Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorCleanTalk Inc
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release9 days ago 29 Oct 2026
Support62 / 64 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record537
Rating4.8 /5 · 3,220
Added to directory18 May 2012
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by CleanTalk Inc throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| shagimuratov | 174 | 25 Jul 2013 | 06 Aug 2026 |
| znaeff | 7 | 29 Dec 2013 | 20 Mar 2015 |
| Vlad Cleantalk | 20 | 17 Mar 2015 | 04 Feb 2016 |
| Safronik | 116 | 03 Oct 2016 | 12 May 2022 |
| glomberg | 134 | 13 Oct 2019 | 25 May 2026 |
| sartemd174 | 5 | 03 Feb 2020 | 17 Jul 2020 |
| artemacleantalk | 8 | 24 Aug 2022 | 29 Sep 2023 |
| alexandergull | 32 | 02 Nov 2022 | 22 Jul 2026 |
| sergefcleantalk | 27 | 25 Dec 2023 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| antonv1 | 5 | 08 Aug 2024 | 19 Mar 2026 |
| cleantalk | 2 | 09 Dec 2025 | 18 Dec 2025 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 200,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
16,967 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 158% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 94,301/day31 Oct 2026
18 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.8. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 27 Jun 2026 and 03 Sep 2026: 20 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Reviewers of CleanTalk this quarter focus heavily on customer support, with 9 of 20 reviews describing quick or effective responses to specific problems, from IP whitelist fixes to PHP error patches. 6 of 20 reviews credit the plugin with stopping spam, whether comment spam, spam orders, or phishing email, sometimes after switching away and back. Setup is another recurring theme: 3 of 20 reviews call installation and configuration easy, with no coding required. A smaller group, 2 of 20 reviews, describe an admin dashboard notice they found intrusive or difficult to dismiss.
- 9 of 20 mention fast or effective customer support. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
- 6 of 20 credit the plugin with stopping spam, spam orders, or phishing email. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 3 of 20 describe the plugin as easy to install or set up. [1] [2] [3]
- 2 of 20 describe an admin dashboard notice they found intrusive or hard to dismiss. [1] [2]
Counted from the public review forum on 16 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 3,665 | 7,029 | 8,337 | 8,316 | 6,613 | 4,504 | 3,369 | 2,032 | 3,246 | 3,076 | 9,101 | 3,645 | 94,301 |
| Ratings total | 3,219 | 3,219 | 3,219 | 3,219 | 3,219 | 3,219 | 3,219 | 3,219 | 3,219 | 3,219 | 3,220 | 3,220 | 3,220 | 3,220 |
| Version | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.90 | 6.91 | 6.91 |
| Support threads | 76 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 66 | 65 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Threads resolved | 73 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 66 | 65 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 62 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (200,000+)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory14 years ago 18 May 2012
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 29 Oct 2026, 10 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 62 of 64 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 3 other plugins, 3 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 29 Oct 202610 days agoVersion 6.91 released
- 29 Oct 202610 days agoVersion 6.90 released
- 14 Oct 202625 days agoVersion 6.89.1 released
- 05 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 6.89 released
- 30 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 6.88 released
- 02 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 6.87 released
- 19 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 6.86 released
- 17 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 6.85 released
- 03 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 6.84 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 22 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 6.72 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandergull.
- 15 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 6.83.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by sergefcleantalk.
- 13 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 6.83 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by sergefcleantalk.
- 29 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 6.82 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 24 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 6.81 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 10 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 6.80 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 25 May 20265 months agoVersion 6.79.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by glomberg.
- 20 May 20266 months agoVersion 6.79 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 13 May 20266 months agoVersion 6.78 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 27 Apr 20266 months agoVersion 6.77 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 02 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 6.76 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by glomberg.
- 19 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 6.75 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by antonv1.
- 25 Jul 201313 years ago516 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 25 Jul 2013 and 05 Mar 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 18 May 201214 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 09 Sep 2026 · CVE-2026-19855 Vulnerability DetailsOpenCVE
- 27 Jul 2026 · Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in WordPress Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk Plugin (CVE-2026-65437)Patchstack
- 20 Feb 2026 · Security Update: Please Update CleanTalk Anti-Spam to the Latest VersionCleanTalk Blog
- 16 Feb 2026 · CleanTalk WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Threatens Up To 200K SitesSearch Engine Journal
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by CleanTalk Inc for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 9 days ago (29 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 3,220 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 62 of 64 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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