77
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7
Strong spam defense that occasionally trips over its own feet.
HealthyGrowing
77/100
It provides strong spam protection but carries risks of breaking site styles or blocking legitimate visitors.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.2★
12 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+664%
Growing fast
11 → 84 installs/day
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 · +664% in the last year
11/day a year ago→84/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAntiSpam for Contact Form 7 is praised for its effective spam blocking and flexible settings, but users report occasional breakage, compatibility hiccups, and unwanted fake form output.
What people like
- +Provides effective spam protection, often requiring some configuration but works well out-of-the-box×6
- +Offers many optional settings and customization options×3
- +Developer is responsive and helpful with bug fixes×2
- +Improves performance compared to reCAPTCHA, reducing page load time
Common complaints
- −Requires deactivation on WordPress 6.9 safe mode due to compatibility issue (since 6.9)
- −An update broke the plugin, making field data inaccessible and causing over-blocking of users
- −Blocks submissions from non-logged-in users, resulting in error messages
- −Creates visible fake forms (honeypot) that appear alongside the original form×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.17★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.20★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 12 total
Latest reviews · 12 analyzed
- 2026-01-21★★★★★fatal error to debugLaFaucon
- 2026-01-13★★★★★A lightweight, must-have plugin with great supportBenjamin
- 2025-12-01★★★★★Great plugino2xav
- 2025-11-30★★★★★Broken pluginlemurnick
- 2024-06-07★★★★★Blocked everything for non-logged-in users.Degas
- 2024-01-28★★★★★Finally a plugin that stops the spamWendihihihi
- 2023-09-06★★★★★Working Greatoceandigitals
- 2023-07-26★★★★★The best plugin for securing CF7!anze
- 2023-07-26★★★★★It deface the original style of contact formlanboran
- 2023-04-07★★★★★Thanks!Jensdiep
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor 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.
74
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
74
Prior 7-day baseline
59
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
213
Mean release-day peak (30d)
72
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
0.0%
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.
22%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.34
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
75%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.17 → 4.17★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered