Grade A

Honeypot Anti-Spam

Name: Honeypot Anti-Spam
Rating: 4.7 (12 reviews)
Author: RaiolaNetworks

⤓ Download v1.1.1 on WordPress.org ↗

by RaiolaNetworksupdated 2026-05-28✨The Quiet Achiever

The invisible trap that catches bots without bothering humans.

HealthyDeclining

81/100

It offers simple spam protection with zero configuration for a small but satisfied user base.

Loved30/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum4/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

// Add a hidden honeypot field to the comment form via JS
add_action( 'comment_form', function () {
    echo "<script>
        var f = document.getElementById('commentform');
        if (f) {
            var i = document.createElement('input');
            i.type = 'text'; i.name = 'hp_name'; i.value = '';
            i.style.cssText = 'display:none!important';
            f.appendChild(i);
        }
    </script>";
} );

// Reject the comment if the honeypot field is filled in
add_filter( 'preprocess_comment', function ( $data ) {
    if ( ! empty( $_POST['hp_name'] ) ) {
        wp_die( 'Spam detected.', 'Spam', [ 'response' => 403, 'back_link' => true ] );
    }
    return $data;
} );

Keep in mind:The snippet covers only the standard WordPress comment form, matching the plugin scope.

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Active installs

~16,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

4.7★

12 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-13%

Declining

15 → 13 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining · -13% in the last year

15/day a year ago→13/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Honeypot Anti-Spam is praised for its simple, no-configuration setup and ability to block comment spam, though at least one user reports it didn’t stop spam for them.

What people like

+Works out of the box with no configuration required×3
+Effectively blocks spam bots on comment forms×4
+GDPR-friendly
+Active maintenance and support from the developer team

Common complaints

−Did not prevent spam for some users

Review trustMostly organic

4.67★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-10-122025-08-082026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 12 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 12 analyzed

2026-02-20★★★★★Funciona perfectamente jorgevm
2025-07-23★★★★★Un plugin muy útil e indispensable.Javier Afan
2024-09-17★★★★★Just what you need Gerard Blanco
2023-06-12★★★★★Buen plugin antispam Fran Sarabia
2022-09-27★★★★★No me sirvio José Luis Hernández
2021-12-17★★★★★Hace lo que dice y punto gestionatuweb
2021-09-01★★★★★Perfecto whomples
2020-12-11★★★★★Best anti spam plugin for comments!KnallBlauMedia
2020-10-23★★★★★Pues va de fabula ignaciojesus
2020-07-02★★★★★Sencillo y suave El Replicante

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-28v1.1.0
2026-05-28v1.1.1
2024-08-01v1.0.5
2023-01-02v1.0.4
2021-12-21v1.0.3
2020-12-31v1.0.2
2020-04-30v1.0.1
2020-04-29v1.0

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For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

2,299

Mean release-day peak (30d)

202

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

+7.7%

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.

33%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.45

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

92%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

—

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.67 → 4.67★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered