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Spam Defender – Review Captcha for WooCommerce

by Raisul Islam Shagor · Security

Also makes 5 other plugins · 140+ installs across the portfolio →

Add captcha to WooCommerce product reviews. Prevent spam reviews and ensure only real customers can submit reviews.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
80 Health · B
Maintenance 99/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

80 health vs 64 average across 997 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.

75 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2025-10-18 · 317 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+42% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

81

now · peak 141

8130d downloads · Aug 26

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

Spam Defender · #18460 you Sucuri Security · #105 SiteGuard WP Plugin · #114 Spam protection, Hon · #240

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.

900per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

3

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.2.0

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.0 · 3mo ago1.0.2 · 9mo ago1.0.1 · 10mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 59% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 59%
v1.0 41%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
90–100 ≈97

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 100+ in roughly 26 days.

Install history · since 2025-10-18 · 273 observations

90Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
1.2.0
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2025-10-18
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-31 80+ → 90+ up after 18 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-13 70+ → 80+ up after 45 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-29 60+ → 70+ up after 18 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-11 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-10 60+ → 50+ down after 5 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-05 50+ → 60+ up after 4 days in tier
  7. 2026-06-01 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
  8. 2026-05-30 50+ → 40+ down after 19 days in tier

Competes with

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Spam Defender – Review Captcha for WooCommerce: 90+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/spam-defender-review-captcha-for-woocommerce