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Gravity Forms Approvals Add-On

by Rocketgenius · Forms

Also makes 2 other plugins · 40.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

Add simple approval workflow processes to your Gravity Forms.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
52 Health · D
Maintenance 16/100
Rating quality 79/100
Support 70/100

52 health vs 63 average across 1,679 Forms plugins

Removal-risk signals

36/100

Maintenance 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.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.19.

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.

47 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 24/100
WP compatibility 25/100
Rating quality 60/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 926 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+102% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

123

now · peak 213

12030d downloads · Aug 26

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

Gravity Forms Approv · #7512 you Gravity Forms Zero S · #447 Zapier for WordPress · #757 Advanced Custom Fiel · #1007

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.5Stars · Aug 26

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.

150per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

2.5y ago

latest release · v1.2.1

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.1 · 2.5y ago1.2 · 5.5y ago1.1 · 6.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 96%
Older / other versions 4.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
800–900 ≈850

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-09-19 · 1,426 observations

800Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
2.5y ago
Added
2015-05-20 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
5.2
Tested up to
5.6.19
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. ifixwoocommerce
    3.4y ago

    Such a simple feature but I haven’t been able to find another option other than this that is free. Great work on the plugin. Still working as of April 20, 2023.

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  2. bradcass
    4.3y ago

    This plugin is nothing more than an ad for Gravity Flow. It’s extremely limited and recognizes this in its own description where it states, “If this add-on doesn’t quite meet your needs, or if you’d like an add-on that will grow with your business workflow processes you may want to check out Gravity Flow.” I’ve used many free apps that are powerful and useful, but this app isn’t one of them. There’s no good will here. Here you’ll only find marketing.

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  3. clk87
    4.8y ago

    Thank you very much, this plugin did exactly what I needed. Much appreciated.

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  4. wstone508
    5.1y ago

    Bizarrely lacking in most forms, we’re lucky to have this option.

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  5. seanthomaswebdev
    7.2y ago

    This plugin does everything you need if you are wanting something lighter-weight than a premium solution such as Gravity Flow. Gravity Forms Approvals made it easy to implement a simple approval and denial flow for our client. I love that the plugin is open-source too!

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  6. rrfarmer
    7.2y ago

    Does a simple approve/reject, great if that’s all you need!

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  7. fkildoo
    11.0y ago

    Very easy to use. Plugin works great and fits my needs. I’m using it with an intranet for peer reviews and submitting bonus points which need to be send to different supervisors for approval. Also great support from plugin author. I had an issue with plugin after updating to the latest WP version and he sent me a newer version of the plugin to try which fixed my problem. He said he will include the fix in the next release.

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  8. psdes
    11.1y ago

    Plugin works correctly even if it’s a beta version, no problems with approval or rejection of each entries. My earlier review as “psdes” about support of this plugin was a mistake because I did not read the whole description of the plugin support.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-04-24 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-23 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-22 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-04-21 800+ → 900+ up after 7 days in tier
  5. 2026-04-14 900+ → 800+ down after 179 days in tier
  6. 2025-10-17 1K+ → 900+ down after 9 days in tier
  7. 2025-10-08 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
  8. 2025-10-06 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier

Competes with

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