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anti-spam

Anti Spam matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around keeping sites trusted, protected, and recoverable, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: Security, spam, and trust failures create business risk that owners struggle to triage. The entry wedge is to turn security and abuse signals into prioritized actions, audit trails, and recovery-ready reporting.

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Opportunity Summary

Full report

Build a trust and abuse-prevention operations plugin for site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams: Security, spam, and trust failures create business risk that owners struggle to triage. The first wedge is to turn security and abuse signals into prioritized actions, audit trails, and recovery-ready reporting.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: Security, spam, and trust failures create business risk that owners struggle to triage. Current stage: commercial plugin opportunity.

Themes

All themes

Competitors

20 shown
Stop Spammers Classic 30.0K installs · 4.4
rising challenger
727.6%momentum 53.7weakness 17/15pain/praise

Pain still appears around security, support despite praise for quality, value.

source 1 source 2
BuddyPress Security Check 200 installs · 4.1
praise owner
20.6%momentum 64.9weakness 8/11pain/praise

Pain still appears around security, missing feature despite praise for reliable, quality.

source 1 source 2
Dam Spam 1.0K installs · 4.3
rising challenger
110.3%momentum 23.5weakness 2/3pain/praise

Pain still appears around security, missing feature despite praise for value, quality.

source 1 source 2
BuddyPress Captcha 100 installs · 4.1
praise owner
10.4%momentum 63.2weakness 16/10pain/praise

Pain still appears around security, bugs despite praise for quality, reliable.

source 1 source 2
Honeypot Anti-Spam 10.0K installs · 4.7
rising challenger
1061.4%momentum 23.2weakness 1/11pain/praise

Pain still appears around security despite praise for quality, spam.

source 1 source 2
BuddyPress reCAPTCHA 200 installs · 4.5
praise owner
8.0%momentum 62.5weakness 9/4pain/praise

Pain still appears around security, missing feature despite praise for easy, support.

source 1 source 2
IP Ban 2.0K installs · 4.0
praise owner
-20.2%momentum 65.7weakness 11/16pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, support despite praise for easy, reliable.

source 1 source 2
Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100.0K installs · 4.3
praise owner
-76.9%momentum 47.3weakness 6/20pain/praise

Pain still appears around security, bugs despite praise for quality, reliable.

source 1 source 2
La Sentinelle antispam 3.0K installs · 5.0
praise owner
17.8%momentum 46.9weakness 13/21pain/praise

Pain still appears around security, support despite praise for easy, quality.

source 1 source 2
bbPress reCaptcha 100 installs · 5.0
praise owner
-29.5%momentum 62.8weakness 14/5pain/praise

Pain still appears around security, bugs despite praise for quality, reliable.

source 1 source 2

Evidence

Open evidence explorer
complaint PHP error

PHP error: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam} · PHP error Hello from Arizona, My php error log is full of the following goodbye-captcha errors: [Fri Jan 20 17:13:57.385430 2023] [fcgid:warn] [pid 18106:tid 139742695872256] [host http://www.tibesar.family] [client 2604:4f00:10:dcc3:0:56:515:1:39486] PHP Warning: The magic method MchGdbcBasePublicPlugin::__wakeup() must have public visibility in /var/www/ht complaint ReCAPTCHA

ReCAPTCHA: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Essential Form – The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam · ReCAPTCHA Hi, is there an easy way to add Google reCAPTCHA to Essential Form? complaint CF7 Honeypot Spam Protection No Longer Working After Latest Update

CF7 Honeypot Spam Protection No Longer Working After Latest Update: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 · CF7 Honeypot Spam Protection No Longer Working After Latest Update Hello, since the latest update, the Honeypot spam protection in Contact Form 7 no longer seems to work correctly. complaint PHP 8.4 Critical Errors

PHP 8.4 Critical Errors: users show bugs, compatibility, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools · PHP 8.4 Critical Errors Hi. complaint How Can I disable all CAPTCHAs?

