Astounding Spam Prevention
by willjenkins · Security
Very effective anti-spam plugin that eliminates comment spam, and registration spam. Combines many effective methods for identifying spammers and keep …
56 health vs 65 average across 511 Security plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 733 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
35
now · peak 261
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-09 200+ → 100+ down after 600 days in band
- 2024-08-17 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in band
- 2024-08-11 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-10 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-08-08 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-07 300+ → 200+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam} 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Spam Destroyer 6K+ 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
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