Ninja Forms – Modal
by James Laws · Forms
Ninja Forms Modal makes it super easy to open any Ninja Form in a pop up modal from a text or image link.
42 health vs 63 average across 1,197 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 3.7.41, 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 4172 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
42
now · peak 86
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-22 300+ → 200+ down after 277 days in tier
- 2024-07-19 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-16 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-07-14 400+ → 300+ down after 203 days in tier
- 2023-12-24 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-23 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-12-20 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-12-18 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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Visual Form Builder 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
WPZOOM Forms – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
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