Comment Blacklist Updater
by apasionados · Security
Also makes 28 other plugins · 48.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Update "Comment Blacklist" spam terms to manage spam in forms and comments
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈900 estimated
Momentum
+8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “comments”, “contact form 7” and “form spam” for “update comment”, “spambot” and “comment management”. “comments” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “update comment” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “contact form 7” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spambot” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “form spam” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comment management” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 66 average across 1,776 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.0%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 11.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,060 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 174 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| blacklist your tag | #3 | #10 | up 1 |
| update comment | #5 | #19 | down 1 |
| blacklist comments | #2 | #9 | 0 |
| updater | #7 | #16 | 0 |
| form blacklist | #3 | #14 | 0 |
| comment | #15 | #21 | up 2 |
| ip blacklist | #6 | #17 | down 1 |
| comment management | #12 | #21 | 0 |
| spambot | #11 | #17 | up 1 |
| plugin updater | #9 | #22 | 0 |
| comment form | #23 | #23 | down 1 |
| update comments | #15 | #23 | 0 |
| comment form message | #19 | #23 | up 1 |
| replace comments form | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| change comment form | #20 | #23 | down 2 |
| default comment form | #20 | #23 | 0 |
| comment plugin | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| form spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
69 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 52 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “comments”, “contact form 7” and “form spam” for “update comment”, “spambot” and “comment management”. “comments” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “update comment” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “contact form 7” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spambot” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “form spam” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comment management” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
1
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 11 May 2026
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. 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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 days ago and the previous band took 2.3 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 900.
Install history since 29 Nov 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Kakemphaton2.3y ago
This plugin is super useful, and even works on multisite (aka. WordPress Network) installations. It never failed me, and I keep installing it on more websites. Thank you! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fuvavi3.0y ago
This plugin use wp_die() detroy my site. This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by fuvavi.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ashutosh3.6y ago
This plugin needs loads of love. It makes keeping my sites up-to-date with splorp’s blacklist completely hassle-free, and also allows adding custom blacklist phrases. Easily catches 99.9% spam in comments and CF7 when combined with Cloudflare bot detection and simple honeypot fields. I don’t miss Akismet!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hmclean5.3y ago
Using this plugin to manage Grant Hutchinson’s Comment Blacklist for WordPress and in conjunction with the Gravity Forms and Gravity Wiz GP Blocklist, spam that was inundating my contact forms is virtually gone.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.2.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 3 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Update "Comment Blacklist" spam terms to manage spam in forms and comments"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 15 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 15 of 15 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you want", "use this").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,797 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-24 1K+ → 800+ down after 855 days in tier
- 2024-06-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 527 days in tier
- 2023-01-11 1K+ → 2K+ up after 59 days in tier
- 2022-11-13 2K+ → 1K+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 1K+ → 2K+ up
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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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR) 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - C Cookies for Comments 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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