Math Quiz
by atitan · Security
Math Quiz generates dynamic math problem in the comment form to beat spam robots.
45 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.26, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2572 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
95
now · peak 104
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
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
7.0y ago
latest release · v2.0.0
25
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2015-10-16 · 1,378 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ImagePros11.8y ago
Atitan, just posting my thanks again. You have made the math quiz work very good, and that’s perfect because I loathe captchas. Please make one change: add your PayPal URL to the donation link that appears in my admin section, and let me know when you have done this. Example.com is not accepting any donations tonight 🙂 Peace Andrew
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dave Engel12.3y ago
I have been testing out your Math Quiz and I came to the conclusion that it’s a really nice captcha plugin! Easy to install, it looks good and very effective as well. You can see a working example here, where I’ve been playing around with it a bit. Many thanks Atitan! 謝謝!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 300+ → 200+ down after 946 days in tier
- 2024-01-28 400+ → 300+ down after 281 days in tier
- 2023-04-22 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-21 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-20 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-19 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-18 500+ → 400+ down
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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Kama SpamBlock 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Advanced Invisible Anti-Spam 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/math-quiz" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Math Quiz — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Math Quiz: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/math-quiz