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Advanced Invisible Anti-Spam

by Matt Keys · Security

Block bots without annoying captchas. Cache friendly solution with rotating keys! Blocks comment, registration, and bbpress spam. Activate and done!

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 77/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 74 average across 230 Security plugins

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-46% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

90

now · peak 206

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Advanced Invisible A · #10987 CleanTalk Anti-Spam. · #244 Akismet Anti-spam: S · #7 Simple CAPTCHA with · #290

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “300+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈390

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations

Details

Version
1.4.3
Last updated
10.2y ago
Added
2014-10-19 · 11 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
4.5.33
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2025-06-10 400+ → 300+ down after 337 days in band
  2. 2024-07-08 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
  3. 2024-07-07 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in band
  4. 2024-07-05 500+ → 400+ down after 409 days in band
  5. 2023-05-23 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in band
  6. 2023-05-22 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in band
  7. 2023-05-21 600+ → 500+ down after 5 days in band
  8. 2023-05-16 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in band

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Advanced Invisible Anti-Spam: 300+ active installs, 4.4★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-invisible-anti-spam