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Gutenberg Forms Add-on for Akismet vs Fluent Forms Block

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

Fluent Forms Block is the safest pick: health D · 52 against 45 for Gutenberg Forms Add-on for Akismet, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Gutenberg Forms Add-on for Akismet moved down one install band, 50+ to 40+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Gutenberg Forms Add-on for Akismet	Fluent Forms Block
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	2K–3K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-20%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 52 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	20/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	1	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	43/100	58/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	4.5y ago	2.3y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	75	477 ✓
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.	-20%	+10%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	11% ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Gutenberg Forms Add-on for AkismetFluent Forms Block

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.