WordPress plugin comparison

Formidable Honeypot vs Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile

Formidable Honeypot

by WP-Biz (Ryan)

400+ installs5.0

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile

by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP

200K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile has more active installs: 200K+, against 400+ for Formidable Honeypot.
On a typical day, Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile is downloaded about 9,962 times, Formidable Honeypot about 5.
Formidable Honeypot is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.7 from 263 reviews.
Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile was updated more recently: Oct 31, 2026, against Jun 25, 2014 for Formidable Honeypot.
Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.9.40 for Formidable Honeypot.
Formidable Honeypot has been around longer: since 2014, against 2022 for Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile.

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Formidable Honeypot	Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile
Popular rank	#9,669	#233
Active installs	400+	200K+
Downloads, last 30 days	112	390.5K
Rating	5.0(2)	4.7(263)
Support threads resolved	–	53%
Tested up to	3.9.40	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×3.39
Last release	12 years ago	10 days ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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