Good Question
by Artem Frolov · Security
Simple plugin to stop spam comments and registrations on your site. Adds a question field on the form, easy for humans, but not solvable for the bots.
47 health vs 72 average across 256 Security plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.18.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2138 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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
24
now · peak 73
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 “90+”. 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
- 2026-06-13 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-12 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-11 100+ → 90+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-06-05 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-30 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-28 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-27 100+ → 90+ down after 27 days in band
- 2026-04-30 90+ → 100+ up after 3 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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Spam Destroyer 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
La Sentinelle antispam 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
No-Bot Registration 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Registration Options for BuddyPress 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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