Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
Active installs200,000+ rounded
Current authorCleanTalk Inc
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release5 days ago 02 Sep 2026
Support93 / 99 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record532
Rating4.8 /5 · 3,211
Added to directory18 May 2012
Requires WP4.7
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
PluginPedia 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 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.
17,888 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 331% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 95,301/day07 Sep 2026
11 ratings left in the last 37 days, averaging 4.6 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.8 (1 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
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 | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 6,122 | 5,571 | 4,824 | 2,713 | 1,773 | 1,651 | 3,233 | 3,366 | 1,814 | 95,301 | 9,975 | 6,967 | 4,559 |
| Ratings total | 3,204 | 3,205 | 3,207 | 3,208 | 3,208 | 3,209 | 3,209 | 3,209 | 3,210 | 3,210 | 3,210 | 3,211 | 3,211 | 3,211 |
| Version | 6.86 | 6.86 | 6.86 | 6.86 | 6.86 | 6.86 | 6.86 | 6.86 | 6.86 | 6.87 | 6.87 | 6.87 | 6.87 | 6.87 |
| Support threads | 105 | 103 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 98 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| Threads resolved | 90 | 97 | 92 | 91 | 92 | 91 | 89 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 89 | 88 | 93 | 93 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (200,000+)
37 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 02 Sep 2026, 6 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 93 of 99 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 3 other plugins, 2 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.
- 02 Sep 20266 days agoVersion 6.87 released
- 19 Aug 202620 days agoVersion 6.86 released
- 17 Aug 202622 days agoVersion 6.85 released
- 03 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 6.84 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily 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 20262 months agoVersion 6.72 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandergull.
- 15 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 6.83.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by sergefcleantalk.
- 13 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 6.83 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by sergefcleantalk.
- 29 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 6.82 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 24 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 6.81 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 10 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 6.80 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 25 May 20263 months agoVersion 6.79.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by glomberg.
- 20 May 20264 months agoVersion 6.79 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 13 May 20264 months agoVersion 6.78 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 27 Apr 20264 months agoVersion 6.77 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by shagimuratov.
- 02 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 6.76 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by glomberg.
- 19 Mar 20266 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.
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 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 5 days ago (02 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 200,000+ active installs.
- It carries 3,211 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 93 of 99 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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