WordPress plugin comparison

Form Spammer Trap for Comments vs ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7

Form Spammer Trap for Comments

by Rick Hellewell

10+ installs

ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7

by IQComputing

200K+ installs5.0

At a glance

ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 has more active installs: 200K+, against 10+ for Form Spammer Trap for Comments.
On a typical day, ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 is downloaded about 690 times, Form Spammer Trap for Comments about 1.
Form Spammer Trap for Comments has no reviews yet.
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 was updated more recently: Jun 5, 2026, against Mar 2, 2022 for Form Spammer Trap for Comments.
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 5.9.20 for Form Spammer Trap for Comments.
Form Spammer Trap for Comments has been around longer: since 2015, against 2018 for ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7.

ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Form Spammer Trap for Comments	ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7
Popular rank	#37,521	#227
Active installs	10+	200K+
Downloads, last 30 days	36	19.9K
Rating	No ratings	5.0(89)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	5.9.20	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.27
Last release	4 years ago	5 months ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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