Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA
Active installs300+ rounded
Current authorEli
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release13 months ago 15 Oct 2025
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record10
Rating5.0 /5 · 2
Added to directory29 Oct 2012
Requires WP2.6
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.3 behind
Tested up toWP 6.8.12 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginsPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Eli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| scheeeli | 10 | 29 Oct 2012 | 15 Oct 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.
Small but established: 300+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
5 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 55% 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 12/day31 Oct 2026
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 | — | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (2) · active installs (300+) · version (2.24.10) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
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 29 Oct 2012
Requires WP2.6
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0.3 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 15 Oct 2025, 389 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.8.12, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 3 releases.
- The same account maintains 8 other plugins, 1 of which was 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.
- 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.
- 15 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 2.24.10 released
- 18 Oct 201610 years agoVersion 4.16.41 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by scheeeli.
- 16 May 201610 years agoVersion 2.16.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by scheeeli.
- 30 Oct 201511 years agoVersion 4.15.42 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by scheeeli.
- 25 Aug 201511 years agoVersion 4.15.34 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by scheeeli.
- 22 Aug 201511 years agoVersion 2.15.33 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by scheeeli.
- 28 Jan 201313 years agoVersion 1.3.01.28 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by scheeeli.
- 10 Jan 201313 years agoVersion 1.3.01.09 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by scheeeli.
- 03 Nov 201214 years agoVersion 1.2.11.02 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by scheeeli.
- 29 Oct 201214 years agoVersion 1.2.10.26 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by scheeeli.
- 29 Oct 201214 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
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 Eli for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 13 months ago (15 Oct 2025).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 300+ active installs.
- It carries 2 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
What we don’t know yet
- No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
- No release in the 91 days we have been watching, so how often it ships cannot be said. Every further day of silence tells you more.
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
Similar plugins
Plugins that share this one’s tags and talk about the same things in their own descriptions. Distinctive tags count for far more than broad ones. Sharing hover means something, sharing woocommerce does not, and a plugin that never mentions the subject matter is left out however its author tagged it. Among close matches, more widely installed plugins are listed first. This is a grouping rather than a ranking of quality.
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
5,000,000+ installs4.7★ (1,187)updated 18 Aug 2026
16,667× the installs
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk
Advanced antispam for comments, registrations & contact forms. No CAPTCHA, plus email validation and honeypot. We catch spam others miss!
200,000+ installs4.8★ (3,220)updated 29 Oct 2026
667× the installs
oopspam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)
Protect your forms from spam with 99.9% accuracy - no CAPTCHA, no JavaScript, no tracking. Trusted by 3.5M+ websites.
6,000+ installs4.9★ (51)updated 23 Oct 2026
20× the installs
Dam Spam
Spam protection for WordPress registration, login, comments, and contact forms.
3,000+ installs4.3★ (4)updated 04 Sep 2026
10× the installs
Antispam Bee
Sophisticated antispam plugin for effective daily comment and trackback spam-fighting. Built with data protection and privacy in mind.
700,000+ installs4.8★ (226)updated 23 Aug 2026
2,333× the installs
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam
Fastest growing Anti Spam plugin. No API calls, subscriptions, captcha or puzzle. Full GDPR complaint. For comments, contact form, login, registration
400,000+ installs5.0★ (1,471)updated 03 Sep 2026
1,333× the installs
Grouped from the tags each author chose for their own plugin, so the grouping is only as good as those tags.
Reach out about this record
Corrections, missing context, or anything else about EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.