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ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments

by Syed Balkhi · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

93/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation85

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master21 Feb 2026 to 21 Feb 2026, 1 commits
activelayer17 Apr 2026 to 9 Oct 2026, 17 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
25 days ago
Releases, 24 months
13
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.2 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20267
Q3 20265
Q4 20261

Last release 9 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

100% of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments
Q2 20265.0
Q3 20264.9
Q4 20265.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q2 2026 and Q4 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star9
4 star1
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Momentum

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments
4 May 202624
11 May 2026258
18 May 2026543
25 May 2026889
1 Jun 2026607
8 Jun 20261,920
15 Jun 20262,246
22 Jun 20261,780
29 Jun 20261,207
6 Jul 20261,063
13 Jul 20261,055
20 Jul 20263,217
27 Jul 20263,555
3 Aug 20263,832
10 Aug 20262,231
17 Aug 20261,494
24 Aug 20261,243
31 Aug 20261,393
7 Sep 20265,113
14 Sep 20266,083
21 Sep 20262,082
28 Sep 20261,730
5 Oct 20265,607
12 Oct 20263,114
19 Oct 20262,369
26 Oct 20262,147
2 Nov 2026246

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 7% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

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No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.7.2
AuthorSyed Balkhi
Added17 Apr 2026
Last updated9 Oct 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress5.5
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.2
Categorynot stated
Tagsantispam, anti-spam, comment spam, contact form, spam protection

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Questions

Is ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments still maintained?

ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments was last updated on 9 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments safe?

ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments?

The wordpress.org author is Syed Balkhi. Recent committers: activelayer, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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