Shortcode Anywhere for Contact Form 7 vs VS Contact Form

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

VS Contact Form is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Shortcode Anywhere for Contact Form 7

by seregahere

Health D41

VS Contact Form

by Guido

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Shortcode Anywhere for Contact Form 7VS Contact Form

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	Shortcode Anywhere for Contact Form 7	VS Contact Form
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	6K–7K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+300% ✓	-14%
Overall health	—	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	0	50 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.9y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	84	1.6K ✓
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.	+31%	+10%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.2% ✓	0.8%
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Shortcode Anywhere for Contact Form 7VS Contact Form

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.