Gravity Forms: Post Updates
by Jupitercow · Forms
Also makes 7 other plugins · 510+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows you to use Gravity Forms to update any post on the front end.
47 health vs 63 average across 1,678 Forms plugins
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 6.8.
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 4077 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
75
now · peak 99
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
11.2y ago
latest release · v1.2.23
17
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-06-20 · 1,391 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dcrunningguy8.4y ago
I’m not getting error messages, but it simply won’t work. Tried for hours. And let me get on my high horse for just a moment and rant a little. I appreciate free plugins and the effort that goes into them (and maintaining). But why go through the effort if you have virtually zero follow-up in support or maintaining? This dev is still around (I looked), but has abandoned this. And it is a great idea and much needed, but appears to be largely non-functioning. Perhaps it does function (and a couple people in support say it is or was), but the instructions are poorly laid out. Which brings me to my second and perhaps most important point of this rant/review. This dev could not have done a worse job in explaining how to set this up. I understand that if English isn’t your first language, things can be more challenging. But everything written on this plugin – top to bottom- gives little real pathway to actually having it work. There’s a bunch of hooks and shortcuts and, if you go the github, some additional info. But it is rambling and not linear. The installation instructions are fucking bullshit. No FAQs. No answering support…basically for years. And there isn’t that many submitted questions. For a plugin this potentially helpful to only have 1000 or so current installs lets you know it’s a fucking shit sandwich. And we see way too many shit sandwiches with WordPress. This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by dcrunningguy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thenax8.9y ago
it doesn’t work it gets a Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() error!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kalledrengennr19.3y ago
This fantastic plugin is a life saver combining the flexibility of GF with the ability to have your users edit their own stuff front end. Thanks a zillion to the developers!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Clicknathan9.8y ago
Thank you, your work is wonderfully appreciated. Makes updating content easy for users on the front end.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ maelga10.7y ago
This could have been a great plugin, but unfortunately it does not have the functionality to change a post status once it edited/resubmitted. This means the plugin does not support a workflow requiring a review (“pending review”). The post status remains identical whether the post is edited or not. It would be very useful to enable saving the post under the post status set in GF. It is currently not the case.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nasimnet11.6y ago
tnx man
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Russell Aaron11.6y ago
THIS PLUGIN IS AWESOME! It does everything I need it to do. Only issue is that some user roles can do anything, and some can’t do anything.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ChaseReplogle12.1y ago
There are some other options for editing gravity form posts, but I think this one has quickly outpaced the others. I highly recommend it.
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-12 400+ → 300+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-11-02 400+ → 300+ down after 337 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 500+ → 400+ down after 338 days in tier
- 2023-12-28 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-12-25 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-24 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-23 500+ → 600+ up after 1 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).
- D DJD Site Post 100+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms Add-on 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Gravity PDF 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Gravity Forms CLI Add-On 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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