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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection vs Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk is the safest pick: health A · 98 against 90 for Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection, led by stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection moved down one install band, 6M+ to 5M+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection	Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5M–6M ✓	200K–300K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	6M+ → 5M+	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 90	A · 98 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	97/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	1,187	3,224 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	99/100 ✓	98/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	7d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	1.3M ✓	483.3K
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	-5%	+102%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2% ✓	0.8%
Category	Security	Security

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam ProtectionAnti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.