Kumaro Anti-Spam Shield
by Prageeth Kumaraguru · Security
Lightweight, privacy-friendly WordPress comment spam protection with blocked keywords, honeypot, flood control, duplicate detection, and link limits.
80 health vs 64 average across 1,371 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 2026-08-17 · 30 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
106
now · peak 106
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2026-09-15 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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).
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Honeypot Anti-Spam 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags A -
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ installs · 5.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments 8K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
SpamJam – Anti-Spam Protection for Comments & Forms 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Web Ok Honeypot Lite for CF7 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
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