Mimic Guard
by aoto · Security
Block spam submissions with honeypot fields and submission timing checks.
80 health vs 64 average across 1,370 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 2026-04-22 · 147 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
44
now · peak 44
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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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Blackhole for Bad Bots 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Spam Protection | Maspik 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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