67
Cool FormKit Lite – Advanced Form Builder for Elementor
A handy Elementor helper that occasionally breaks everything with an update.
HealthyDeclining
67/100
Useful features for Elementor users are present. Recent updates caused critical errors and removed key functionality.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.5★
23 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-7%
Declining
123 → 115 installs/day
What to watch out for
- 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
Declining · -7% in the last year
123/day a year ago→115/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCool FormKit Lite is a generally appreciated free form builder add-on for Elementor with useful features like conditional fields and WhatsApp integration, but it has seen breaking changes in recent updates that have frustrated some users.
What people like
- +Conditional fields work as expected
- +WhatsApp integration works well
- +Considered a strong free form plugin option for Elementor
Common complaints
- −Hidden field option was removed in an update, breaking existing use cases
- −Critical PHP parse error (syntax error in module.php) renders the plugin unusable on some installs
- −No shortcode support in email To/Subject fields, noted as a missing feature
- −Label overlays placeholder text inside input fields by default, requiring a CSS workaround
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.71★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 39%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 23 total
Latest reviews · 23 analyzed
- 2026-06-01★★★★★He delivers on his promises.jcalmeida
- 2026-04-15★★★★★Good job!andrebraga26741-shot
- 2026-04-07★★★★★goodmunawarbachri1-shot
- 2026-03-09★★★★★Does the jobfreakotechnologies1-shot
- 2025-11-21★★★★★Awesome!stepo2121-shot
- 2025-08-05★★★★★Cool FormKit Lite – Elementor Form Buildertrinli1-shot
- 2025-06-07★★★★★Não possui mais a opção Hidden Fieldorfrezende
- 2025-05-03★★★★★Great Form pluginnointelligentlife
- 2025-04-14★★★★★Parse Error: Syntax Error After Update 2.4.3seoqoobah1-shot
- 2025-04-12★★★★★Excelente plugin for whatsapp redirectioneltonsilvagestor
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
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.
157
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
105
Prior 7-day baseline
160
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,880
Mean release-day peak (30d)
157
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+49.5%
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.
21%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.81
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
87%
5★ share in analyzed sample
39%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.52 → 4.71★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered