86
Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection
A silent spam killer that eventually asks for your credit card.
HealthyGrowing
86/100
The plugin blocks spam effectively without friction. Users are often surprised by the mandatory subscription after the trial ends.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.8★
3,190 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+71%
Growing fast
1,886 → 3,227 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 · +71% in the last year
1,886/day a year ago→3,227/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAnti-Spam by CleanTalk is well-regarded as a highly effective spam-blocking solution for WordPress and WooCommerce, though it requires a paid subscription that is not clearly disclosed before installation.
What people like
- +Highly effective at blocking spam comments, registrations, contact form submissions, and WooCommerce spam orders×8
- +Responsive and helpful customer support×5
- +Considered affordable relative to competing solutions×3
- +Easy and quick to install, works immediately×2
- +Effective at cleaning up existing spam accounts in bulk
Common complaints
- −Requires a paid subscription, but this is not disclosed upfront before installation
- −WooCommerce spam protection can block legitimate customer checkouts, causing lost sales
- −Private support tickets are closed after 4 days and cannot be reopened, requiring a new ticket
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.59★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 18%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-08-082026-01-052026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 3,190 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Works Wonders!updesignme
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Almost perfectjgpfersich1-shot
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Fantastic plugin, awesome supportmikacns
- 2026-06-01★★★★★great plugin0001e1-shot
- 2026-05-31★★★★★Best Plugin Everadamy2021-shot
- 2026-05-29★★★★★ticket support system is badkeesjan
- 2026-05-29★★★★★CleanTalk works great!Ivica Delic
- 2026-05-28★★★★★Works Great!lisa4r
- 2026-05-27★★★★★Affordable and Effectivetrattinobasso
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Works well to stop bot spamvivlund
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection
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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.
3,203
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
3,250
Prior 7-day baseline
4,410
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
34,877
Mean release-day peak (30d)
6,976
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-1.4%
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.
14%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.41
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
87%
5★ share in analyzed sample
18%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+31%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.66 → 4.59★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered