NIX Anti-Spam Light
by NIX Solutions Ltd · Security
Easy-to-use tool to get rid of spam attacking your website AntiSpamLight is developed to help you to forget about annoying spam bots! No more spam and …
44 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4324 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
107
now · peak 190
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
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 · 100% 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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-28 · 1,387 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ T.T.Tassel12.7y ago
Downloaded and activated NIX Anti-spam. Fifteen minutes later I already had 85 spam messages on the blog. So I can only assume this doesn’t work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jaleed13.4y ago
I’ve installed this plugin because I was getting a lot of spam. That was annoying much and that had to be stopped. This plugin is very easy to install and it doesn’t “eat” much resources. And the main thing it works great. I would recommend this plugin if you do not need many options to adjust anti-spam (as I).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nickyurov13.4y ago
I think it is a best solution for spam protection on worpress site.
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 2 still affect the current version.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-12 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-09 80+ → 90+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-03-16 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 80+ → 90+ up after 33 days in tier
- 2026-02-09 90+ → 80+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-02-04 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 90+ → 80+ down after 85 days in tier
- 2025-11-05 100+ → 90+ down after 3 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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Stop Spammers Classic 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Dam Spam 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
CloudSecure WP Security 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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