Auto Populate Country/State/City/Ward DropDown Addon for Gravity Forms
by Gravity Extra · Forms
Also makes 2 other plugins · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Automatically populate cascading Country, State, City, and Ward dropdown fields in Gravity Forms.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈28 estimated
Momentum
+116%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “city”, “country” and “forms” for “ward”, “auto populate” and “cascading”. “city” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ward” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “country” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “auto populate” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “forms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “cascading” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 65 average across 2,525 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 2.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,679 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.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 17 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
1.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
20
Momentum
Losing ground
-3.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 15d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 15d
-2.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ward | #4 | #24 | down 2 |
| auto populate | #12 | #24 | down 4 |
| cascading | #24 | #24 | down 4 |
| cascading dropdown | #11 | #24 | down 3 |
| state dropdown | #23 | #24 | down 3 |
| city dropdown | #23 | #24 | down 6 |
| city your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| country your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gravity forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| state your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “city”, “country” and “forms” for “ward”, “auto populate” and “cascading”. “city” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ward” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “country” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “auto populate” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “forms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “cascading” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 173 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 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 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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 30.
Install history since 22 Oct 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ managunjikar5.5y ago
After Activating site goes down and it shows an error There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions. While debugging error log found the following syntax error. PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘>’ in /wp-content/plugins/gf-auto-populate-country-state-city-ward-dropdown-addon/includes/class-gffield-countrycity.php on line 119 PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘>’ in /wp-content/plugins/gf-auto-populate-country-state-city-ward-dropdown-addon/includes/class-gffield-countrycity.php on line 119 This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by managunjikar.
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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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("built for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gravity Forms.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 907 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 30+ → 20+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-10-21 40+ → 30+ down after 286 days in tier
- 2026-01-08 50+ → 40+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2025-12-14 40+ → 50+ up after 80 days in tier
- 2025-09-25 50+ → 40+ down after 292 days in tier
- 2024-12-07 60+ → 50+ down after 89 days in tier
- 2024-09-09 70+ → 60+ down after 102 days in tier
- 2024-05-30 80+ → 70+ down 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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ACF City Selector 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
WC – APG City 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Country State City Dropdown CF7 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A - G Gravity Forms CSS Ready Class Selector 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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Cities Shipping Zones for WooCommerce 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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