FV Antispam vs Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

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

FV Antispam

by FolioVision

Health B71

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

by Automattic

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

FV Antispam Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

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	FV Antispam	Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10% ✓	-17%
Overall health	B · 71	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	72/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.85★	4.68★ ✓
Reviews	3	1,186 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	80/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10mo ago	11d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	392	8.5M ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

FV Antispam Akismet 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.