Honeypot Guard – Silent Anti-Spam

Honeypot Guard is a WordPress plugin for Spam Protection. It ranks #117 of 141 in that group by active installs and was last updated 3 weeks ago.

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200 Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band

5.0 Rating out of 5 From 1 ratings

30 Releases Since 5 February 2026

Oct 2026 Last release 3 weeks ago

Maintenance check

Is Honeypot Guard still maintained?

Mostly - but at least one sign below is worth checking before you rely on it.

Updated recently. The last release was 3 weeks ago.
Slightly behind on testing. Tested up to 7.0.8, while current plugins are tested on 7.1.

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Standing

More installed than 72.8% of the directory

Ahead of 34,752 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

72.8% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count

34,752 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one

12,981 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band

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The record

Everything the directory publishes about this plugin, as it was last read.

Current version: 2.6.0
Requires WordPress: 5.0
Tested up to: 7.0.8
Requires PHP: 7.4
Added to the directory: 5 February 2026
Last updated: 18 October 2026
Contributors: 1
Author: MDigital

Its own tags

antispam
contact form 7
honeypot
security
spam protection

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