Contact Form Generator vs WPForms

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

Health A87

Health A94

Active-install trajectory

Contact Form Generator moved down one install band, 800+ to 700+; WPForms moved down one install band, 6M+ to 5M+. 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 Generator	WPForms
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	700–800	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13% ✓	-17%
Overall health	A · 87	A · 94 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	79/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	67	14,387 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100 ✓	95/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	478	7.7M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6%	1.4% ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Contact Form GeneratorWPForms

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.