Raven's Antispam
by Unknown · Security
Powerful and invisible fighter against comment spam.
41 health vs 64 average across 563 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5851 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
38
now · peak 109
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 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-12 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-11 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-10 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-08 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-05 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-04-29 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-27 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-04-23 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- M MP Spam Be Gone 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Spam Destroyer 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Block List Updater 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Decent Comments 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
Anti-spam Reloaded 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C
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