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Referrer Input for Contact Form 7 vs Database Addon for Contact Form 7

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

Database Addon for Contact Form 7 is the safest pick: health A · 92 against 45 for Referrer Input for Contact Form 7, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Referrer Input for Contact Form 7 moved down one install band, 20+ to 10+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Referrer Input for Contact Form 7 Database Addon for Contact Form 7
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 10–20 600K–700K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 20+ → 10+ Stable ✓
Overall health D · 45 A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 74/100 99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.0★ 5.0★ ✓
Reviews 1 1,875 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 32/100 100/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Low ✓
Last updated 6.5y ago 27d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 39 438.9K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. -50% +172%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.4% 6.4% ✓
Category Forms Forms

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

Release activity

Referrer Input for Contact Form 7Database Addon 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.