Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection vs Spam Destroyer

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

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

by Automattic

Health A90

Spam Destroyer

by Ryan Hellyer

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection Spam Destroyer

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection	Spam Destroyer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5M–6M ✓	5K–6K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	-17%
Overall health	A · 90 ✓	A · 86
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	96/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100 ✓	87/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.68★ ✓	4.45★
Reviews	1,186 ✓	54
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	99/100 ✓	97/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago ✓	4mo ago
Downloads · 30d	8.2M ✓	762
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection Spam Destroyer

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.