Exact Match Disallowed Comment & Contact Forms
by Ryan Howard · Security
Change the default WordPress comment blocklist functionality to exact match and save entries marked as spam for review.
72 health vs 63 average across 624 Security plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
40
now · peak 225
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-08 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-07 100+ → 90+ down after 403 days in band
- 2025-04-30 200+ → 100+ down after 158 days in band
- 2024-11-23 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-11-21 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in band
- 2024-11-17 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in band
- 2024-11-11 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-10 300+ → 200+ down after 82 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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Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gravity Forms Email Blacklist 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Contact Slider – Contact Form Slider Widget 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - 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
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