DD Contact Form
by Davedub · Forms
The DD Contact Form plugin for WordPress is a fully responsive, feature rich and easy to use contact form designed with a focus on usability.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈26 estimated
Momentum
-47%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “contact”, “contact form” and “contacts management” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
44 health vs 65 average across 2,509 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 9.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,668 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 5 reviews to 2016-03-02Reviewers like how simple and workable the form is, though one wanted more flexible options and custom CSS, and the developer has since replied that missed support requests were down to an email notification setting they'd left off.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3903 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 6.8
3.8★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.07★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3903 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| davedub your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| contact your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contacts management your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “contact”, “contact form” and “contacts management” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 166 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 63% of the way through.
Install history since 24 Feb 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Davedub10.7y ago
Apologies to the support requests I missed – I did not have ’email me with new requests’ checked in my WP settings 🙁 I have addressed all the points raised and hope to get some better ratings in the future! Points addressed in version 1.1: * Prevented (green) tick marks being replaced by (black) emoji characters on some browsers * Updated default email address to be site admin address on fresh install * Fixed google recaptcha formatting issues * Added setting to disable email footer text * Fixed form not clearing posted values on refresh after submission * Fixed issues with single required question (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-bugs-with-optional-questions?replies=1) * Fixed issues with single date settings (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dates-times-not-working?replies=2) * Widespread code layout / formatting improvements * Fixed minor plugin conflict with Photocrati / nextgen-gallery-pro eCommerce solution * Prevent form from being displayed on blog listings – davedub
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Endymion11.6y ago
Your interface is pretty good. However, the options aren’t versatile enough, and custom CSS isn’t on the form fields, nor on the button. Lastly, why multiple CSS entry areas? I’d try again if you made some improvments.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zayn7712.1y ago
not good
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ TheDarkboy12.2y ago
good job perfect and simply,
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gavin.evans.diver12.5y ago
Smashing little contact form that works well and easy to use and configure
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,221 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "davedub" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-17 30+ → 20+ down after 59 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 20+ → 30+ up after 89 days in tier
- 2026-01-20 30+ → 20+ down after 62 days in tier
- 2025-11-19 40+ → 30+ down after 72 days in tier
- 2025-09-08 30+ → 40+ up after 53 days in tier
- 2025-07-17 40+ → 30+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2025-07-02 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-01 40+ → 50+ 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).
- C Contact Form 7 add confirm 50K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
-
Contact Form Clean and Simple 7K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
VS Contact Form 6K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Multifile Upload Field for Contact Form 7 4K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Contact Form 7 – Post Fields 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Contact Form Query 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
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