SimpleForm reCAPTCHA
by WPSForm · Security
Protect your contact form from spam with Google reCAPTCHA before submission.
51 health vs 72 average across 271 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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 722 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 149
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-11 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-03-08 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-03-04 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-02-28 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-02-27 20+ → 10+ down after 15 days in band
- 2025-02-12 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-02-11 20+ → 10+ down after 42 days in band
- 2024-12-31 10+ → 20+ up after 3 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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Friendly Captcha for WordPress 9K+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags B -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/simpleform-recaptcha" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="SimpleForm reCAPTCHA — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> SimpleForm reCAPTCHA: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simpleform-recaptcha