Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting vs HTML Editor for Contact Form 7

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

Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting

by Joris van Montfort

Health D47

HTML Editor for Contact Form 7

by Wow-Company

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting HTML Editor for Contact Form 7

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting	HTML Editor for Contact Form 7
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 47	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.27★ ✓	4.06★
Reviews	6 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	6.3y ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	159	429 ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting HTML Editor for Contact 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.