Forget Spam Comment vs BotBlocker Security

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

Forget Spam Comment

by Gulshan Kumar

Health B71

BotBlocker Security

by Yevhen Leonidov

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Forget Spam Comment BotBlocker Security

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	Forget Spam Comment	BotBlocker Security
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	9K–10K ✓	3K–4K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+200% ✓
Overall health	B · 71	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	52/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	94/100 ✓	86/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	89/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.74★ ✓	4.40★
Reviews	46 ✓	10
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.2y ago	17d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	538	2.2K ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Forget Spam Comment BotBlocker Security

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.