Spam Prevention for Contact Form 7 and Comments
by ctomczyk · Security
Spam Prevention for WP Contact Form 7 (manage multiple contact forms) and WordPress Comments.
84 health vs 69 average across 357 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 2023-02-20 · 1,243 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
139
now · peak 233
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2023-02-19 · 1,244 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-06-21 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Comment Blacklist Updater 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Email Address Encoder 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR) 80K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Zero Spam for WordPress 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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