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Checkmail validation for Contact Form 7 vs VS Contact Form

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

VS Contact Form is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 45 for Checkmail validation for Contact Form 7, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

VS Contact Form moved down one install band, 7K+ to 6K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Checkmail validation for Contact Form 7	VS Contact Form
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	6K–7K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-14%
Overall health	D · 45	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	75/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	9	50 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	14.3y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	114	1.6K ✓
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.	-9%	+10%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.7% ✓	0.8%
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Checkmail validation for Contact Form 7VS Contact Form

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.