Universal Honey Pot
by Ludwig You · Forms
Also makes 6 other plugins · 14.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Universal Honey Pot is a powerful and user-friendly WordPress plugin that provides a plug-and-play solution for protecting your forms against unwanted …
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Health
C 66/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “anti spam”, “forms” and “security” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
66 health vs 65 average across 2,510 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.2%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 10.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,667 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 388 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
44
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
30%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| honey | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| honey pot your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| universal | #7 | #19 | down 2 |
| anti spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| spam protection your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “anti spam”, “forms” and “security” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
- Already on top for “honey”. #1 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 19 Jun 2023 · 1,231 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.1y ago
latest release · v6.0.0 · 8 Oct 2025
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Jun 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sambukin8mo ago
Плагин не определил установленные в систему WPFORM
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Paul Fleury2.2y ago
Universal Honey Pot, c’est le ninja invisible qui protège les formulaires WordPress ! Installation simple, pas de configuration, la belle vie ! Efficace ? Oui, pour l’instant. On verra sur la durée. Gardez le rythme pour les mises à jour. Bye bye Google ReCAPTCHA ! (utilisé avec Contact Form 7). This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Paul Fleury.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ronin242.7y ago
Installé sur 4 sites qui avaient des soucis de spam, depuis nickel. Plugin léger et efficace.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.4
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Divi, Contact Form 7, WPForms and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,353 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "anti-spam", "security" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-03-15 900+ → 1K+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2025-02-14 800+ → 900+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2025-01-11 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-10 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-09 700+ → 800+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2024-11-26 600+ → 700+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2024-11-08 500+ → 600+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2024-09-12 400+ → 500+ up after 73 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Stop Spammers Classic 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Dam Spam 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags A -
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ installs · 5.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
CloudSecure WP Security 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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