Bot Traffic Shield vs CloudFilt Bot & Spam Protection

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

Bot Traffic Shield

by Delower Hossain

Health A86

CloudFilt Bot & Spam Protection

by CloudFilt

Health B75

Active-install trajectory

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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	Bot Traffic Shield	CloudFilt Bot & Spam Protection
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K ✓	500–600
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+200% ✓	-17%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	B · 75
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	77/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	5 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	82/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8d ago ✓	9mo ago
Downloads · 30d	1.9K ✓	346
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	14% ✓	2.4%
Category	AI	Security

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

Release activity

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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.