reCAPTCHA for Easy Digital Downloads
by teFox · Uncategorized
Add reCAPTCHA anti-spam checking to Easy Digital Downloads registration and login forms
44 health vs 59 average across 7,109 Uncategorized 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3889 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
61
now · peak 152
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 “50+”. 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
- 2026-04-29 60+ → 50+ down after 148 days in band
- 2025-12-02 70+ → 60+ down after 175 days in band
- 2025-06-10 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-06-07 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-06 80+ → 70+ down after 10 days in band
- 2025-05-27 70+ → 80+ up after 69 days in band
- 2025-03-19 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-03-17 70+ → 80+ up after 4 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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Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress 100K+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Contact Form 7 Captcha 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Captcha Code 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/recaptcha-for-easy-digital-downloads" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="reCAPTCHA for Easy Digital Downloads — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> reCAPTCHA for Easy Digital Downloads: 50+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/recaptcha-for-easy-digital-downloads