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Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types
Pure relief for anyone tired of writing custom code for every form.
HealthyGrowing
88/100
Users love the automation and time savings but some feel frustrated by the lack of free support.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.4★
46 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+125%
Growing fast
38 → 86 installs/day
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 · +125% in the last year
38/day a year ago→86/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayGravity Forms + Custom Post Types is widely praised for its ease of use, time-saving automation and solid support, but a few users note limited free support, occasional breakage after updates, and missing WooCommerce-specific features.
What people like
- +Excellent, responsive support from the developer
- +Saves a significant amount of time when creating forms and handling CPT relationships×5
- +Easy to use with low overhead×2
- +Handles custom post types, categories, tags, and taxonomies effectively×5
- +Clear documentation and helpful instructions
- +Works reliably without major issues×3
Common complaints
- −No free support; support is limited to paying users
- −Plugin appears unmaintained and updates are infrequent
- −Broke after a recent update, causing functionality loss
- −Cannot post to specific WooCommerce categories
- −UI does not list custom field names in the dropdown, requiring manual entry
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.20★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
- 2%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 46 total
Latest reviews · 47 analyzed
- 2021-11-09★★★★★It works well and the support is greathelenxmas
- 2021-08-26★★★★★Great Pluginlinda83
- 2021-05-07★★★★★One of my favourite pluginsoae1980
- 2021-05-06★★★★★Excellent Plugincharliewilliams2383
- 2020-09-06★★★★★Auto-generating parent-child – without codingdkrahl
- 2020-02-10★★★★★Always Adding Valuekeywordguy
- 2019-08-29★★★★★no support for this plugindorondav
- 2019-08-23★★★★★Connected EventEspresso category to GFbrettbum
- 2019-07-17★★★★★Great!Menn
- 2019-01-09★★★★★Really useful pluginamjulash
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types
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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.
50
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
90
Prior 7-day baseline
59
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
290
Mean release-day peak (30d)
115
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-44.4%
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.
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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
77%
5★ share in analyzed sample
2%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.21 → 4.20★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered