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

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

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

Release activity

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalkAkismet 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.