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Styler for Contact Form 7 vs CF7 Mate

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

CF7 Mate is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 44 for Styler for Contact Form 7, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Styler for Contact Form 7 moved down one install band, 40+ to 30+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Styler for Contact Form 7	CF7 Mate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	40+ → 30+	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 44	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	72/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	2	46 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	9.6y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	74	30.4K ✓
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.	+100%	+1%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	3.9% ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Styler for Contact Form 7CF7 Mate

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.