Block Referral Spam vs Block Referer Spam

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

Block Referral Spam

by WPDeveloper

Health D45

Block Referer Spam

by supersoju

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

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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	Block Referral Spam	Block Referer Spam
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	500–600 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-17% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 80 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	75/100 ✓	64/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★ ✓	3.57★
Reviews	9	21 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.2y ago	15d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	77	511 ✓
Category	Analytics	Security

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

Release activity

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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.