In response to a question at the WordPress Portsmouth Meetup – Hands on Problem Solving clinic, here’s the top 20 plugins which include spam in their plugin name or short description.
Total plugins: 60574
Limit reached: 20 at 8449
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads | Active | Star Rating | Tested up to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Akismet Anti-Spam: Spam Protection | 285309900 | 5000000 | 4.7 | 6.2.2 |
| 696 | Zero Spam for WordPress | 1152330 | 40000 | 4.1 | 6.2.2 |
| 1085 | WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam | 603899 | 100000 | 5 | 6.2.2 |
| 1326 | Gravity Forms Zero Spam | 443826 | 80000 | 4.4 | 6.2.2 |
| 1781 | Throws SPAM Away | 280918 | 20000 | 5 | 6.2.2 |
| 3129 | Stop WP Emails Going to Spam | 112543 | 10000 | 4.8 | 6.2.2 |
| 3265 | Spam Master | 105721 | 200 | 4.2 | 6.2.2 |
| 3276 | Maspik – Spam blacklist | 105092 | 10000 | 4.9 | 6.2.2 |
| 3850 | Spam Destroyer | 80101 | 9000 | 4.5 | 5.9.9 |
| 4094 | Captcha Anti Spam Security Spam Protection – Captcha Booster | 72907 | 3000 | 4.7 | 5.3.15 |
| 5293 | User Spam Remover | 47483 | 2000 | 4 | 5.5.12 |
| 5430 | Spam Comments Cleaner | 45377 | 2000 | 4.1 | 4.9.23 |
| 6264 | Analytics Spam Blocker | 36282 | 1000 | 3.8 | 6.2.2 |
| 6821 | Spam Captcha | 31170 | 500 | 3 | 4.5.29 |
| 7231 | Forget Spam Comment | 27948 | 4000 | 5 | 6.2.2 |
| 7558 | Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 | 25906 | 8000 | 4.1 | 6.2.2 |
| 7929 | Batch Comment Spam Deletion | 23693 | 2000 | 5 | 4.9.23 |
| 8215 | Block Referer Spam | 22194 | 800 | 3.4 | 6.2.2 |
| 8316 | TanTanNoodles Simple Spam Filter | 21648 | 200 | 0 | 2.6 |
| 8449 | Spam Free | 21030 | 200 | 0 | 3.4.2 |
| 20 | TOTALS | 288569968 |