GreCAPTCHA
by Beherit · Security
Protects WordPress website forms from spam and brute-force attacks with Google reCAPTCHA.
41 health vs 66 average across 473 Security plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1942 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
95
now · peak 118
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-19 10+ → 20+ up after 68 days in band
- 2025-11-12 20+ → 10+ down after 926 days in band
- 2023-05-01 30+ → 20+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Friendly Captcha for WordPress 9K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Hizzle CAPTCHA – Protect your forms from spam 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Advanced Invisible Anti-Spam 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D - B BotBlocker 200+ installs · 2.9★ · 3 shared tags F
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/grecaptcha" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="GreCAPTCHA — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> GreCAPTCHA: 20+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/grecaptcha