Honeypot Toolkit

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 87% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ techguysa

   4mo ago

   Warning to all make your white list range short. I thought i white listed it i know its the case on wordfence but i manage to let it think i the admin made it think it was a bot and locked me out. If this is the case use Tor browser to log in since it changes the IP there. 3 stars cause im not 100% sure if this is really working its doing some good heavy lifting but support from these pages seem non existant. not mine just other people. but if your IP is 80.50.10.125 make it 80.50.10.124 – 80.50.10.126 if it happens again cause i swear i did this im gonna loose my mind spent 1 hour trying to figure out WHIHC WAF got triggered

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2. ★★★★★ dichternebel

   2.8y ago

   This plugin does the job very well. Besides using Project Honyepot and Spamcop, I really love the additional Login and 404 handling that protects from brute force attacks. In combination with a 2FA login plugin this makes me finally feel a lot safer using WordPress. Thanks a lot!

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3. ★★★★★ thorsten107

   3.6y ago

   Nevertheless, 10 messages come to spam on day via the contact form. This plugin does not block anything

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4. ★★★★★ Andrea

   4.7y ago

   with version 5.8.2 (also multiste)

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5. ★★★★★ ogbcashdown

   5.4y ago

   Has been very effective in blocking malicious traffic to my site.

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6. ★★★★★ Boretsyan

   5.5y ago

   Hi there, I have installed Honeypot Toolkit plugin on my website, the status is: @ – Honey Pot Active but I haven’t any data in activity list in plugin. I have verified script and the dedicated link is on all my pages but now activity yet! What should I do to enable this plugin and make it working?

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7. ★★★★★ caffeinefiend

   6.7y ago

   I’m really enjoying using the Honeypot. In the past i was using cloudflare and plugins just to block the little blights. Now its a enjoyable sport to see how many of the pests i caught each morning. So to me this is much like going fishing, but here we are just catching the invasive pests. The plugin works really well and even though my version of WordPress is quite a bit newer (5.3.2) than the supported i’ve had no problems at all. Its nice to run a plugin that benefits the larger community whilst making everything so simple to install and use. I’ve even taken to using an advertisement manager plugin to switch the trap links and allow me to change my trap bait as i call it. Like i said its a great sport!

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8. ★★★★★ jodisolbrig

   8.3y ago

   This plugin is working very well and gives easy logging of failed logins, spammers, and bots.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-06-17 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-06-16 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-06-15 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2025-06-14 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-06-13 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-06-12 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-06-11 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-06-10 400+ → 500+ up after 2 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).

• eSherpa Login Guard — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection 700K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• Titan Anti-spam & Security – Brute Force Protection, 2FA & Spam Filter 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A

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Honeypot Toolkit: 400+ active installs, 4.3★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/honeypot-toolkit