Chameleon
by Fahad Mahmood · Forms
Also makes 36 other plugins · 30.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
A great WordPress plugin which helps you to choose a unique style for your favorite plugins and themes.
64 health vs 63 average across 1,678 Forms plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 408 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
121
now · peak 2.3K
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.1y ago
latest release · v1.4.9
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2017-04-27 · 1,389 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ finepharmaltd6.2y ago
There are Multiple Awesome Design for some other wordpress plugins. Mr. Fahad Mahmood have assist me to install this plugin by join skype call. He was a very helfull person. I am impressed for the nice support.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ edgarslopes7.1y ago
Doesn’t work! I click one of the themes and nothing happens!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hugrat7.3y ago
Installed it, clicked a plugin style and…..nothing happened. There is no documentation to tell me what to do now, nothing visible happened and no new settings were found anywhere. But I’m glad it didn’t seem to mess anything up either.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ senakoga7.5y ago
I had an error but the developer, Mr. Mahmood, fixed it for me in one day. I think it is amazing. Thank you for great plugin and videos.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Fahad Mahmood9.6y ago
Like many other successful products, Chameleon was developed for personal usage because it was a troubling moment to style the forms separately. Now we can simply install Chameleon to deploy the project and can concentrate on other important modules instead of compromising on amateur layouts.
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- 2022-11-11 CVE-2022-44736 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4.3 Patched in 1.4.4
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-29 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-28 200+ → 300+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-11-23 300+ → 200+ down after 155 days in tier
- 2025-06-21 400+ → 300+ down after 567 days in tier
- 2023-12-02 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-01 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-30 500+ → 400+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2023-11-17 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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