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Gravity Forms Email Blacklist
A handy spam shield that occasionally trips over its own feet.
HealthyGrowing
82/100
It effectively blocks spam but faces technical issues with PHP 8 and limited domain pattern support.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.3★
15 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+53%
Growing fast
17 → 26 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 · +53% in the last year
17/day a year ago→26/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayGravity Forms Email Blacklist is generally praised for reliably blocking spam and good support, but users report compatibility issues and limited wildcard domain blocking.
What people like
- +Functions exactly as advertised and reliably blocks spam emails
- +Support responses are fast and helpful
- +Works with the latest version of Gravity Forms
- +Effectively blocks specific spam email domains
Common complaints
- −PHP 8 compatibility error causing a fatal TypeError
- −Wildcard/domain blocking is limited; cannot block domain-level patterns or certain TLDs like *.ru×2
- −Plugin stopped working for some users
- −Support sometimes unresponsive or delayed
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.29★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 15 total
Latest reviews · 15 analyzed
- 2024-10-07★★★★★It works!@anansi.pro
- 2023-10-02★★★★★PHP 8sandrowuermli
- 2023-08-28★★★★★Great Addon, outstanding support!redactuk
- 2023-07-01★★★★★Need support for blocking domain names with wildcards, not just TLDsericscoles
- 2022-10-18★★★★★Great plugin. Easy to setup. No more spam!Matt Rock
- 2022-09-28★★★★★not workinggaetaneksz
- 2022-04-11★★★★★Perfect !bobume
- 2021-02-06★★★★★Simple yet effective!EE
- 2020-12-24★★★★★BrilliantWorthdesigning
- 2020-12-24★★★★★Exactly what I need but doesn't work.autoentropy
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Gravity Forms Email Blacklist
Top Forms 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.
26
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
25
Prior 7-day baseline
25
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
68
Mean release-day peak (30d)
39
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
+4.0%
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.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.83
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
80%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.33 → 4.29★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered