Elastic Email Subscribe Form
by Elastic Email · Email & Marketing
Also makes 2 other plugins · 10.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Elastic Email Subscribe Form allows you to create and manage a beautiful widget for your WordPress blog or website. This easy to use, beautiful and po …
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+29%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “email marketing”, “newsletter” and “recaptcha” 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.
48 health vs 66 average across 2,120 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 19.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,294 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.
Details
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 1830 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1830 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| email marketing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| newsletter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recaptcha your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| subscription your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tags: elastic email your tag | Not checked yet | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 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
- “email marketing”, “newsletter” and “recaptcha” 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 1.5K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
5.0y ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 27 Oct 2021
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Sep 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ raywjohnson4.8y ago
I would think that a plugin created by a company like Elastic Email would be more than a “widget”. The plugins works. Does what is says it does. But weak on how/where to display the form. No WISYWIG form builder (like the site has). No shortcode to display forms on pages or posts. I am a little disappointed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marcinmierzejewski7.9y ago
The best! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marcinpus7.9y ago
I am very happy with the way this plugin is kept up to date and works for me very well. I have literally no development skill, thanks to this plugin I can finally start collecting subscribers for my newsletter. Great job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ xamir8.7y ago
Very good. I waited for subscribe forms from Elastic Email!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.2.2). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
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 7.4.8 · WP 5.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Elastic Email Subscribe Form allows you to create and manage a beautiful widget for your WordPress blog or..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); 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 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,416 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Email Marketing", "newsletter", "Tags: elastic email" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-19 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-16 100+ → 200+ up after 87 days in tier
- 2025-12-19 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-12-15 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-13 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-12-08 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 200+ → 100+ down after 474 days in tier
- 2024-08-17 300+ → 200+ down after 3 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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Hostinger Reach – AI-Powered Email Marketing for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Brevo – Email, SMS, Web Push, Chat, and more. 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Newsletters, Email Marketing, SMS and Popups by Omnisend 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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