TechArk Spam Shield for Contact Form 7
by TechArk Solutions · Security
A powerful spam protection plugin for Contact Form 7 that blocks bots, spam submissions, VPN users, repeated attempts, and automated attacks — without …
80 health vs 63 average across 686 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 2025-11-19 · 240 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
176
now · peak 178
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 35 days.
Install history · since 2025-11-21 · 236 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-10 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-09 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-08 50+ → 60+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-04-22 40+ → 50+ up after 55 days in tier
- 2026-02-26 30+ → 40+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-02-14 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-13 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 20+ → 30+ up after 11 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Anti-Spam Protection – No API Key, GDPR Friendly 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ installs · 5.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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