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Titan Anti-spam & Security – Brute Force Protection, 2FA & Spam Filter
The lightweight spam filter that grew too big to leave.
HealthyGrowingPoor rating
63/100
A once lightweight tool became a heavy security suite that is hard to uninstall.
Active installs
~85,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+
Rating
4.5★
369 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+164%
Growing fast
70 → 185 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORverified rating is 3.55★
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +164% in the last year
70/day a year ago→185/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayTitan Anti-spam & Security was once a beloved, lightweight spam filter, but a major ownership-driven transformation into a full security suite has left many long-time users feeling deceived and frustrated, with recurring complaints about bloat, breakage, and unresponsive support.
What people like
- +Anti-spam function works invisibly and effectively without impacting site speed×5
- +Free version offers deep file scanning that rivals or exceeds paid competitors like Wordfence and Sucuri
- +Works as a compatible alternative to other anti-spam plugins that conflict with certain form builders
- +Considered a strong free alternative to paid security extensions
Common complaints
- −Plugin was transformed from a lightweight anti-spam tool into a full security suite without user consent, via a silent update after a change in ownership (since 7)×9
- −Plugin cannot be removed from the WordPress dashboard after the update; FTP or WP-CLI required to uninstall×4
- −Update caused WordPress dashboard crashes and made installed plugins invisible×3
- −Support is unresponsive — emails go unanswered
- −Silently blocked legitimate comments from posting, causing content loss without any visible error
- −Uninstall flow requires sending data to a third party to complete a survey
- −Running alongside an existing WAF (e.g. Wordfence) can cause conflicts or slowdowns
- −Scan results include false positives, such as flagging legitimate Wordfence files
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.55★Verified rating — drops from 4.50★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 11%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-10-122025-08-082026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 369 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-03-23★★★★★Muy buen pluginleferas1968
- 2026-02-26★★★★★Fait le job !ericdr
- 2026-02-04★★★★★Very good alternativebadjouane
- 2025-08-03★★★★★I'd love to but…dafada
- 2024-09-28★★★★★Website crash error 500rod6661-shot
- 2023-05-09★★★★★Unfortunately did not work for mesiobhanemma931-shot
- 2022-08-30★★★★★Funciona muy bienJordi Mont
- 2021-08-10★★★★★Still works invisiblycbaile19
- 2021-02-25★★★★★Chill out everyonealexanderlabrie
- 2021-01-12★★★★★WordPress dashboard crashed after today's updatemannuforall
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Titan Anti-spam & Security
Top Security plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
293
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
171
Prior 7-day baseline
283
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
6,914
Mean release-day peak (30d)
293
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+71.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.79
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
64%
5★ share in analyzed sample
11%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.67 → 3.55★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered