WordPress plugin comparison

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 vs Formidable Honeypot

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7

by wpdebuglog

900+ installs3.0

Formidable Honeypot

by WP-Biz (Ryan)

400+ installs5.0

At a glance

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 has more active installs: 900+, against 400+ for Formidable Honeypot.
On a typical day, Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 is downloaded about 12 times, Formidable Honeypot about 5.
Formidable Honeypot is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 3.0 from 2 reviews.
Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 was updated more recently: Jan 25, 2026, against Jun 25, 2014 for Formidable Honeypot.
Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 3.9.40 for Formidable Honeypot.
Formidable Honeypot has been around longer: since 2014, against 2019 for Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7.

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7 leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7	Formidable Honeypot
Popular rank	#7,098	#9,669
Active installs	900+	400+
Downloads, last 30 days	311	112
Rating	3.0(2)	5.0(2)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	3.9.40
Search multiplier	×0.34	×0.00
Last release	9 months ago	12 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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