Simple Contact Forms
by owenr88 · Forms
This plugin is designed to strip all the hassle so you can insert contact forms where you want and how you want.
45 health vs 63 average across 1,151 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, 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 3574 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
31
now · peak 85
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.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-05 30+ → 20+ down after 91 days in tier
- 2025-09-05 50+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-03 60+ → 50+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-08-28 70+ → 60+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2025-08-04 80+ → 70+ down after 42 days in tier
- 2025-06-23 90+ → 80+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-06-15 80+ → 90+ up after 42 days in tier
- 2025-05-04 70+ → 80+ up after 9 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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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 -
Vision6 Forms 200+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Vision6 Gravity Forms Add-On 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Flamingo 800K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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