WordPress plugin comparison

A1JSpamGuard vs Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk

A1JSpamGuard

by A1JBot

10+ installs5.0

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk

by CleanTalk Inc

200K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk has more active installs: 200K+, against 10+ for A1JSpamGuard.
On a typical day, Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk is downloaded about 5,313 times, A1JSpamGuard about 1.
A1JSpamGuard is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 4.8 from 3,226 reviews.
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Jun 24, 2025 for A1JSpamGuard.
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.5.14 for A1JSpamGuard.
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk has been around longer: since 2012, against 2025 for A1JSpamGuard.

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	A1JSpamGuard	Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk
Popular rank	#47,196	#239
Active installs	10+	200K+
Downloads, last 30 days	39	331.1K
Rating	5.0(3)	4.8(3.2K)
Support threads resolved	–	94%
Tested up to	6.5.14	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.05	×4.74
Last release	1 year ago	13 days ago
Requires PHP	7.2	7.2

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.