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Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk v6.87

Top-rated antispam for contact forms, comments, WooCommerce, eCommerce, and login. No CAPTCHAs, no friction, just background anti spam protection.

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  • Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 2, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 2, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.2+
  • Requires WordPress 4.7+
  • Tested up to WP 7.1 WP 7.1.3 is current

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 96 Passed
  • 22 Warnings
  • 7 Failed
Security 70/100
Needs Improvement

26 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 90/100
Excellent

55 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 75/100
Needs Improvement

9 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

4.3 MB

9.1 MB unzipped

Total files

425

across all file types

Lines of PHP

67,068

in 330 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • JS
  • PNG
  • OTHER
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 0 Critical
  • 40 High
  • 253 Medium
  • 33 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk, Category scores held steady across this span. The codebase grew 16% in size.

Audited 6.63 → 6.85 · 30 versions

0 50 100 6.63 6.70.1 6.78 6.85

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 180 360 6.63 6.70.1 6.78 6.85

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

21,654

downloads

Today

3,385

downloads

Week over week

−84%

vs previous week

Month over month

−21%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

100% of installs run the current version

  • Other
  • v6.84
  • v6.85

Ratings

3,210 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 2,965
  • 4 40
  • 3 20
  • 2 26
  • 1 159

Support: 90 / 99 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Aug 6, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 7 days

average between releases

Total releases

528

since Jul 2013 · 13 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk v6.87 flagged 326 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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