Blackhole for Bad Bots vs CF7 Apps

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

Blackhole for Bad Bots

by Jeff Starr

Health A90

CF7 Apps

by Saad Iqbal

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Blackhole for Bad Bots CF7 Apps

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	Blackhole for Bad Bots	CF7 Apps
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30K–40K	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 90 ✓	B · 84
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100 ✓	69/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	80/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.68★ ✓	3.79★
Reviews	148 ✓	135
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	92/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4d ago ✓	19d ago
Downloads · 30d	42.5K	304.6K ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Blackhole for Bad Bots CF7 Apps

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.