Gravity Forms Placeholder Add-On vs Gravity Forms Auto Placeholders

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

Gravity Forms Placeholder Add-On

by phpmypython

Health D46

Gravity Forms Auto Placeholders

by Josh Davis

Health D42

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	Gravity Forms Placeholder Add-On	Gravity Forms Auto Placeholders
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	600–700
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	D · 46 ✓	D · 42
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	66/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.12★ ✓	3.64★
Reviews	12 ✓	5
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	37/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	8.8y ago ✓	11.9y ago
Downloads · 30d	169 ✓	99
Category	Forms	Forms

✓ 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.