Simple Captcha for WPForms
by Andreas Münch · Forms
Add an additional Captcha field to WPForms to prevent spam.
63 health vs 64 average across 1,033 Forms 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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 476 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 2023-02-16 · 1,247 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
80
now · peak 177
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2023-02-15 · 1,248 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-05-01 100+ → 200+ up after 196 days in band
- 2023-10-18 90+ → 100+ up after 10 days in band
- 2023-10-08 80+ → 90+ up after 19 days in band
- 2023-09-19 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-09-16 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-09-15 70+ → 80+ up after 7 days in band
- 2023-09-08 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-09-07 70+ → 60+ down after 1 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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Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR) 80K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 700+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
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 -
Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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