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WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam v2.4.02

Fastest growing Anti Spam plugin. No API calls, subscriptions, captcha or puzzle. Full GDPR complaint. For comments, contact form, login, registration

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • 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 WordPress 5.0+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 54% run the current version

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 81/100
Good

30 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 75/100
Needs Improvement

46 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 92/100
Excellent

11 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 100/100
Excellent

3 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 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

737.6 KB

919.9 KB unzipped

Total files

43

across all file types

Lines of PHP

981

in 25 files Medium

File types

  • PHP
  • PNG
  • JS
  • CSS
  • Other

Top issues

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

  • 0 Critical
  • 95 High
  • 20 Medium
  • 60 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 WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam, The largest regression was in Security (-5). The codebase grew 11% in size.

Audited 2.1.16 → 2.4.02 · 30 versions

0 50 100 2.1.16 2.2.03 2.2.13 2.4.02

How issues changed across versions

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

0 90 180 2.1.16 2.2.03 2.2.13 2.4.02

Download momentum

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

Last 7 days

10,226

downloads

Today

1,640

downloads

Week over week

−4%

vs previous week

Month over month

−79%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

46% of installs run an older version

≈ 184.2K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v2.2
  • v2.3
  • v2.4

Ratings

1,435 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 1,417
  • 4 12
  • 3 3
  • 2 1
  • 1 2

Support: 2 / 11 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

Jul 6, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 16 days

average between releases

Total releases

78

since Jun 2020 · 6 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running WP Armour in Your Site?

Our latest audit of WP Armour v2.4.02 flagged 175 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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