Block spam with cookies and JavaScript. All Spambots will remain away from your blog. Without settings or Captcha, install and forget the spam.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈550 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “anti spam”, “bot” and “comment” for “spambot”, “spambots” and “spam users”. “anti spam” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spambot” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “bot” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spambots” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “comment” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spam users” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 66 average across 1,776 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.9%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 17.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,059 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 46 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.1★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ 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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| spambots | #7 | #10 | 0 |
| spambot | #7 | #10 | down 1 |
| blog spam | #6 | #21 | — |
| block spam your tag | #19 | #24 | up 3 |
| spam your tag | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| no spam | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| spam users | #23 | #24 | down 2 |
| spam block | #18 | #24 | 0 |
| anti spam bot | #17 | #22 | 0 |
| anti spam plugin | #24 | #22 | down 1 |
| anti spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bot your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
15 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “anti spam”, “bot” and “comment” for “spambot”, “spambots” and “spam users”. “anti spam” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spambot” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “bot” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spambots” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “comment” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “spam users” sits at #23 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 493 · 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 · v1.1 · 17 May 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 68% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.
Install history since 26 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mstudioIL2.0y ago
Block lot of spam
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ neotheghost4.9y ago
my contact form 7 forms still got filled out by bots and delivered spam.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ erazmasss8.6y ago
It blocks some spam, but not very well.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nokes8.8y ago
The plugin protects my blog from spam for more than five years! I deactivated the plugin for testing. Within two days I had 10 spam comments again. This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by nokes.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ golfczech211.7y ago
The authior fixed it- thank you!! Did the update on 2/16/15 and it caused a blank page on my site so I deactivated it, deleted en spam than downloaded it again and now if I activate it I am getting a fatal error message. I had to keep it deactivated and unload from all of my websites. Apparently this is not compatible with WordPress 4.1-
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yodelvixen11.7y ago
I’ve been using En Spam for over a year and it has proven to be the best plugin to stop spam. With other plugins, some spam still gets through, but with En Spam I have zero spam. I LOVE THIS PLUGIN and I’m very happy it was recently updated to be compatible with WordPress 4.1.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yvettenl12.7y ago
Since I had this Plugin installed I am finally rid of all these horrible spam messages on my site (particulary my Guestbook). It’s easy to install! Thumbs up for me!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Block spam with cookies and JavaScript. All Spambots will remain away from your blog. Without settings or C..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Contact Form 7.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 565 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "anti-spam" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-09 600+ → 500+ down after 296 days in tier
- 2025-07-17 700+ → 600+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-07-13 600+ → 700+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2025-06-30 700+ → 600+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2025-06-17 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-16 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-15 600+ → 700+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-06-12 700+ → 600+ down after 1 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).
- S Stop Comment Spam 300+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags C
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EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C - M MP Spam Be Gone 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
- A Astounding Spam Prevention 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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