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: 59457
Limit reached: 20 at 5085
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads | Active | Star Rating | Tested up to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Akismet Anti-Spam | 230451817 | 5000000 | 4.7 | 5.9 |
| 107 | Anti-Spam by CleanTalk | 8336592 | 100000 | 4.7 | 5.9 |
| 143 | Antispam Bee | 5296748 | 700000 | 4.8 | 5.8.3 |
| 200 | WP Cerber Security Anti-spam & Malware Scan | 3728696 | 200000 | 4.8 | 5.9 |
| 266 | Titan Anti-spam & Security | 2803539 | 100000 | 4.5 | 5.8.3 |
| 413 | Stop Spammers | 1716899 | 60000 | 4.5 | 5.8.3 |
| 828 | WordPress Zero Spam | 741932 | 30000 | 4.4 | 5.8.3 |
| 1485 | NoSpamNX | 316874 | 10000 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
| 1925 | bbPress Notify (No-Spam) | 215294 | 5000 | 4.8 | 5.8.3 |
| 2012 | Throws SPAM Away | 201971 | 20000 | 5 | 5.9 |
| 2141 | Gravity Forms Zero Spam | 183597 | 40000 | 4.7 | 5.8.3 |
| 2766 | WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam | 123105 | 20000 | 5 | 5.8.3 |
| 3019 | Caldera Forms Anti Spam | 105690 | 20000 | 4.3 | 5.6.7 |
| 3617 | Spam Master | 78543 | 500 | 4.2 | 5.9 |
| 3707 | Spam Destroyer | 75254 | 10000 | 4.6 | 5.9.9 |
| 3814 | Stop WP Emails Going to Spam | 72352 | 10000 | 5 | 5.9 |
| 3944 | Captcha Anti Spam Security Spam Protection – Captcha Booster | 69345 | 4000 | 4.6 | 5.3.11 |
| 4214 | Stop Spam Comments | 62829 | 6000 | 4.6 | 4.4.26 |
| 4315 | Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam | 60897 | 600 | 4 | 4.8.18 |
| 5085 | FV Antispam | 46409 | 2000 | 3.7 | 5.3.11 |
| 20 | TOTALS | 254688383 |