Squelch Unspam vs Message Filter for Contact Form 7

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

Squelch Unspam

by Matt Lowe

Health D49

Message Filter for Contact Form 7

by Kofi Mokome

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Squelch Unspam Message Filter for Contact Form 7

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	Squelch Unspam	Message Filter for Contact Form 7
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 49	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	18/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.83★	4.43★ ✓
Reviews	1	13 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100	79/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.4y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	59	817 ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Squelch Unspam Message Filter for Contact Form 7

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.