Gravity Forms CLI Add-On
by Rocketgenius · Forms
Also makes 2 other plugins · 30.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Manage Gravity Forms on the command line.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20K+
≈24K estimated
Momentum
+168%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “command” and “line” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8 and #11 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 1 listed these are the slots worth spending.
84 health vs 65 average across 2,511 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.8%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 416.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,668 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.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Listing tuning
Updated 33 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
1 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Only 1 tag — use the full 5 relevant tags so search matches more queries.
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.
44
Momentum
Holding steady
-0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cli | #2 | #7 | up 3 |
| command line | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| command | #8 | #20 | up 1 |
| gravity forms your tag | #11 | #17 | 0 |
| gravity | #11 | #14 | 0 |
| line | #11 | #19 | up 2 |
| gravity form | #10 | #18 | up 1 |
| gravity forms import | #7 | #18 | 0 |
| gravity forms add on | #8 | #16 | up 1 |
| on line | #12 | #20 | down 1 |
| wp cli | #16 | #23 | up 3 |
| gravity forms entries | #18 | #18 | up 1 |
38 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 26 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “command” and “line” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8 and #11 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 1 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “gravity forms”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 22.1K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.9.1 · 29 Sep 2026
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 67% 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 “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 41% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 30K+ in roughly 238 days.
Install history since 20 May 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ henrikfibiger5.3y ago
Rocket don’t give support The plugin destory my website after try to uninstall – but THEY DON’T CARE! Don’t use it…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ petrov0079.1y ago
title says all
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hughc9.1y ago
a great timesaver when bootstrapping a fresh install with WP-CLI, I’m assembling a library of previous form exports and then running the required imports as part of my setup batch file.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kishan9.4y ago
This worked great to export AND import form entries.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Luke Cavanagh9.8y ago
Works very well, makes it so much easier to manage GF form and export functions by command line.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jeff Matson10.4y ago
It’s awesome. Makes people like me who are constantly in a CLI window drool. Yep, it’s the bees knees.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Md Akter Hosen10.4y ago
It helps lot. Thanks for this CLI Add-On
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.9 Updated the plugin to support installing packages through Packagist. 1.9
- — Version 1.8 Fixed a bug where the verify checksums command fails even when it should succeed. 1.8
- — Version 1.7 Fixed a bug that sometimes causes the form ID to be stored as a string. 1.7
- — Version 1.6 Updated the plugin to support installing and updating Gravity SMTP. 1.6
- — Version 1.5 Updated the plugin to allow its usage as a WP-CLI package. 1.5
- — Version 1.4 Fixed an issue where the version comparison performed when using wp gf update with an add-on slug uses the Gravity Forms version number. Added support for using --version=beta with the wp gf install and wp gf update comm 1.4
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Manage Gravity Forms on the command line."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "if you have").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gravity Forms, WP-CLI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 11 headings and 15 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,243 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 1 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-06 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 20K+ → 10K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 10K+ → 20K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-05-29 20K+ → 10K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 10K+ → 20K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 10K+ → 20K+ up after 94 days in tier
- 2026-02-17 20K+ → 10K+ down after 58 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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Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
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 -
Event Tracking for Gravity Forms 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
GravityExport Lite for Gravity Forms 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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