NP Formshield
by Needs Plugin · Forms
Advanced spam protection for Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Forminator, Ninja Forms, WPForms, Fluent Forms and custom forms.
79 health vs 68 average across 673 Forms plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-12-07 · 222 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
26
now · peak 143
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 55 days.
Install history · since 2025-12-07 · 219 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-07 10+ → 20+ up after 45 days in band
- 2026-04-23 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
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Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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