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: 60059
Limit reached: 20 at 5359
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads | Active | Star Rating | Tested up to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Akismet Anti-Spam | 265426062 | 5000000 | 4.7 | 6.1 |
| 107 | Anti-Spam by CleanTalk | 10429625 | 100000 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
| 146 | Antispam Bee | 6460556 | 700000 | 4.8 | 6.0.3 |
| 287 | Titan Anti-spam & Security | 3088254 | 100000 | 4.5 | 6.0.3 |
| 430 | Stop Spammers | 1924203 | 60000 | 4.5 | 6.0.3 |
| 719 | Zero Spam for WordPress | 1016670 | 30000 | 4.2 | 6.0.3 |
| 1590 | Gravity Forms Zero Spam | 314780 | 60000 | 4.4 | 6.0.3 |
| 1671 | WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam | 290759 | 100000 | 5 | 6.0.3 |
| 1770 | Throws SPAM Away | 265919 | 20000 | 5 | 6.0.3 |
| 1963 | bbPress Notify (No-Spam) | 231018 | 4000 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
| 3307 | Stop WP Emails Going to Spam | 97830 | 10000 | 4.9 | 6.1 |
| 3410 | Spam Master | 92788 | 200 | 4.2 | 6.1 |
| 3792 | Spam Destroyer | 78263 | 9000 | 4.5 | 5.9.9 |
| 4037 | Captcha Anti Spam Security Spam Protection – Captcha Booster | 71516 | 4000 | 4.6 | 5.3.14 |
| 4371 | Maspik – Spam blacklist | 63078 | 10000 | 4.9 | 6.0.3 |
| 4447 | Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam | 61316 | 500 | 4 | 4.8.21 |
| 5092 | FV Antispam | 48887 | 2000 | 3.7 | 6.0.3 |
| 5230 | User Spam Remover | 46966 | 2000 | 4 | 5.5.11 |
| 5302 | Kama SpamBlock | 45921 | 8000 | 5 | 5.8.6 |
| 5359 | Spam Comments Cleaner | 45179 | 3000 | 4.1 | 4.9.22 |
| 20 | TOTALS | 290099590 |