Exact Match Disallowed Comment & Contact Forms
by Ryan Howard · Security
Also makes 6 other plugins · 50.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Change the default WordPress comment blocklist functionality to exact match and save entries marked as spam for review.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
90+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
-18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “anti spam”, “blacklist” and “contact form 7” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.2%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,061 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 350 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| anti spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| blacklist your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| formidable your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gravity forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “anti spam”, “blacklist” and “contact form 7” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 225 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
12mo ago
latest release · v1.3.1 · 17 Nov 2025
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% 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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 90.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, PayPal.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,610 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "anti-spam", "blacklist" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-02 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-11-01 90+ → 80+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2026-09-11 100+ → 90+ down after 95 days in tier
- 2026-06-08 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-07 100+ → 90+ down after 403 days in tier
- 2025-04-30 200+ → 100+ down after 158 days in tier
- 2024-11-23 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-11-21 200+ → 300+ up after 4 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).
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Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gravity Forms Email Blacklist 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Contact Slider – Contact Form Slider Widget 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B - F Forms: 3rd-Party Integration 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Anti-Spam Protection – No API Key, GDPR Friendly 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gravity Forms Block Email Domains 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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