Rate limiting for Contact Form 7 vs Database Addon for Contact Form 7

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

Rate limiting for Contact Form 7

by zazell

Health C59

Database Addon for Contact Form 7

by Arshid

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Rate limiting for Contact Form 7 Database Addon for Contact Form 7

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	Rate limiting for Contact Form 7	Database Addon for Contact Form 7
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	600K–700K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+50% ✓	0%
Overall health	C · 59	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	38/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.96★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,874 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	69/100	85/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.6y ago	9d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	152	283.8K ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Rate limiting for Contact Form 7 Database Addon for Contact Form 7

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.