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Piotnet Forms

by piotnetdotcom · Forms

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Piotnet Forms - Highly Customizable WordPress Form Builder

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
49 Health · D
Maintenance 16/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

49 health vs 63 average across 1,679 Forms plugins

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

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.

63 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 24/100
WP compatibility 77/100
Rating quality 76/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 919 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+44% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

379

now · peak 2.8K

37730d downloads · Aug 26

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

Piotnet Forms · #4249 you WPForms · #9 Fluent Forms · #83 MetForm · #109

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

189per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

2.5y ago

latest release · v1.0.29

29

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.29 · 2.5y ago1.0.28 · 2.6y ago1.0.27 · 2.7y ago1.0.26 · 3.8y ago1.0.25 · 4.2y ago1.0.24 · 4.2y ago1.0.23 · 4.9y ago1.0.22 · 4.9y ago1.0.21 · 4.9y ago1.0.20 · 4.9y ago1.0.19 · 4.9y ago1.0.18 · 5.1y ago1.0.17 · 5.5y ago1.0.16 · 5.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
2K–3K ≈2.4K

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

At the current install trend, crossing 3K+ in roughly 179 days.

Install history · since 2020-10-29 · 1,420 observations

2KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.0.30
Last updated
2.5y ago
Added
2020-09-18 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
6.5.10
Requires PHP
5.4

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ianstudio
    4mo ago

    Could be improved visually as it can feel a bit clunky (not terrible but feel it could be better), and could have more tutorials, videos etc, but it works. Interface isn’t as polished as “drag-and-drop” competitors. A bit of a steeper learning curve to figure out how to style things or map fields correctly.

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  2. IFX
    1.2y ago

    I’d give it 5 stars, but the UI is a little clunky, though probably more flexible than most other WP form plugins. I purchased the Pro version which can do more than any other form plugin I’ve tried, including Fluent Forms and Bit Forms. Of course WS Form is still more advanced, but then so is it’s price 😉 Unfortunately for the free version, Piotnet don’t appear to be maintaining it anymore, as it hasn’t had an update in a very long time – maybe they’re only supporting the Pro version now?

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  3. rattbaztard
    2.2y ago

    On another note, you guys are fantastic; I enjoy working and pushing the limits with your system and even finding out the bugs. Even making the improvements with the Image Upload, I remember when I first requested if your app could take pictures about 2, maybe three years ago on Messenger… you guys got the Image Upload done, then I asked for a multiple file option with min/max, you got that done. Then the (+/-) buttons- it was a surprise how long that took- but you did get it working. Thank you! I don’t use many plugins anymore. I went to you guys, and you added the feature, which is excellent. Your system blows away all the other form plugins. They are weak. We have now taken advantage of remote requests with our API and are building an excellent app with your plugin. For this, I am both thankful and appreciative! This showed me you guys listened and gained my loyalty!

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  4. ofihsdfoi
    2.2y ago

    This company is one of the only form plugins that disable the entire plugin if any changes to the domain name occur, hurting website owners. No other company does this, not even the big ones, because it’s a well understood concept to not bork your customers website from a license mismatch. GROSS. This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by ofihsdfoi.

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  5. digityza
    2.5y ago

    The plugin is decent once you figure out how things work, but it also has limitations. Documentation is thorough but not up to date. If you need support, forget about it. By the time someone gets back to you if at all, it will already have been too late. Better options out there

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  6. giuix
    2.8y ago

    Complete and versatile plugin, very lightweight compared to other form builders. Much improved form creation interface compared to early… well done!

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  7. Snaddi
    3.6y ago

    It is useless to contact this support. If an answer comes, it is absolutely not useful. They don’t respond to the support requests, but answer useless stuff and refer to the instructions on their own site, which don’t help. Even the simplest questions cannot be answered properly. I have tried with 3 problems with the plugin and 3 times they have been incompetent. A plugin with such poor support is not useful for use on a live site.

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  8. wordbywordreality
    3.6y ago

    Hello! Greetings from Colombia. I happen that the plugin does not work for me, where it says “Drop widgets here” this deconstructed, appears in vertical and when dragging the widgets, does not expand, remains small

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.0.30 Update WordPress tested up to: 6.5 1.0.30
  2. Version 1.0.29 Add allowed Upload file extensions filter hook. 1.0.29
  3. Version 1.0.28 Improvement security issue. 1.0.28
  4. Version 1.0.27 Improvement security issue. 1.0.27
  5. Version 1.0.26 Update WordPress tested up to: 6.1 1.0.26
  6. Version 1.0.25 Fix access permission of CSS assets. 1.0.25

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

7 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 4 still affect the current version.

  1. 2025-09-22 CVE-2025-57933 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.0.30 No patch available
  2. 2025-04-07 CVE-2025-32205 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 1.0.30 No patch available
  3. 2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31793 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.30 No patch available
  4. 2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31792 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.30 No patch available
  5. 2023-12-27 CVE-2023-51412 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 1.0.28 Patched in 1.0.29
  6. 2023-12-27 CVE-2023-51413 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.0.29 Patched in 1.0.30
  7. 2023-12-04 CVE-2023-6220 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 1.0.28 Patched in 1.0.29

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more

French (France) 98%
Czech 41%
Russian 1%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-20 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-18 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-08-16 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-08-15 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-08-14 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-08-12 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2026-08-10 3K+ → 2K+ down after 75 days in tier
  8. 2026-05-27 2K+ → 3K+ up after 133 days in tier

Competes with

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