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Frontend Dashboard Captcha

by M A Vinoth Kumar · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 17 other plugins · 3.5K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Frontend Dashboard Captcha WordPress plugin is a supportive plugin for Frontend Dashboard to protect against spam in Login and Register form.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 54 average across 3,792 Admin & Utilities plugins

70+

Active installs

≈77 estimated

79.4K

Total downloads

since 2017

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+17%

181

Downloads · 30d

category median +21%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.

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.

39 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 2/100
WP compatibility 19/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2296 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+17% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

181

now · peak 64.0K

18130d downloads · Aug 26

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

Frontend Dashboard C · #17972 you ThinkCaptcha · #21732 Admin Menu Editor · #159 White Label CMS · #232

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.

2.6Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

6.3y ago

latest release · v1.4.1

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4.1 · 6.3y ago1.4 · 6.4y ago1.2 · 6.8y ago1.1.2 · 7.3y ago1.1.1 · 8.7y ago1.1 · 8.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
70–80 ≈77

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,385 observations

70Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.4
Last updated
6.3y ago
Added
2017-12-09 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
5.4.21
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ unp0ssible
    8.6y ago

    It’s my honor to be the first to review this great add-on to such a great parent plugin. This developer goes above and beyond.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

French (France) 100%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-31 80+ → 70+ down after 77 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-15 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-14 80+ → 90+ up after 15 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-30 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-29 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
  6. 2026-05-26 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-05-25 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
  8. 2026-05-23 90+ → 80+ down after 13 days in tier

Competes with

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