WP Simple Forms
by delaney.p.brown · Forms
Adding forms to a webpage has never been easier. Quickly create dropdowns, checkboxes, multiple choice, and text questions for any page on your site.
41 health vs 66 average across 806 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 4944 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
51
now · peak 152
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 2022-10-05 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-05 30+ → 20+ down after 151 days in band
- 2025-03-07 20+ → 30+ up after 158 days in band
- 2024-09-30 30+ → 20+ down after 130 days in band
- 2024-05-23 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-05-20 30+ → 20+ down after 113 days in band
- 2024-01-28 20+ → 30+ up after 98 days in band
- 2023-10-22 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in band
- 2023-10-15 20+ → 30+ up after 36 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Flamingo 800K+ installs · 4.2★ A -
Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 700K+ installs · 4.8★ A -
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ installs · 4.8★ A -
MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor 600K+ installs · 4.7★ A
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