LH Zero Spam
by shawfactor · Security
Also makes 99 other plugins · 11.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Zero Spam makes blocking spam comments and registrations easy.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈210 estimated
Momentum
-9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “anti spam”, “antispam” and “comment spam” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 66 average across 1,776 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 8.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,060 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1479 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1479 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 15d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 15d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| anti spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| antispam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comment spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “anti spam”, “antispam” and “comment spam” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 287 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 90% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 52 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 200.
Install history since 14 Aug 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous User 6522815.3y ago
Thanks Peter for making and maintaining this. Another plugin removed the David Walsh approach and I got client complaints so I’m really pleased to see this. This works on the default contact form for Beaver Builder too.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tahir Taous10.1y ago
I was using Akismet but Akismet failed to stop spam, I was getting a lot of spam comments on daily basis. Few month ago, I installed this free plugin and there isn’t any spam comment since then. This one is a must have plugin for bloggers.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ shawfactor11.2y ago
The plugin itself works perfectly and if you like lightweight unobtrusive solutions it is the way to go
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0.2
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Zero Spam makes blocking spam comments and registrations easy."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, BuddyPress.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 883 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("anti-spam", "antispam", "comment spam" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-10 100+ → 200+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2026-08-09 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 100+ → 200+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-07-26 200+ → 100+ down after 410 days in tier
- 2025-06-11 300+ → 200+ down after 349 days in tier
- 2024-06-27 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-26 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-06-23 400+ → 300+ down after 197 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).
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A -
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 4 shared tags A -
Spam Destroyer 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags B -
Antispam 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Spam Protection | Maspik 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
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