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Never Moderate Registered Users vs Anti-spam Reloaded

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

Anti-spam Reloaded is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 81 for Never Moderate Registered Users, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Never Moderate Registered UsersAnti-spam Reloaded

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	Never Moderate Registered Users	Anti-spam Reloaded
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-60%	2K+ → 1K+ ✓
Overall health	B · 81	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	95/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	3	14 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	91	349 ✓
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.	-10%	+35%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	6.1% ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Never Moderate Registered UsersAnti-spam Reloaded

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.