Top 20 Spam plugins

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
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