TechArk Spam Shield for Contact Form 7 vs ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms &

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

TechArk Spam Shield for Contact Form 7

by TechArk Solutions

Health B80

ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms &

by Syed Balkhi

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

TechArk Spam Shield for Contact Form 7 ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms &

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	TechArk Spam Shield for Contact Form 7	ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms &
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+600%	+69900% ✓
Overall health	B · 80	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.16★ ✓
Reviews	0	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	21d ago ✓	24d ago
Downloads · 30d	175	9.1K ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

TechArk Spam Shield for Contact Form 7 ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms &

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.