← Compare

NIX Anti-Spam Light vs Stop Spammers Classic

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

Stop Spammers Classic is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 44 for NIX Anti-Spam Light, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

NIX Anti-Spam Light moved down one install band, 90+ to 80+; Stop Spammers Classic moved down one install band, 30K+ to 20K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	NIX Anti-Spam Light	Stop Spammers Classic
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-11% ✓	30K+ → 20K+
Overall health	D · 44	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	3	243 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.0y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	105	12.4K ✓
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.	-12%	+5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2% ✓	0.7%
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

NIX Anti-Spam LightStop Spammers Classic

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.