Formidable Forms Modal vs Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin

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

Formidable Forms Modal

by Aman

Health D47

Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin

by FooPlugins

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Formidable Forms ModalLightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin

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	Formidable Forms Modal	Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	1	95 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	48/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.0y ago	24d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	95	61.2K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	3.2% ✓
Category	Forms	Media

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

Release activity

Formidable Forms ModalLightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin

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.