GWP-Captcha
by karlkiesinger · Security
This will add letter captcha to your register form, login form, and lostpassword form. You can turn them on or off. If you only want it to be on for r …
43 health vs 65 average across 536 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
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 1273 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
34
now · peak 196
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-10 200+ → 100+ down after 163 days in band
- 2025-10-29 100+ → 200+ up after 255 days in band
- 2025-02-16 90+ → 100+ up after 13 days in band
- 2025-02-03 80+ → 90+ up after 16 days in band
- 2025-01-18 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-01-12 80+ → 70+ down after 129 days in band
- 2024-09-05 70+ → 80+ up after 49 days in band
- 2024-07-18 80+ → 70+ down after 23 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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SiteGuard WP Plugin 500K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Really Simple CAPTCHA 300K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/gwp-captcha" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="GWP-Captcha — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> GWP-Captcha: 100+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/gwp-captcha