Plugin audit
Contact Form Clean and Simple
Contact Form Clean and Simple is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
7K+
Rating
4.7★
wp.org · 195 reviews
Downloads / 30d
1.6K
Momentum
-12%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 2572 tracked Forms plugins: health 90 vs 65 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.6★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #4 bootstrap contact form
- #4 minimal contact form
- #6 clean Up 2
- #8 clean wordpress Up 3
- #9 simple contact form
- #12 css framework
- #16 bootstrap Down 1
- #16 feedback form
Tags still to break into the top 24: contact, contact form, form.
What to fix first
- 1
Swap “contact” and “contact form” for “clean” and “css framework”
“contact” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “clean” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “contact form” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “css framework” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- 2
#16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 3
One page off on “feedback form”
#16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 4
Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
30-day download momentum is -12% while the Forms category median is +4%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
Ranking signals
Listing score 98/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 65 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Strong
4.7★ over 195 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.6★
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -12% while the Forms category median is +4%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
What to do: Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
Readme fails 1 of 8 AI readiness checks
OpportunityAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: says what it does. Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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