Block Spammers
by sander85 · Security
Block spammers from submitting comments, by IPs or by bad words.
41 health vs 66 average across 479 Security plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2822 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
52
now · peak 167
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
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 30+ → 40+ up after 20 days in band
- 2026-06-07 40+ → 30+ down after 173 days in band
- 2025-12-16 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-15 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-14 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-13 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-11 50+ → 40+ down after 377 days in band
- 2024-11-29 60+ → 50+ down after 35 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Block Comment Spam Bots 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - C Cookies for Comments 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
- T Throws SPAM Away 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
- D Delete Pending Comments 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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Simply Disable Comments 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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