How Can I disable all CAPTCHAs?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection · How Can I disable all CAPTCHAs? complaint Problem with Firefox

Problem with Firefox: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers · Problem with Firefox Hello, WP 6.8.3 Thème: Graphène I have a form with a field containing a dropdown list of email addresses. mixed Beware! MailGun email validation is now being charged

Beware! MailGun email validation is now being charged: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Mailgun Email Validator · MailGun email validation is now being charged Suddenly this month my mailgun email validation bill ran into thousands of dollars. complaint IMPORTANT: Developers

IMPORTANT: Developers: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Super CAPTCHA Security Suite – Hardened 3D CAPTCHA · IMPORTANT: Developers Over the next few weeks I will be posting here about hooks and other methods you can use to integrate this plugin within your own plugins. complaint .htaccess rewrite rules?

.htaccess rewrite rules?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Spam Destroyer · Is it possible to add .htaccess blocking rules like we can in Cookies for Comments? complaint Site Lockout

Site Lockout: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

La Sentinelle antispam · Site Lockout Dear Support, We receive the following error message for all ‘admin accounts’ of our website: “Your submission was marked as spam, please try again or contact a site administrator for assistance.” Here is a screen shot: How can we log back into our site? complaint PHP Warning: The magic method MchGdbcBasePublicPlugin::__wakeup()

PHP Warning: The magic method MchGdbcBasePublicPlugin::__wakeup(): users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam} · PHP Warning: The magic method MchGdbcBasePublicPlugin::__wakeup() I am getting the following message in my error log: [24-Feb-2024 21:42:00 UTC] PHP Warning: The magic method MchGdbcBasePublicPlugin::__wakeup() must have public visibility in /home2/webdetj8/public_html/clone/wp-content/plugins/goodbye-captcha/includes/plugin/MchGdbcBasePublicPlugin.php on li complaint Alignment

Alignment: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

BuddyPress Captcha · Alignment Hi Thanks for this wonderful plugin, I would like to ask, how do you align this plugin? complaint Updates?

Updates?: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks · 1st I would like to say this is a great plugin! complaint PHP warnings

PHP warnings: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Astounding Spam Prevention · PHP warnings Hi, So, I’m seeing hundreds of these php warnings in the site error logs: [01-Jun-2019 17:47:53 UTC] PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/astounding-spam-prevention/includes/astound-init.php on line 19 Any idea how to stop these? complaint Unable to load jQuery

Unable to load jQuery: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Auto Approve Comments · Unable to load jQuery Hi, i have this error message after installing plugin: Unable to load jQuery from WordPress core, this Setting page might not work as expected. complaint How do you restrict usernames with spaces?

How do you restrict usernames with spaces?: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Restrict Usernames Emails Characters · I’m getting a lot of spam registrations in the form “meet donna and mona http://www.domain.com” ; so I want to block usernames with spaces and domain names. complaint Please check the CAPTCHA code. It's not correct.

Please check the CAPTCHA code. It's not correct.: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

BuddyPress Captcha · Please check the CAPTCHA code. complaint WPMS Add new user broken

WPMS Add new user broken: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Spam Destroyer · WPMS Add new user broken When the plugin is network activated on WordPress 3.5.1 MS it breaks the back-end add new user functionality, the user is not added and brings up an empty red box with no message. complaint False Positives on Login; Compatibility w/ S2Member Login

False Positives on Login; Compatibility w/ S2Member Login: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Astounding Spam Prevention · False Positives on Login; Compatibility w/ S2Member Login Hi, First of all, thank you for the wonderful plugin. complaint Occassional PHP trips on just one of my websites

Occassional PHP trips on just one of my websites: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Astounding Spam Prevention · Occassional PHP trips on just one of my websites An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 131 of the file /my_root/public_html/wp-content/plugins/astounding-spam-prevention/astound-spam-prevention.php. complaint Does not seem to block anything

Does not seem to block anything: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Antispam · Does not seem to block anything I could not notice any effects, because my blog was spammed like before without this plugin. complaint Does this play well with Woocommerce?

Does this play well with Woocommerce?: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Astounding Spam Prevention · Does this play well with Woocommerce? complaint Upload IP list via FTP

Upload IP list via FTP: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

IP Ban · Upload IP list via FTP Hi, thank you for this plugin, I found it extremely helpful! complaint Spam destroyer & Buddypress 1.9

Spam destroyer & Buddypress 1.9: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Spam Destroyer · Spam destroyer & Buddypress 1.9 Hi, I’m experiencing problems with Spam destroyer and BP 1.9 (in two sites, with WordPress 3.7.1 and 3.8) in a multisite enviroment. complaint Bbpress ERROR: Your reply cannot be empty.

