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Materialize contact form vs Contact Form 7 BWP reCAPTCHA Extension

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

Materialize contact form is the safest pick: health D · 52 against 44 for Contact Form 7 BWP reCAPTCHA Extension, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Materialize contact form moved down one install band, 20+ to 10+; Contact Form 7 BWP reCAPTCHA Extension moved down one install band, 500+ to 400+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Materialize contact form Contact Form 7 BWP reCAPTCHA Extension
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 10–20 400–500 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. -50% 500+ → 400+ ✓
Overall health D · 52 ✓ D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 20/100 ✓ 3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 76/100 ✓ 73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.1★ ✓ 3.9★
Reviews 2 4 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 58/100 ✓ 36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Elevated ✓ High
Last updated 2.3y ago ✓ 14.4y ago
Downloads, last 30d 159 160 ✓
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. -17% +10%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.2% 1.2% ✓
Category Forms Forms

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

Release activity

Materialize contact formContact Form 7 BWP reCAPTCHA Extension

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.