83
Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection
A powerful spam shield that needs careful aiming.
HealthyGrowing
83/100
It offers effective spam protection but requires careful configuration to avoid false positives.
Active installs
~40,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.7★
85 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+41%
Growing fast
175 → 247 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 · +41% in the last year
175/day a year ago→247/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMaspik is generally well-regarded as a free, effective spam-blocking plugin for WordPress forms and registrations, though it requires careful, patient configuration to avoid false positives, and at least one user reports that trigger-word blocking fails to catch spam in practice.
What people like
- +Effectively blocks spam across forms, comments, and registrations, including by IP, country, and email domain×4
- +Free to use
- +Supports third-party plugins such as BuddyPress
Common complaints
- −Requires significant time and careful setup to avoid blocking legitimate submissions; not plug-and-play
- −Trigger-word/keyword blocking reported as unreliable, letting spam through despite listed keywords
- −UI issue: textarea fields for adding spam keywords disappeared, making it impossible to add new phrases
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.63★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 17%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 85 total
Latest reviews · 85 analyzed
- 2026-05-18★★★★★Maspik is AMAZING!!hiriwhi
- 2026-04-26★★★★★Textarea Fields disappearddominmax
- 2026-03-13★★★★★Awesome plugin!joeysampson1-shot
- 2025-12-25★★★★★Incredible plugingalklil1-shot
- 2025-12-19★★★★★Works Well, Very Happysaripuhakka
- 2025-12-16★★★★★un seul mot : efficacitégehel1-shot
- 2025-10-30★★★★★Great pluginmstudioIL
- 2025-10-28★★★★★Powerful Service!John Arceneaux
- 2025-08-09★★★★★Computeccomputec11-shot
- 2025-08-09★★★★★Must-have pluginsarimeshi
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.
316
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
232
Prior 7-day baseline
339
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,578
Mean release-day peak (30d)
387
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+36.2%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.17
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
17%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
0%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.69 → 4.63★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered