Eazy CF Captcha
by Tamás · Page Builders
Also makes 2 other plugins · 1.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Eazy C(omment)F(orm) Captcha adds a mathematic exercise to the comment form, contact form 7 & elementor, preventing bots to spam your comments and …
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈550 estimated
Momentum
+19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “captcha” for “mathematic”. “captcha” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mathematic” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
49 health vs 72 average across 1,896 Page Builders plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 18.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Page Builders plugin keeps 2.4%, across 1,272 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Page Builders plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 942 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
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: Last updated 942 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.
39
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| eazy | #5 | #6 | 0 |
| mathematic | #5 | #6 | 0 |
| captcha your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cf7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comment form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| elementor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 5 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
- Swap “captcha” for “mathematic”. “captcha” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mathematic” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 742 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
2.6y ago
latest release · v1.2.6 · 4 Apr 2024
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 26 May 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tjdyo4.7y ago
This plugin causes 2 critical issues on Site Health tests. WHen the plugin is installed, you get these issues: An active PHP session was detected A PHP session was created by a session_start() function call. This interferes with REST API and loopback requests. The session should be closed by session_write_close() before making any HTTP requests. The REST API encountered an error The REST API is one way WordPress, and other applications, communicate with the server. One example is the block editor screen, which relies on this to display, and save, your posts and pages. The REST API request failed due to an error. Error: cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 10001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received (http_request_failed) I Fixed the issue by editing the EazyCFCPublicBase.php file which is located here: /includes/PluginPublic/EazyCFCPublicBase.php I changed this line: if ( !session_id() ) { session_start(); } to: if ( !session_id() ) { session_start( [ 'read_and_close' => true, ] ); } This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by tjdyo. This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by tjdyo. This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by tjdyo. This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by tjdyo.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kante745.6y ago
Easy Tool. Works still great in 2021. THX.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ triptochina11.7y ago
Works well in what it sets out to do.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ auroralawless13.8y ago
A simple and effective way to combat the spam added to Wordpres through comments
Read on wp.org ↗
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Eazy C(omment)F(orm) Captcha adds a mathematic exercise to the comment form, contact form 7 & elementor, pr..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 Elementor, Contact Form 7.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 410 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "cf7" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-04 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 500+ → 600+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-28 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-24 600+ → 500+ down after 320 days in tier
- 2025-05-08 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-07 600+ → 700+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-05-01 700+ → 600+ down after 5 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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Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 600K+ installs · 5.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR) 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
GSheetConnector – CF7 Google Sheets Connector & Save CF7 Entries to Database 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Date Time Picker for Contact Form 7 20K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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