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Contact Form Query 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 83 for Contact Form Query, led by stronger rating quality.

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 Contact Form Query VS Contact Form
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 1K–2K 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 B · 83 A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 100/100 100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 74/100 92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.0★ 4.7★ ✓
Reviews 1 50 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 88/100 97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated yesterday ✓ 3mo ago
Downloads, last 30d 1.9K ✓ 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. -24% +12%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.9% ✓ 0.8%
Category Forms Forms

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

Release activity

Contact Form QueryVS 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.