WP Armour vs Honeypot Anti-Spam

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

WP Armour

by Dnesscarkey

Health B84

Honeypot Anti-Spam

by RaiolaNetworks

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

WP Armour Honeypot Anti-Spam

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	WP Armour	Honeypot Anti-Spam
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400K–500K ✓	10K–20K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+33% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 84	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	99/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	36/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.97★ ✓	4.28★
Reviews	1,434 ✓	12
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads · 30d	56.0K ✓	1.2K
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

WP Armour Honeypot Anti-Spam

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.