Squelch Unspam
by Matt Lowe · Search
Unspam makes it harder for spammers to automatedly send spam to your blog by changing the names of the fields in the comment forms.
50 health vs 68 average across 187 Search plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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 828 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
25
now · peak 73
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-23 60+ → 50+ down after 24 days in band
- 2025-04-29 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-04-27 60+ → 50+ down after 14 days in band
- 2025-04-13 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-04-12 40+ → 50+ up after 15 days in band
- 2025-03-28 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-27 40+ → 30+ down after 34 days in band
- 2025-02-21 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- M Message Filter for Contact Form 7 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - C Cookies for Comments 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
- T Throws SPAM Away 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
- D Delete Pending Comments 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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