FormSpammerTrap for Contact Form 7
by Rick Hellewell · Forms
Adds effective form spam bot blocking to Contact Form 7 forms.
42 health vs 64 average across 1,020 Forms plugins
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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1819 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
18
now · peak 67
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,348 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-27 30+ → 20+ down after 144 days in band
- 2025-12-04 20+ → 30+ up after 137 days in band
- 2025-07-20 30+ → 20+ down after 394 days in band
- 2024-06-21 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-06-19 30+ → 40+ up after 56 days in band
- 2024-04-24 40+ → 30+ down after 230 days in band
- 2023-09-07 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in band
- 2023-09-04 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Contact Form 7 10M+ installs · 4.0★ B -
WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ installs · 4.8★ A -
Flamingo 800K+ installs · 4.2★ A -
Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 700K+ installs · 4.8★ A -
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ installs · 4.8★ A -
MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor 600K+ installs · 4.7★ A
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