · Privacy & Consent
CaptchaFox is an easy-to-use and GDPR compliant bot protection service. Protect your WordPess forms from malicious bot traffic!
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈80 estimated
Momentum
-13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “anti spam”, “captcha” and “gdpr” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
83 health vs 69 average across 911 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 4.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.2%, across 502 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Privacy & Consent plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 6 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 41 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
49
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
40%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
+0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| anti spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| captcha your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gdpr your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recaptcha your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “anti spam”, “captcha” and “gdpr” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 12 Dec 2023 · 1,055 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 418 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
6
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v2.3.0 · 21 Sep 2026
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 80.
Install history since 11 Dec 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Khoi Pro2.3y ago
When activate a plugin, you could see a settings with “Configure the settings for the CaptchaFox widget. Don’t have a site key? Click here to create an account“. And it linked to a dead link “portal.captchafox.com” (not working URL). This plugin has too simple settings, and no helpful document to make it works. 2 first 5 stars reviews seems was fake by their team which violates a rule of WordPress community.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ uly55352.8y ago
I needed a GDPR-compliant solution and captcha fox fully meets this requirement. The setup was easy and it runs flawlessly. In some quick tests I did, it was effective at detecting automated requests, such as bots.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Moon3r2.8y ago
We needed a privacy-compliant alternative to reCaptcha and CaptchaFox ticked all the boxes. It protects us from spam and bots without any problems. Highly recommended if you are looking to switch.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "CaptchaFox is an easy-to-use and GDPR compliant bot protection service. Protect your WordPess forms from ma..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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, Elementor, Contact Form 7, WPForms and 4 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,258 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "anti-spam", "recaptcha" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-23 80+ → 70+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 90+ → 80+ down after 29 days in tier
- 2026-09-12 100+ → 90+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 90+ → 100+ up after 48 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-13 100+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 90+ → 100+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 100+ → 90+ down after 16 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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Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A -
Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR) 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Friendly Captcha for WordPress 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Easy Spam Filter – Privacy-Friendly CAPTCHA Alternative with Turnstile for Contact Form 7, WPForms, BuddyPress, Elementor 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B
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