Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorMark Westguard
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release11 days ago 27 Aug 2026
Support3 / 3 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record361
Rating5.0 /5 · 320
Added to directory21 Sep 2018
Requires WP5.5
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1 up to date
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Ownership
Held by Mark Westguard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| westguard | 358 | 23 Sep 2018 | 07 Aug 2026 |
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.
Widely adopted: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
306 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 62% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 3,946/day07 Sep 2026
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 | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 155 | 490 | 287 | 3,800 | 364 | 327 | 499 | 400 | 323 | 0 | 631 | 133 | 158 |
| Ratings total | 319 | 319 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 |
| Version | 1.12.6 | 1.12.6 | 1.12.6 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 |
| Support threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Threads resolved | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (10,000+)
37 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 directory7.5 years ago 21 Sep 2018
Requires WP5.5
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 27 Aug 2026, 11 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- 3 of 3 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 1 other plugin; the most recent update to any of them was 22 Oct 2025.
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.
- 27 Aug 202611 days agoVersion 1.12.8 released
- 13 Aug 202625 days agoVersion 1.12.6 released
- 12 Aug 202626 days agoVersion 1.12.5 released
- 07 Aug 20261 month agoVersion 1.12.3 released
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily 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.
- 29 Jul 20261 month agoVersion 1.12.0 released
- 17 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 1.11.19 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 15 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 1.11.17 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 09 Jul 20262 months agoVersion 1.11.16 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 30 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 1.11.14 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 30 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 1.11.15 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 18 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 1.11.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 08 Jun 20263 months agoVersion 1.11.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 21 May 20264 months agoVersion 1.11.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 20 May 20264 months agoVersion 1.11.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 08 May 20264 months agoVersion 1.11.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 10 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 1.10.86 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 10 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 1.10.87 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by westguard.
- 23 Sep 20187.5 years ago344 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 23 Sep 2018 and 06 Apr 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 21 Sep 20187.5 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
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 Mark Westguard for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 11 days ago (27 Aug 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 320 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
- 3 of 3 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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