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Stop Spammers Classic vs Dam Spam

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 83 for Dam Spam, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Stop Spammers ClassicDam 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	Stop Spammers Classic	Dam Spam
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K ✓	3K–4K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	30K+ → 20K+	+200% ✓
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	B · 83
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	243 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	89/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday	yesterday
Downloads, last 30d	4.9K ✓	1.8K
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.	+7%	-12%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	14% ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Stop Spammers ClassicDam 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.