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Constant Contact Forms
A leaky bucket for your most valuable marketing leads.
GrowingPoor rating
48/100
Frequent silent disconnections cause users to lose subscriber data without any notification.
Active installs
~30,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
2.7★
100 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+33%
Growing fast
150 → 200 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 2.53★
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +33% in the last year
150/day a year ago→200/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayConstant Contact Forms is a first-party plugin that handles basic email list sign-ups, but it carries a long-standing and well-documented reputation for silent, recurring disconnections that cause lost subscriber data with no user notification.
What people like
- +Works as advertised for basic list sign-up collection when the connection is stable×4
- +Support has been responsive and helpful for at least some users×2
- +No additional paid subscription required to use core functionality
Common complaints
- −Plugin repeatedly and silently disconnects from Constant Contact, causing sign-ups to fail without any notification to site owners×12
- −Login/API token is never refreshed automatically, requiring manual reconnection every few months as the only known fix×7
- −Lost subscriber data is difficult or impossible to recover after a silent disconnection period×4
- −Very limited customization options — no control over colors, fonts, field widths, or button styling×4
- −No integration with popular page builders such as Elementor or Bricks
- −Reconnecting after a disconnect requires going through the full authorization process again×2
- −Issues have persisted across many sites and hosting environments, suggesting the problem is not host-specific×2
- −Updates have caused critical errors and broken connectivity on live sites×2
- −Lists randomly stop syncing or disappear after updates or disconnections×3
- −These problems have been reported consistently for several years with no resolution×3
Review trustReviews look organic
- 2.53★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 2.70★
- 16%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 100 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-02-27★★★★★Constantly disconnectsmarkhamilton1-shot
- 2026-01-23★★★★★Months of Unreliability and Excusesccorder
- 2026-01-18★★★★★Plugin constantly breaks!teapoet9
- 2025-07-29★★★★★Absolute Bare MinimumSteve Salotto
- 2025-06-25★★★★★Great, when it works.ddinnerv
- 2025-03-07★★★★★Effective But Got Potentialredtoucan
- 2025-02-01★★★★★Pretty goodwayne20
- 2025-01-28★★★★★Error prone plugin and clunky platformth3orian1-shot
- 2024-09-04★★★★★Works great, support is excellent.jackgalactic
- 2024-09-03★★★★★Great when it workswiha0webmaster
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Constant Contact Forms
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
188
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
236
Prior 7-day baseline
141
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,927
Mean release-day peak (30d)
188
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-20.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
16%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.52
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
27%
5★ share in analyzed sample
16%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
2.59 → 2.53★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered