Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam
Active installs400,000+ rounded
Current authorDnesscarkey
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 03 Sep 2026
Support2 / 13 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record78
Rating5.0 /5 · 1,471
Added to directory16 Jun 2020
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Dnesscarkey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dnesscarkey | 78 | 16 Jun 2020 | 06 Jul 2026 |
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: 400,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
1,271 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 18% 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 3,274/day31 Oct 2026
44 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 5.0. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 16 Jun 2026 and 11 Sep 2026: 41 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Across the last three months of wordpress.org reviews, 18 of 41 reviews mention that WP Armour effectively blocks or reduces spam submissions, several citing exact totals such as 32, 147, or over 13,000 blocked. Reviewers also praise how little effort it takes to adopt: 7 of 41 reviews describe setup as easy or simple, from one click installation to smooth integration with existing contact forms. A smaller set, 2 of 41 reviews, single out its light footprint, saying it keeps forms fast without adding page weight. Every review in this window rates the plugin five stars.
- 18 of 41 mention it effectively blocks or reduces spam submissions. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
- 7 of 41 describe the plugin as easy or simple to set up and use. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- 2 of 41 praise it as lightweight, saying it keeps forms fast without adding page weight. [1] [2]
Counted from the public review forum on 12 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 | — | 482 | 1,151 | 1,567 | 1,624 | 3,274 | 1,969 | 922 | 1,073 | 0 | 3,188 | 895 | 1,597 | 1,222 |
| Ratings total | 1,458 | 1,459 | 1,460 | 1,461 | 1,463 | 1,465 | 1,465 | 1,467 | 1,467 | 1,467 | 1,468 | 1,469 | 1,470 | 1,471 |
| Support threads | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (400,000+) · version (2.4.02) · threads resolved (2)
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 directory6 years ago 16 Jun 2020
Requires WP5.0
Requires PHPfalse
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 03 Sep 2026, 66 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 2 of 13 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 4 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.
- 03 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 2.4.02 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.
- 06 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 2.4.01 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 25 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 2.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 20 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 2.3.04 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 01 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 2.3.03 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 13 Sep 202514 months agoVersion 2.3.02 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 12 Sep 202514 months agoVersion 2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 12 Sep 202514 months agoVersion 2.3.01 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 29 Jul 202515 months agoVersion 2.2.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 18 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 2.2.13 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 10 Jun 202517 months agoVersion 2.2.12 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 20 May 202518 months agoVersion 2.2.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 25 Apr 202518 months agoVersion 2.2.10 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dnesscarkey.
- 16 Jun 20206 years ago65 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 16 Jun 2020 and 16 Apr 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 16 Jun 20206 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.
- 15 Mar 2024 · WordPress WP Armour plugin <= 2.1.13 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilityPatchstack
- 08 Feb 2021 · WordPress WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam plugin <= 1.5.6 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilityPatchstack
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 Dnesscarkey for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (03 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 400,000+ active installs.
- It carries 1,471 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
- 2 of 13 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
What we don’t know yet
- 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
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