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Gravity Forms No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA

by folkhack · Forms

Adds "No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA" field to Gravity Forms as an alternative CAPTCHA option

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
50 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 88/100
Support 70/100

50 health vs 63 average across 1,679 Forms plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.0, well behind 6.8.

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.

43 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 87/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3196 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+57% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

256

now · peak 492

26130d 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

Gravity Forms No CAP · #2122 you ReCaptcha Integratio · #2245 Advanced Google reCA · #213 reCaptcha by BestWeb · #337

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

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.

26per 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

11.6y ago

latest release · v1.0.7

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.7 · 11.6y ago1.0.6 · 11.6y ago1.0.5 · 11.6y ago1.0.4 · 11.6y 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈17K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-21 · 1,445 observations

10KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
1.0.7
Last updated
8.8y ago
Added
2015-01-21 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0.0
Tested up to
4.0.0
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. Claudio Xerez
    9.0y ago

    It works perfectly with wordpress 4.6.1 and GF 1.9.18.3. This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by Claudio Xerez.

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  2. rikkiblakk
    10.2y ago

    Would be very nice if have translation to Spanish option…

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  3. Kevin Perrow
    10.3y ago

    Thank you for the share.

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  4. synaesthete
    10.4y ago

    compatible with Coleman 4.5 just what i needed to clean things up _ distorted text reCAPTCHA are simply ugly. light and effective plugin

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  5. fergweb
    10.5y ago

    Can’t ask for more–it works!

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  6. Brianna Deleasa
    10.5y ago

    Thanks for this plugin! Works like a charm!

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  7. rcaetano
    10.6y ago

    It’s starting to show it’s age. Needs, translations and proxy support.

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  8. wp_ntnguy
    10.7y ago

    Looks so much better than the default re-captcha that comes with Gravity Forms….and it makes it so much easier for visitors to submit forms on my website.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.0.7 Fixed yet another documentation issue with FAQ AJAX section Updated to 1.0.7 version in gf-no-captcha-recaptcha.php Added 1.0.7 tag updates to CHANGELOG.md Updated plugin Changelog in README.txt to reflect CHANGELOG.md 1.0.7
  2. Version 1.0.6 Resolved confusing grammar issue in README.md, README.txt, and gf-no-captcha-recaptcha.php descriptions Updated to 1.0.6 version in gf-no-captcha-recaptcha.php Added 1.0.6 tag updates to CHANGELOG.md Updated plugin Chang 1.0.6
  3. Version 1.0.5 Updated banner image to not suck in regards to WordPress Plugin Directory Moved GitHub Repo link to appropriate spot within description Updated plugin version and links in gf-no-captcha-recaptcha.php Updated plugin Chang 1.0.5
  4. Version 1.0.4 Added trunk as stable tag to README.txt Approved for WordPress Plugin Directory at Gravity Forms No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA Cross-linked README.md (GitHub readme) and README.txt (WP Plugin readme) to GitHub repo and WP Plugin 1.0.4
  5. Version 1.0.3 Updated README.txt documentation Added README.txt documentation to README.md and CHANGELOG.md Added icon, banner, and screenshots Re-organized assets into “trunk” and “assets” directories Prepping to submit to WordPress 1.0.3
  6. Version 1.0.2 Added theme support (light/dark) Fixed “Cannot use reCAPTCHA more than once on a page” bug (resolves issue #1) 1.0.2

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-12-13 7K+ → 10K+ up after 81 days in tier
  2. 2025-09-23 8K+ → 7K+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2025-09-21 9K+ → 8K+ down after 6 days in tier
  4. 2025-09-15 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

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