Ninja Forms vs WPForms

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

Ninja Forms

by Kevin Stover

Health A88

WPForms

by Syed Balkhi

Health A97

Active-install trajectory

Ninja Forms WPForms

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	Ninja Forms	WPForms
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600K–700K	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	A · 88	A · 97 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	73/100	91/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.37★	4.85★ ✓
Reviews	1,395	14,366 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday ✓	7d ago
Downloads · 30d	941.4K	7.2M ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Ninja Forms WPForms

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.