Normalized Forms with Captcha
by trigve.hagen · Forms
Custom Responsive Contact, Login & Register Forms with Captcha. Redirection of Register and Login links to a theme based Register page.
41 health vs 71 average across 537 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3880 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
116
now · peak 116
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You 600K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Friendly Captcha for WordPress 9K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Pie Register – User Registration, Profiles & Content Restriction 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A - C Contact Form 7 BWP reCAPTCHA Extension 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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Contact Form 7 10M+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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