En Spam

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

1. ★★★★★ mstudioIL

   1.8y ago

   Block lot of spam

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2. ★★★★★ neotheghost

   4.7y ago

   my contact form 7 forms still got filled out by bots and delivered spam.

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3. ★★★★★ erazmasss

   8.5y ago

   It blocks some spam, but not very well.

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4. ★★★★★ nokes

   8.6y 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.

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5. ★★★★★ golfczech2

   11.5y 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-

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6. ★★★★★ yodelvixen

   11.5y 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.

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7. ★★★★★ yvettenl

   12.5y 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!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-05-09 600+ → 500+ down after 296 days in tier
2. 2025-07-17 700+ → 600+ down after 4 days in tier
3. 2025-07-13 600+ → 700+ up after 13 days in tier
4. 2025-06-30 700+ → 600+ down after 13 days in tier
5. 2025-06-17 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-06-16 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-06-15 600+ → 700+ up after 3 days in tier
8. 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
• EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
• M MP Spam Be Gone 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
• A Astounding Spam Prevention 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags C
• Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A

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En Spam: 500+ active installs, 4.1★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/en-spam