HTML Contact Form vs Contact Form Email

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

HTML Contact Form

by Arshid

Health D51

Contact Form Email

by codepeople

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

HTML Contact Form Contact Form Email

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	HTML Contact Form	Contact Form Email
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	8K–9K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	-20% ✓
Overall health	D · 51	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.60★ ✓	4.30★
Reviews	33	102 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	47/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.4y ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	225	5.4K ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

HTML Contact Form Contact Form Email

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.