Kama SpamBlock
by Timur Kamaev · Security
Light and invisible method to block auto-spam when a spam comment is posted. Pings and trackbacks check for real backlinks.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “5K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-24 · 1,383 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-04 6K+ → 5K+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-05-02 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-01 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-04-30 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-04-29 6K+ → 5K+ down after 409 days in band
- 2024-03-16 7K+ → 6K+ down after 19 days in band
- 2024-02-26 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-02-25 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 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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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam} 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Friendly Captcha for WordPress 9K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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