Formidable Forms Modal
by Aman · Forms
Also makes 10 other plugins · 7.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Popup addon for Formidable Forms.Create beautiful popups using Formidable Forms to newsletters, login, registration forms.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈50 estimated
Momentum
-21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “formidable forms”, “modal” and “popup” 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.
47 health vs 65 average across 2,512 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 3.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,669 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1089 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1089 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| formidable forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| modal your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “formidable forms”, “modal” and “popup” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 178 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 50.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ avikour5.5y ago
Opens Formidable Forms in Popup for me. Very Easy instructions. Would be great if Edit links of forms could also be opened in popups. Thanks. This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by avikour.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Popup addon for Formidable Forms.Create beautiful popups using Formidable Forms to newsletters, login, regi..."
- ! 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 ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms and 1 more.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,757 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-30 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-10-25 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-22 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-21 40+ → 50+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 50+ → 40+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-09-18 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-14 40+ → 50+ up after 124 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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Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Modal Window – create popup modal window 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B - T Themify Popup 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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Easy Modal 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
PopBox For Elementor 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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