Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam
by Peter · Security
Stop a lot of spambots from polluting your site by making visitors identify a custom word displayed as an image before commenting.
58 health vs 69 average across 354 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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 577 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
116
now · peak 231
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
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-03 300+ → 200+ down after 82 days in band
- 2025-09-12 200+ → 300+ up after 86 days in band
- 2025-06-18 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-17 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-16 300+ → 200+ down after 19 days in band
- 2025-05-28 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-05-24 300+ → 200+ down after 494 days in band
- 2024-01-16 400+ → 300+ down after 24 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★ · 3 shared tags A -
Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam} 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Spam Destroyer 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Antispam 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/peters-custom-anti-spam-image" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam: 200+ active installs, 4.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/peters-custom-anti-spam-image