reCaptcha Add-On for FormCraft
by Formcrafts · Forms
Also makes 7 other plugins · 10K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add reCaptcha to your FormCraft forms.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
7K+
≈7.5K estimated
Momentum
+36%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “captcha”, “form builder” and “mailchimp form” 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.
49 health vs 65 average across 2,522 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →12%
of downloads still active
At least 7K of 59.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,678 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms 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
46/100Maintenance 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.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 987 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.5.24; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 987 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| formcraft | #10 | #14 | up 1 |
| captcha your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| form builder your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mailchimp form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recaptcha your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “captcha”, “form builder” and “mailchimp form” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5.2K · 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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% 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 “7K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; the previous band took 20 months to cross, which places it about 53% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ unitedonline8.9y ago
reCAPTCHA Add-On for FormaCraft. Smooth, effortless set-up that secures your login form with state of the art spam & abuse protection using Google’s reCaptcha, while helping digitize text, annotate images, and build machine learning datasets.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.10 Bug fix 1.10
- — Version 1.9 Allow customizing the required score 1.9
- — Version 1.8 Fixed ‘missing captcha issue’ 1.8
- — Version 1.7 Fixed plugin priority issue 1.7
- — Version 1.6 Fixed form disable issue 1.6
- — Version 1.5 Remove v2, and replaced with v3. Please update your site keys. 1.5
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
0 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 38 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 85 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("contact form 7", "form builder", "MailChimp form" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-28 8K+ → 7K+ down after 601 days in tier
- 2024-06-06 7K+ → 8K+ up after 111 days in tier
- 2024-02-16 6K+ → 7K+ up after 183 days in tier
- 2023-08-17 7K+ → 6K+ down after 659 days in tier
- 2021-10-27 6K+ → 7K+ up after 365 days in tier
- 2020-10-27 5K+ → 6K+ 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).
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Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress 100K+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Captcha Code 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Invisible reCaptcha 70K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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Drop a live Pulse card for reCaptcha Add-On for FormCraft into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/formcraft-recaptcha" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="reCaptcha Add-On for FormCraft — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> reCaptcha Add-On for FormCraft: 7K+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-04. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/formcraft-recaptcha
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