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: 57086
Limit reached: 20 at 4616
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads | Active | Star Rating | Tested up to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Akismet Anti-Spam | 172672499 | 5000000 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 126 | Anti-Spam by CleanTalk | 4609860 | 100000 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 156 | Antispam Bee | 3542254 | 500000 | 4.8 | 5.4.2 |
| 219 | WP Cerber Security Anti-spam & Malware Scan | 2289314 | 100000 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 230 | Titan Anti-spam & Security | 2216209 | 200000 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 459 | Stop Spammers | 1065452 | 50000 | 4.6 | 5.4.2 |
| 639 | Spam Free Wordpress | 748282 | 9000 | 2.4 | 4.4.23 |
| 1252 | NoSpamNX | 295178 | 20000 | 4.3 | 5.4.2 |
| 1308 | WordPress Zero Spam | 281504 | 30000 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| 1873 | bbPress Notify (No-Spam) | 173724 | 5000 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 1929 | AVH First Defense Against Spam Plugin | 165547 | 4000 | 2.4 | 4.5.13 |
| 2192 | Throws SPAM Away | 135384 | 20000 | 5 | 5.4.2 |
| 2838 | Math Comment Spam Protection | 91538 | 3000 | 5 | 3.0.5 |
| 3401 | Spam Destroyer | 69180 | 10000 | 4.6 | 5.4.2 |
| 3502 | Spam Master | 65946 | 500 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
| 3616 | Captcha Anti Spam Security Spam Protection – Captcha Booster | 63116 | 6000 | 4.7 | 5.3.4 |
| 3680 | Stop Spam Comments | 61780 | 9000 | 4.6 | 4.4.23 |
| 3745 | Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam | 60373 | 800 | 4 | 4.8.14 |
| 3862 | Caldera Forms Anti Spam | 57607 | 20000 | 4.5 | 5.4.2 |
| 4616 | Spam Comments Cleaner | 44188 | 4000 | 4.1 | 4.9.15 |
| 20 | TOTALS | 188708935 |