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Honeypot Anti-Spam vs WP Armour

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

Honeypot Anti-Spam and WP Armour are close on health (B · 83 vs B · 83). Honeypot Anti-Spam has the stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

WP Armour moved up one install band, 300K+ to 400K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Honeypot Anti-Spam WP Armour
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 10K–20K 400K–500K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. Stable 300K+ → 400K+ ✓
Overall health B · 83 B · 83
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 91/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 83/100 99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 ✓ 32/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.3★ 5.0★ ✓
Reviews 12 1,474 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 92/100 ✓ 87/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 5mo ago 2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 1.5K 37.7K ✓
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. +26% +8%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 12% ✓ 7.8%
Category Security Security

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

Release activity

Honeypot Anti-SpamWP Armour

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.