Astounding Spam Prevention

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ ceramicsculptor

   1.0y ago

   Used Stop Spammer for years and now this plugin. Working so easy and WORKS!

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2. ★★★★★ strangelyperfect

   2.9y ago

   I’ve used this for quite a few years now. Every now and again I get a msg from WP about it not working correctly, but then I don’t hear any more for ages. There seems to be one particular set of circumstances that trip it up, intermittently. I’ll contact the author, but despite that, it’s 5 stars. The reason is the simple interface, all options there and its small code footprint, plus, it catches all spam…. An almost perfect little plugin.I hope the author keeps it maintained as I see they do work on several other plugins.

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3. ★★★★★ Eli

   3.4y ago

   This plugin is really a spammer’s worse nightmare. Since installing it, my spam has been virtually eliminated. I use this along with another plugin called “User Verification” and both together help me accomplish my goal of ZERO spam on my blog. Thank you to the author for your great contribution. Please keep up the good work. Donating soon.

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4. ★★★★★ zverlis

   4.2y ago

   Браво! Стоило поставить его и все, все проблемы со спамом, регой ботов и хреновыми спам комментариями пропали. Пока что лучший на моей памяти плагин. Даже лучше платного Cleantalk, во всяком случае различает реального спамера от нормального пользователя. Благодарю, разрабам респект! Thank you!

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5. ★★★★★ Wintercorn

   6.5y ago

   Got dozens of registrations after installing and activating all options. It made no difference what options were set. Uninstalled.

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6. ★★★★★ shayne

   7.2y ago

   Seriously. It killed the spam. A+

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7. ★★★★★ WebDev1998

   7.3y ago

   Actually works out of the box unlike other plugins. Stopped at least 90% of the spam registrations seen on 10 different sites without any adjustments to settings.

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8. ★★★★★ Keith P. Graham

   8.7y ago

   Based on Stop Spammers, this lightweight spam stopper is still aggressive enough to stop 99% of the spammers and robots hitting your site. It is careful to never lock a webmaster out of WordPress. The options interface is slick and the logging is very very useful. I use it on 11 of my sites and I have my clients all using it. Thanks to Will and all the effort he put in to make this plugin extremely useful while still being very very safe.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.5

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-09 200+ → 100+ down after 600 days in tier
2. 2024-08-17 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in tier
3. 2024-08-11 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-08-10 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
5. 2024-08-08 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-08-07 300+ → 200+ down

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).

• Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• Maspik – Multi-Layer Spam Protection 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Spam Destroyer 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
• En Spam 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• Antispam 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
• M MP Spam Be Gone 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D

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Astounding Spam Prevention: 100+ active installs, 4.6★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/astounding-spam-prevention