Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults vs Web Accessibility (formally known as Ally)

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

Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 74 for Web Accessibility (formally known as Ally), led by stronger rating quality.

Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults

by Joe Dolson

Health A86

Web Accessibility (formally known as Ally)

by Elementor

Health B74

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults	Web Accessibility (formally known as Ally)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	500K–600K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	B · 74
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	48/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	2.9★
Reviews	6	163 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11d ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	2.8K	99.7K ✓
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.	+24%	-35%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	8.3% ✓	8.0%
Category	Forms	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Contact Form 7: Accessible DefaultsWeb Accessibility (formally known as Ally)

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.