Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More
Active installs5,000,000+ rounded
Current authorSyed Balkhi
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release9 days ago 29 Oct 2026
Support17 / 22 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record202
Rating4.8 /5 · 14,387
Added to directory14 Mar 2016
Requires WP5.5
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Syed Balkhi throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| jaredatch | 84 | 12 Apr 2016 | 05 Mar 2020 |
| slaFFik | 51 | 19 Mar 2020 | 24 Oct 2023 |
| dimitris.m | 51 | 28 Nov 2023 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| jrfoell | 7 | 16 Jan 2024 | 28 Oct 2024 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 5,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
363,702 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 18% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 2,170,561/day31 Oct 2026
25 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 3.9 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.8 (7 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are running below the lifetime figure, which an average built over years would hide.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 06 Jun 2026 and 03 Sep 2026: 34 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Across the 34 wpforms-lite reviews posted between June and September 2026, ease of use dominates: 19 of 34 reviewers describe the form builder as simple to set up or use, often citing the drag-and-drop interface. Support quality draws separate praise, with 4 of 34 reviewers highlighting quick or helpful responses from the WPForms team, including one who credits timely help despite running the free version. A recurring complaint runs the other way: 6 of 34 reviewers say the free plugin withholds features, such as entry viewing or extra fields, that only unlock with a paid upgrade.
- 19 of 34 describe WPForms as easy to set up or use. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
- 6 of 34 say the free version withholds features that only unlock with a paid upgrade. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 4 of 34 praise responsive or helpful customer support. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Counted from the public review forum on 04 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 25,219 | 38,269 | 50,285 | 50,289 | 66,946 | 1,883,760 | 82,190 | 55,809 | 81,300 | 72,245 | 47,960 | 354,315 | 1,852,096 |
| Ratings total | 14,384 | 14,384 | 14,384 | 14,385 | 14,385 | 14,385 | 14,385 | 14,386 | 14,386 | 14,386 | 14,386 | 14,386 | 14,386 | 14,387 |
| Version | 2.0.2.2 | 2.0.2.2 | 2.0.2.2 | 2.0.2.2 | 2.0.2.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.3.1 | 2.0.3.1 |
| Support threads | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Threads resolved | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (5,000,000+)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory10 years ago 14 Mar 2016
Requires WP5.5
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 29 Oct 2026, 10 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 17 of 22 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 99 other plugins, 47 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 29 Oct 202610 days agoVersion 2.0.3.1 released
- 22 Oct 202617 days agoVersion 2.0.3 released
- 06 Oct 20261 month agoVersion 2.0.2.2 released
- 23 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 2.0.2.1 released
- 22 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 2.0.2 released
- 04 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 2.0.1.1 released
- 18 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 2.0.0.5 released
- 12 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 2.0.0.4 released
- 11 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 2.0.0.3 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 16 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 2.0.0.2 released
- 16 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 2.0.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 25 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 1.10.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 18 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 1.10.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 03 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 1.10.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 28 May 20265 months agoVersion 1.10.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 14 May 20266 months agoVersion 1.10.0.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 10 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 1.10.0.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 08 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 1.10.0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 26 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 1.10.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 19 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 1.10.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 03 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 1.9.9.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 24 Feb 20268 months agoVersion 1.9.9.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dimitris.m.
- 12 Apr 201610 years ago180 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 12 Apr 2016 and 29 Jan 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 14 Mar 201610 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 21 Jul 2026 · The Road to WPForms v2.0: Every Step That Got Us HereWPForms
- 17 Apr 2026 · CVE-2026-40764: WPForms Contact Form CSRF VulnerabilitySentinelOne
- 27 Mar 2026 · CVE-2026-25339: WPForms Data Disclosure VulnerabilitySentinelOne
- 20 Mar 2026 · CVE-2026-32446: WPForms Auth Bypass VulnerabilitySentinelOne
- 19 Sep 2018 · WPForms Acquires Pirate Forms, Plugin to be RetiredWP Tavern
- 06 Jun 2017 · WPForms Acquires WP Mail SMTP PluginWP Tavern
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Syed Balkhi for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 9 days ago (29 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 5,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 14,387 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 17 of 22 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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