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selvinortiz/shield
==================

Harness the power of Akismet to shield your site from spam.

4.0.3(3mo ago)22.3k3[1 issues](https://github.com/selvinortiz/craft-plugin-shield/issues)MITPHPPHP ^8.2

Since Jan 6Pushed 3mo ago3 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/selvinortiz/craft-plugin-shield)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/selvinortiz/shield)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/verbb)[ RSS](/packages/selvinortiz-shield/feed)WikiDiscussions craft-5 Synced 3d ago

READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (2)Versions (19)Used By (0)

[![Shield icon](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b844849c5af13da0822f4bf76e89dd978192dfee1f7ac450626ce2000204af6a/68747470733a2f2f6173736574732e76657262622e696f2f706c7567696e732f736869656c642f736869656c642d69636f6e2e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b844849c5af13da0822f4bf76e89dd978192dfee1f7ac450626ce2000204af6a/68747470733a2f2f6173736574732e76657262622e696f2f706c7567696e732f736869656c642f736869656c642d69636f6e2e737667)

Shield for Craft CMS
====================

[](#shield-for-craft-cms)

Shield is a Craft CMS plugin that adds support for [Akismet](https://akismet.com) for forms.

Supports:

- [Contact Form](https://plugins.craftcms.com/contact-form) plugin
- [Guest Entries](https://plugins.craftcms.com/guest-entries) plugin

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Visit the [Shield Plugin page](https://verbb.io/craft-plugins/shield) for all documentation, guides, pricing and developer resources.

Credit & Thanks
-------------------

[](#credit--thanks)

Originally created by [Selvin Ortiz](https://github.com/selvindev).

Support
-------

[](#support)

Get in touch with us via the [Shield Support page](https://verbb.io/craft-plugins/shield/support) or by [creating a Github issue](https://github.com/verbb/shield/issues)

Sponsor
-------

[](#sponsor)

Shield is licensed under the MIT license, meaning it will always be free and open source – we love free stuff! If you'd like to show your support to the plugin regardless, [Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/verbb) development.

[ ![Verbb](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/98f2680f5948987cd8f4b418d67159eb0befb6da92060f286671b05bf39d40bd/68747470733a2f2f76657262622e696f2f6173736574732f696d672f76657262622d70696c6c2e737667)](https://verbb.io)

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance69

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity82

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 65.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~184 days

Recently: every ~155 days

Total

15

Last Release

111d ago

Major Versions

1.0.4 → 2.0.02022-07-26

2.0.0 → 3.0.02022-07-26

2.0.1 → 3.0.12022-09-08

3.0.2 → 4.0.0-beta.12024-03-04

3.0.3 → 4.0.22024-10-09

PHP version history (2 changes)3.0.0PHP ^8.0.2

4.0.0-beta.1PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/93d52d70a5bafe64daf0512be1f3473bae56fa5bfb255258e30d6de3dcfcd170?d=identicon)[selvinortiz](/maintainers/selvinortiz)

---

Top Contributors

[![engram-design](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1221575?v=4)](https://github.com/engram-design "engram-design (50 commits)")[![selvinortiz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1922523?v=4)](https://github.com/selvinortiz "selvinortiz (25 commits)")[![boboldehampsink](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/378974?v=4)](https://github.com/boboldehampsink "boboldehampsink (1 commits)")

---

Tags

craftcmscraftcms-pluginspamcmsCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginAkismetanti-spamshield

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/selvinortiz-shield/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/selvinortiz-shield/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/selvinortiz-shield)
```

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