Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Captcha.eu
Active installs300+ rounded
Current authorcaptcha.eu
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release17 days ago 22 Oct 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record71
Rating5.0 /5 · 5
Added to directory29 Apr 2023
Requires WP4.9
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0.4 behind
Tested up toWP 6.7.11 WordPress is now on 7.1
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Ownership
Held by captcha.eu throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| captchaeu | 64 | 29 Apr 2023 | 28 Aug 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Small but established: 300+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
33 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 13% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 130/day31 Oct 2026
Install band rose to 300+ on 25 Oct 2026, from 200+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 22 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 67 | 125 | 34 | 12 | 38 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 36 |
| Active installs | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 200+ | 200+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ | 300+ |
| Version | 1.0.82 | 1.0.82 | 1.0.82 | 1.0.82 | 1.0.82 | 1.0.83 | 1.0.83 | 1.0.83 | 1.0.83 | 1.0.83 | 1.0.83 | 1.0.83 | 1.0.83 | 1.0.83 |
| Support threads | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (5) · threads resolved (0)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory3.5 years ago 29 Apr 2023
Requires WP4.9
Requires PHP7.0
Version lag0.4 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 22 Oct 2026, 17 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.7.11, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 4 releases.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- captcha.eu publishes no other plugin in the directory, so there is no wider activity to compare against.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 23 Oct 202616 days agoInstall band moved to 200+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 22 Oct 202617 days agoVersion 1.0.83 released
- 07 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 1.0.82 released
- 17 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 1.0.81 released
- 08 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 1.0.74 released
- 28 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 1.0.71 released
- 28 Aug 20262 months agoVersion v1.0.71 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 25 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 1.0.70 released
- 25 Aug 20262 months agoVersion v1.0.70 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoInstall band moved to 300+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 29 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 1.0.69 released
- 29 Jul 20263 months agoVersion v1.0.68 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 29 Jul 20263 months agoVersion v1.0.69 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 19 May 20266 months agoVersion v1.0.67 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 26 Feb 20268 months agoVersion v1.0.66 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 25 Sep 202513 months agoVersion v1.0.65 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 19 Sep 202514 months agoVersion v1.0.64 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 29 Aug 202514 months agoVersion v1.0.63 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 20 Aug 202515 months agoVersion v1.0.62 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 06 Aug 202515 months agoVersion v1.0.60 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 06 Aug 202515 months agoVersion v1.0.61 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by captchaeu.
- 29 Apr 20233.5 years ago52 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 29 Apr 2023 and 31 Jul 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 29 Apr 20233.5 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by captcha.eu for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 17 days ago (22 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 300+ active installs.
- It carries 5 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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