Apio systems – Honeypot for Contact Form 7
by Joris Le Blansch · Security
Also makes 1 other plugin · 5.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Basic Honeypot plugin for Contact Form 7 to drastically reduce spam on form submissions without user interaction.
80 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-11-16 · 288 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
141
now · peak 318
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
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v0.9.4
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 420 days.
Install history · since 2025-11-16 · 244 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 90+ → 100+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 80+ → 90+ up after 96 days in tier
- 2026-05-03 70+ → 80+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2026-04-13 60+ → 70+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2026-03-15 50+ → 60+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 40+ → 50+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2026-01-31 30+ → 40+ up after 43 days in tier
- 2025-12-19 20+ → 30+ up after 9 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Antispam for Elementor Forms 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Maspik – Multi-Layer Spam Protection 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Honeypot Anti Spam for Forminator Forms 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 800+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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