CB Contact Form vs Contact Form 7

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Health D47

Health B78

Active-install trajectory

CB Contact Form moved down one install band, 60+ to 50+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	CB Contact Form	Contact Form 7
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	10M+ ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	B · 78 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100 ✓	75/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	46/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	4.0★
Reviews	4	2,186 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	29/100	79/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.3y ago	7d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	80	7.5M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	2.3% ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

CB Contact FormContact Form 7

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.