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: 58442
Limit reached: 20 at 4900
Position | Plugin | Total downloads | Active | Star Rating | Tested up to |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Akismet Anti-Spam | 188010027 | 5000000 | 4.7 | 5.6.1 |
114 | Anti-Spam by CleanTalk | 5638106 | 100000 | 4.7 | 5.6.1 |
148 | Antispam Bee | 4090723 | 600000 | 4.8 | 5.6.1 |
210 | WP Cerber Security Anti-spam & Malware Scan | 2715272 | 200000 | 4.9 | 5.6.1 |
228 | Titan Anti-spam & Security | 2520808 | 100000 | 4.5 | 5.6.1 |
446 | Stop Spammers | 1239787 | 60000 | 4.6 | 5.6.1 |
1171 | WordPress Zero Spam | 358212 | 30000 | 4.5 | 5.5.3 |
1336 | NoSpamNX | 301596 | 10000 | 4.3 | 5.6.1 |
1891 | bbPress Notify (No-Spam) | 188977 | 5000 | 4.8 | 5.6.1 |
2129 | Throws SPAM Away | 155913 | 20000 | 5 | 5.5.3 |
3009 | Math Comment Spam Protection | 91716 | 3000 | 5 | 3.0.5 |
3245 | Caldera Forms Anti Spam | 81242 | 20000 | 4.3 | 5.6.1 |
3551 | Spam Destroyer | 71223 | 10000 | 4.6 | 5.4.4 |
3608 | Spam Master | 69627 | 400 | 4.2 | 5.6.1 |
3748 | Captcha Anti Spam Security Spam Protection – Captcha Booster | 66079 | 6000 | 4.7 | 5.3.6 |
3905 | Stop Spam Comments | 62028 | 8000 | 4.6 | 4.4.24 |
3966 | Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam | 60540 | 700 | 4 | 4.8.15 |
4807 | User Spam Remover | 45157 | 3000 | 3.9 | 5.5.3 |
4864 | Spam Comments Cleaner | 44474 | 4000 | 4.1 | 4.9.16 |
4900 | FV Antispam | 43857 | 3000 | 3.7 | 5.3.6 |
20 | TOTALS | 205855364 |