VisualWP Cloudflare Turnstile – Easy Anti-Spam alternative to CAPTCHA
by sightfactory · Security
Also makes 6 other plugins · 270+ installs across the portfolio →
Increase security and protect against bots, spammers and hackers with Cloudflare Turnstile, a friendly, free CAPTCHA replacement
75 health vs 64 average across 997 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 2022-11-30 · 1,371 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
41
now · peak 71
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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v1.0.4
2
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 1620 days.
Install history · since 2022-11-29 · 1,317 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 20+ → 30+ up after 568 days in tier
- 2025-02-09 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-08 20+ → 30+ up after 64 days in tier
- 2024-12-06 30+ → 20+ down after 68 days in tier
- 2024-09-29 20+ → 30+ up after 457 days in tier
- 2023-06-30 10+ → 20+ up after 170 days in tier
- 2023-01-11 — → 10+ up
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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hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A -
Friendly Captcha for WordPress 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags B -
Hizzle CAPTCHA – Protect your forms from spam 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags B -
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags A
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