WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder
by Mark Westguard · Forms
Also makes 1 other plugin · 10.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Contact form builder for WordPress. Create professional, accessible, mobile-friendly forms in minutes without coding.
M WP Mayor reviewed this plugin Introducing WS Form: The Ultimate Tool for Building Forms Read review ↗92 health vs 63 average across 1,679 Forms plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27.8K
now · peak 30.7K
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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
26
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.11.19
356
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-05-27 · 1,443 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
Modeled from public signals only; the real figure depends on pricing and conversion we cannot see. The range spans more than 10x because wp.org publishes install counts as broad bands, and conversion and price compound on top. Read the midpoint as an order of magnitude, not a valuation.
How we estimate this
Assumptions
- Free → paid conversion. 0.5%–2% of active installs pay for the pro tier. Typical for freemium WordPress plugins; the real rate varies a lot by product.
- Annual price per customer. $49–$199 a year, typical for Forms plugins rather than this plugin's own pricing.
- Acquisition multiple. 2.5x–4.5x annual revenue, the going range for small WordPress-plugin businesses, stretched a little because downloads are growing.
- Install base. 10K–20K active installs, from our install estimate (wp.org only publishes the floor).
Inputs
- Active installs
- 10K–20K
- Category
- Forms
- Pro tier
- detected ("Lite" naming, the free tier of a paid product)
- Download trend
- growing (30d downloads up vs prior 30d)
- Reviews
- 320
- Last updated
- 2 days ago
Revenue is installs × conversion × price; value is revenue × a typical acquisition multiple. Every factor is an assumption band, so the output is a wide range on purpose. If you're buying or selling, treat this as a starting point for due diligence.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.11.19 Added: List submissions and get submission abilities Added: Draft form ability Added: AI Connectors status on the AI settings tab Added: Setting to include WS Form abilities in MCP discovery Added: Improved the AI settin 1.11.19
- — Version 1.11.18 Bug Fix: Restored wsf-hidden and wsf-hidden-element classes in framework CSS Bug Fix: Fields created from action templates now use the default label when no label is specified View full changelog 1.11.18
- — Version 1.11.17 Added: WPBakery extension Changed: Layout and style CSS now use a single file for LTR and RTL sites, removing the need for separate RTL CSS files View full changelog 1.11.17
- — Version 1.12.0 Added: Improved admin UI across the layout editor, settings, and submissions Added: AI / MCP Server update with field update, tab, section, field, action, conditional, and submission note abilities Added: Notes system fo 1.12.0
- — Version 1.12.3 Added: Dual-list selector for multi-select settings Bug Fix: Blank Debug settings section in LITE View full changelog 1.12.3
- — Version 1.12.2 Added: AI / MCP Server style list, get, create, update, and delete abilities Added: Reduced front-end style CSS by omitting unused shade variables Added: Optimized layout CSS Added: Breakpoint queries setting to use form 1.12.2
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence11 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- 2025-01-27 CVE-2024-13509 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.10.13 Patched in 1.10.14
- Medium · 6.1 WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder for WordPress <= 1.9.244 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL ↗2024-11-05 CVE-2024-10647 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.9.244 Patched in 1.9.245
- 2024-09-25 CVE-2024-47320 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.9.238 Patched in 1.9.244
- 2024-06-06 CVE-2023-5424 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File Affects <= 1.9.217 Patched in 1.9.218
- 2023-12-28 CVE-2023-52135 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects < 1.9.171 Patched in 1.9.171
- Medium · 5.3 WS Form LITE <= 1.9.117 - CAPTCHA Bypass ↗2023-05-23 Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security Affects <= 1.9.117 Patched in 1.9.118
- 2022-01-31 CVE-2022-23987 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.8.176 Patched in 1.8.176
- 2022-01-31 CVE-2022-23988 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.8.176 Patched in 1.8.176
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 HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 8 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-01 9K+ → 10K+ up after 291 days in tier
- 2025-01-14 8K+ → 9K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-01-11 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-10 8K+ → 9K+ up after 191 days in tier
- 2024-07-03 7K+ → 8K+ up after 112 days in tier
- 2024-03-13 6K+ → 7K+ up after 121 days in tier
- 2023-11-13 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-12 6K+ → 5K+ down after 2 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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