Referer Spam Blocker vs Email Address Encoder

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

Referer Spam Blocker

by WP Maintainer

Health D45

Email Address Encoder

by Till Krüss

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

Referer Spam Blocker Email Address Encoder

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	Referer Spam Blocker	Email Address Encoder
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	93/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.77★	4.14★ ✓
Reviews	2	160 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	48/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.1y ago	5mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	108	7.9K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Referer Spam Blocker Email Address Encoder

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.