ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments
Healthy: ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 85 |
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.
| plugin-master | 21 Feb 2026 to 21 Feb 2026, 1 commits |
|---|---|
| activelayer | 17 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+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 7 |
| Q3 2026 | 5 |
| Q4 2026 | 1 |
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
| Q2 2026 | 5.0 |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 4.9 |
| Q4 2026 | 5.0 |
Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q2 2026 and Q4 2026.
| 5 star | 9 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 1 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Momentum
10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 258 |
| 18 May 2026 | 543 |
| 25 May 2026 | 889 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 607 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 1,920 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 2,246 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 1,780 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 1,207 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 1,063 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 1,055 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 3,217 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 3,555 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 3,832 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 2,231 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 1,494 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 1,243 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 1,393 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 5,113 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 6,083 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 2,082 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 1,730 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 5,607 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 3,114 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 2,369 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 2,147 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 246 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 7% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
No healthier plugin in the same category yet.
Facts
| Version | 1.7.2 |
|---|---|
| Author | Syed Balkhi |
| Added | 17 Apr 2026 |
| Last updated | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Active installs | 10,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 |
| Category | not stated |
| Tags | antispam, 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.