Simon's Simple Contact Form vs Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by Pirate

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

Simon's Simple Contact Form

by Simon Ward

Health B75

Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by Pirate

by Syed Balkhi

Health C65

Active-install trajectory

Simon's Simple Contact Form Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by Pirate

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	Simon's Simple Contact Form	Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by Pirate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 75 ✓	C · 65
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	87/100 ✓	37/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.65★ ✓
Reviews	0	223 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	82/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago ✓	1.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	46	2.2K ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Simon's Simple Contact Form Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by Pirate

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.