Spam Captcha – Safeguard your WordPress website effortlessly with Spam Captcha for WordPress
by KaizenCoders · Forms
Also makes 15 other plugins · 30.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugins avoids spam actions on your website (comments and contact form if you use Contact Form 7).
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 64/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
+35%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “captcha”, “comment” and “comments” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
64 health vs 65 average across 2,509 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 34.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,667 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 416 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
37
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| captcha your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “captcha”, “comment” and “comments” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 238 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.1y ago
latest release · v1.4.7 · 10 Sep 2025
17
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and the previous band took 17 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ penseelibre13.5y ago
it seems realy good : for example choise the place it is easy. Image ok……
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lydiasnider13.7y ago
I used to really like this plugin & recommend it to others. This morning moments after updating the plugin my website got bombarded with spam comments. It’s almost as if it turned my site into a beacon for spammers.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7, Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,239 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 200+ → 100+ down after 508 days in tier
- 2025-03-17 300+ → 200+ down after 224 days in tier
- 2024-08-05 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-04 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-08-01 400+ → 300+ down after 298 days in tier
- 2023-10-08 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-10-07 400+ → 500+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-10-01 500+ → 400+ down after 236 days in tier
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 -
Anti-spam Reloaded 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A - B Batch Comment Spam Deletion 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
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Comments Shortcode 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags C -
Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 900+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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