Rich Contact Widget vs Contact Form 7 Widget

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

Rich Contact Widget

by Remy Perona

Health D46

Contact Form 7 Widget

by Strategy11 Team

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

Rich Contact Widget Contact Form 7 Widget

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	Rich Contact Widget	Contact Form 7 Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	9K–10K ✓	2K–3K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+13% ✓	0%
Overall health	D · 46	D · 47 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.15★	4.17★ ✓
Reviews	7 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100 ✓	37/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	8.8y ago	8.8y ago
Downloads · 30d	301 ✓	266
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Rich Contact Widget Contact Form 7 Widget

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.