User Role for Flamingo
by Yannick Zipf · Forms
Also makes 1 other plugin · 720+ installs across the portfolio →
Configure special user role to access the flamingo contacts and messages wihtout admin permissions.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
700+
≈790 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “capabilities”, “contact form 7” and “forms” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 65 average across 2,510 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →12%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 5.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,667 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1070 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1070 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| flamingo your tag | #24 | #24 | down 3 |
| capabilities your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user role your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “capabilities”, “contact form 7” and “forms” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 21 Nov 2022 · 1,441 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 278 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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 · v1.0.1 · 26 Nov 2023
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 20 Nov 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ nzlx20173.3y ago
Thanks for this plugin: easy to use – works as described by plugin author. install the plugin on top of C7 & Flamingo. Go to user who needs access to Flamingo and add him the additional role “Flamingo User”. Finetuning in the plugins settings. Works on user level only – but that should be enough in most cases.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thavilang3.5y ago
I was trying to let editor profile uses Flamingo, the configuration of this plugin don’t let me do this.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 713 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "capabilities", "forms" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-22 600+ → 700+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-12-19 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-18 600+ → 700+ up after 128 days in tier
- 2024-08-12 500+ → 600+ up after 91 days in tier
- 2024-05-13 400+ → 500+ up after 60 days in tier
- 2024-03-14 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-03-11 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-10 300+ → 400+ up after 82 days in tier
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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Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Multi Step for Contact Form 7 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Country State City Dropdown CF7 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Inazo's flamingo automatically delete old messages 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Add-on Contact Form 7 – MailPoet 3 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C
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