Basic Contact Form
by thecontactform · Forms
Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.
44 health vs 63 average across 1,677 Forms plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance 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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1060 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 2023-08-14 · 1,113 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
248
now · peak 358
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
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
2.9y ago
latest release · v1.1
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2023-08-13 · 1,081 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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VS Contact Form 7K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A - C Contact Form 7 add confirm 50K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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Gravity PDF 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Contact Form Clean and Simple 7K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Multifile Upload Field for Contact Form 7 5K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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