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Essential Form – The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam

Essential Form – The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam is solid but leaving growth on the table.

500+ installs 4.9★ · 19 123/30d -32%

Versus 307 tracked Email & Marketing plugins: health 89 vs avg 76 · rating 4.54★ vs 4.15★.

What we found

1 to fix 1 opportunity 1 strengths
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Downloads are cooling

Needs work

30-day download momentum is -32% versus the prior month.

Recommended: A coordinated content + outreach push can re-ignite installs.

Review volume is thin

Opportunity

Only 19 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.

Recommended: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.

Actively maintained

Strength

Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.

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