Bbpress ERROR: Your reply cannot be empty.: users show security, bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Spam Destroyer · Bbpress ERROR: Your reply cannot be empty. complaint [Plugin: MP Spam Be Gone] Box missing

[Plugin: MP Spam Be Gone] Box missing: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

MP Spam Be Gone · [Plugin: MP Spam Be Gone] Box missing Hello, I have just tried the plugin and it completely blocks commenting as the box is not shown. complaint Fatal Error

Fatal Error: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

bbPress reCaptcha · Fatal Error Fatal error: Cannot redeclare _recaptcha_qsencode() (previously declared in /projects/gamingtours/wp-content/plugins/bbpress-recaptcha/recaptchalib.php:47) in /prjoects/gamingtours/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-captcha/recaptcha-php-1.11/recaptchalib.php on line 55 I also use: https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-captcha/ https://wordpress.or complaint Stops bbpress posts inside of buddypress groups

Stops bbpress posts inside of buddypress groups: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Spam Destroyer · Stops bbpress posts inside of buddypress groups Hi Ryan, thanks for your wonderful plugin, I think it’s really good and important! complaint Lockout of my websites

Lockout of my websites: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Stop Spammers Classic · Lockout of my websites The new release has blocked access to my sites and created a lot of “hotlinked images” The new release has blocked access to my sites and created a lot of “hotlinked images” This was already fixed at the time of your review. complaint I usually don’t give bad reviews

I usually don’t give bad reviews: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Stop Spammers Classic · I usually don’t give bad reviews But this plugin messed up WooCommerce checkout on 5 of my sites, resulting in loosing a lot of customers and revenues. complaint feature request

feature request: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Stop Search Spam · feature request Hello If it is posible please add rate limit feature to stop spam robots. complaint errors in PHP 8

errors in PHP 8: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam} · errors in PHP 8 Seems the plugin needs a little updating to be compatible with PHP 8. complaint TypeError: document.querySelector(…) is null

TypeError: document.querySelector(…) is null: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant · TypeError: document.querySelector(…) is null Hi, I hope you are well. complaint La sentinelle creates JS errors

La sentinelle creates JS errors: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

La Sentinelle antispam · La sentinelle creates JS errors Hi, la sentinelle creates these js errors: Uncaught TypeError: can’t access property “value”, form.querySelector(…) is null la_sentinelle_honeypot https://canadianheli-skiing.com/wp-content/plugins/la-sentinelle-antispam/spamfilters/js/la-sentinelle-frontend.js?ver=4.0.4:57 <anonymous> https://canadianheli-skiing.com/wp-conten complaint CF7 Setup

CF7 Setup: users show security, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant · CF7 Setup Hallo zusammen, das Plugin hat korrekt erkannt, dass ich Contact Form 7 (CF7) nutze, und die entsprechenden Erkennungsmuster wurden automatisch hinzugefügt. complaint Small new feature, share or new plugin?

Small new feature, share or new plugin?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam · Small new feature, share or new plugin? complaint Faux positifs Forminator

Faux positifs Forminator: users show security, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

La Sentinelle antispam · Faux positifs Forminator Bonjour, Depuis quelques jours, un de mes formulaires Forminator ne génère que des faux positifs. complaint “block email domains” not working

“block email domains” not working: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Restrict Usernames Emails Characters · “block email domains” not working Hello, I tried the “Restrict Usernames Emails Characters V 4.0.2” plugin on my localhost site, and the “Not allow these emails domain” doesnt seem to be working. complaint Does it work for WooCommerce Account registration?

Does it work for WooCommerce Account registration?: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam · Does it work for WooCommerce Account registration? complaint Does The ‘Stop Forum Spam’ Service Load Extra Files?

Does The ‘Stop Forum Spam’ Service Load Extra Files?: users show security, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

La Sentinelle antispam · Does The ‘Stop Forum Spam’ Service Load Extra Files?