drCaptcha
by digireturn · Login & Users
Also makes 7 other plugins · 330+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple Captcha antispam and antibot with led number style to Login, Register and Recovery
48 health vs 59 average across 1,443 Login & Users plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 866 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 2024-01-04 · 971 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
58
now · peak 151
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
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2024-01-03 · 925 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-21 10+ → 20+ up after 222 days in tier
- 2024-05-13 — → 10+ up
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).
- D DX Login Register 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
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Login Lockdown & Protection 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Theme My Login 60K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Login Security Captcha 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Login Captcha 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/drcaptcha" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="drCaptcha — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> drCaptcha: 20+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/drcaptcha