Free Forms & CRM vs Visual Form Builder

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

Free Forms & CRM

by cubsus

Health D41

Visual Form Builder

by Matthew Muro

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Free Forms & CRM Visual Form Builder

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	Free Forms & CRM	Visual Form Builder
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	D · 46 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	64/100	77/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.59★	4.06★ ✓
Reviews	3	318 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	53/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	9.8y ago	4.3y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	67	1.1K ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Free Forms & CRM Visual Form Builder

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.