Redirection for Contact Form 7 vs Connect Contact Form 7 to Mailchimp, Brevo, Mailer
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Redirection for Contact Form 7 is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 86 for Connect Contact Form 7 to Mailchimp, Brevo, Mailer, led by stronger rating quality.
Connect Contact Form 7 to Mailchimp, Brevo, Mailer moved down one install band, 50K+ to 40K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
Metric
Redirection for Contact Form 7
Connect Contact Form 7 to Mailchimp, Brevo, Mailer
Active installsModeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.
200K–300K ✓
40K–50K
Active installs, change over ~6 monthsCompares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.
Stable ✓
50K+ → 40K+
Overall health
A · 90 ✓
A · 86
MaintenanceHow recently the plugin was updated.
100/100
100/100
Rating qualityVolume-adjusted review quality.
93/100 ✓
81/100
SupportShare of forum threads marked resolved.
70/100
70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)
4.7★ ✓
4.2★
Reviews
275 ✓
190
Ranking optimizationHow well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.
98/100 ✓
96/100
Removal riskMaintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.
Low
Low
Last updated
yesterday ✓
5d ago
Downloads, last 30d
208.9K ✓
64.5K
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30dDips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.
-34%
-4%
Install conversionActive installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.
3.2% ✓
0.4%
Category
SEO
Forms
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
Redirection for Contact Form 7Connect Contact Form 7 to Mailchimp, Brevo, Mailer
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.