AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 vs LazyCaptcha
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 ranks #1,848 on the popular list; LazyCaptcha is outside the top 500 we capture daily. AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 has the largest install base, roughly 1000× the next: 10K+ active installs against 10+ for LazyCaptcha. Downloads this week: AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 530 and LazyCaptcha 13.
| Metric | AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 | LazyCaptcha |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,848 ▼ 1 | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 530 | 13 |
| Rating | 4.2★ (13) | no ratings |
| Last updated | Apr 21, 2026 | Dec 6, 2025 |
| Current version | 0.7.6 | 0.6 |
| Best rank on record | #1,847 | #27,858 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | May 2021 | Mar 2021 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 1 | 0 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 or LazyCaptcha?
By active installs, AntiSpam for Contact Form 7: 10K+ sites run it against 10+ for LazyCaptcha, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 23, 2026.
Are AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 or LazyCaptcha alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.