Visual Form Builder vs Smart Forms

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

Visual Form Builder

by Matthew Muro

Health D46

Smart Forms

by EDGARROJAS

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Visual Form Builder Smart Forms

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	Visual Form Builder	Smart Forms
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K ✓	5K–6K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-17%
Overall health	D · 46	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	98/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	77/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.51★ ✓
Reviews	318 ✓	219
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	53/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.3y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.1K ✓	862
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

Visual Form Builder Smart Forms

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.