Contact Form 7 Gated Content vs Forms: 3rd-Party Integration

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

Health C58

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Contact Form 7 Gated Content moved down one install band, 800+ to 700+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Contact Form 7 Gated Content	Forms: 3rd-Party Integration
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 58 ✓	D · 51
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	34/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	3	31 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	65/100 ✓	47/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	1.7y ago ✓	7.2y ago
Downloads · 30d	301	793 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.7%	4.0% ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Contact Form 7 Gated ContentForms: 3rd-Party Integration

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.