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Better WordPress Recent Comments vs Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

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

Active-install trajectory

Better WordPress Recent Comments moved down one install band, 600+ to 500+; 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 Better WordPress Recent Comments Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 500–600 5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. -17% -17%
Overall health D · 47 A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 82/100 93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.3★ 4.7★ ✓
Reviews 15 1,187 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 38/100 84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Low ✓
Last updated 8.9y ago 3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d 206 1.3M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.9% 1.2% ✓
Category Uncategorized Security

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

Release activity

Better WordPress Recent CommentsAkismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

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.