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Ninja Form Layout

by marclloyd77 · Forms

Ninja Forms Layout adds fieldset and div elements.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 71 average across 530 Forms plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 53/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3854 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-44% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

32

now · peak 96

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

Ninja Form Layout · #12616 Layout Grid Block · #232 Equal Height Columns · #1911 WP Contact Slider · #2272

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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
100–200 ≈140

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations

Details

Version
1.3
Last updated
10.6y ago
Added
2014-12-06 · 11 yrs on WP
Requires WP
2.8.6
Tested up to
4.0.38
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-13 200+ → 100+ down after 309 days in band
  2. 2025-09-07 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
  3. 2025-09-05 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in band
  4. 2025-09-01 300+ → 200+ down after 360 days in band
  5. 2024-09-06 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
  6. 2024-09-05 300+ → 400+ up after 14 days in band
  7. 2024-08-22 400+ → 300+ down after 260 days in band
  8. 2023-12-06 500+ → 400+ down after 81 days in band

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Ninja Form Layout: 100+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ninja-forms-layout