Private Captcha
by Taras Kushnir · Security
Private Captcha protects your WordPress website from spam and abuse with a privacy-first, independent CAPTCHA solution made in EU.
80 health vs 72 average across 264 Security plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-10-06 · 284 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
418
now · peak 802
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 137 days.
Install history · since 2025-10-06 · 284 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 20+ → 30+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-06-22 30+ → 20+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-06-12 20+ → 30+ up after 8 days in band
- 2026-06-04 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-31 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-05-21 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-15 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-14 10+ → 20+ up after 9 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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Zero Spam for WordPress 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Simple Login Captcha 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
SiteGuard WP Plugin 500K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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