Contact Form Monster vs NEX-Forms

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

Contact Form Monster

by devfelixmoira

Health D41

NEX-Forms

by Basix

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Contact Form Monster NEX-Forms

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Contact Form Monster	NEX-Forms
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 41	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.12★ ✓
Reviews	0	134 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.6y ago	18d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	95	4.3K ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Contact Form Monster NEX-Forms

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.