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

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by Sully

Health A85

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by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

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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	Enable Turnstile (Cloudflare) for Gravity Forms	Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+67%	+100% ✓
Overall health	A · 85	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	68/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	3	262 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	15d ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.3K	394.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	15% ✓	5.8%
Category	Forms	Security

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

Release activity

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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.