Essential Form
Limited data: Essential Form has under 1,000 active installs and less than 12 weeks of history, so we do not rate it yet.
Based on 3 of 5 areas
Capped at 95: not enough support or review data for a full score.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | No data |
| Reputation | No data |
Active signals
Open issues right now, with links to the source.
No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.
Quick answers
- Is Essential Form still maintained?
- Yes. Last release 1 Oct 2026, 2 releases in the last 24 months. 1 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
- Who owns Essential Form, and has it changed hands?
- No change recorded. Main committer giuse since Feb 2023. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
- Was Essential Form removed from wordpress.org?
- No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
- Is Essential Form safe?
- No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
- Is the latest Essential Form update safe to install?
- No ownership change before 1.0.2. No one-star spike after it. 31 Oct 2025 · Release history
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| plugin-master | 27 Feb 2023 to 27 Feb 2023, 1 commits |
|---|---|
| giuse | 28 Feb 2023 to 1 Oct 2026, 59 commits |
2 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 2023.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 34 days ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 2
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- 7.2 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 2 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 2 |
| Q3 2024 | 2 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 1 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 1 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 1 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Support
- Resolved, last 2 months
- 0%
- Threads, last 2 months
- 1
Trend appears after 8 weekly snapshots.
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.
Reputation
Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.9.
| Last 90 days | No reviews |
|---|---|
| Lifetime | 4.9 |
| 5 star | 18 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 1 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Momentum
- Active installs
- 600+
Trend appears after 8 weekly snapshots.
Facts
- Full name
- Essential Form - The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam
- Version
- 1.0.2
- Author
- Jose Mortellaro
- Added
- 28 Feb 2023
- Last updated
- 1 Oct 2026
- Active installs
- 600+
- Requires WordPress
- 4.6
- Tested up to
- 7.1.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.2
- Category
- not stated
- Tags
- email, light, anti-spam, contact form, leightweight
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Questions about Essential Form
Is Essential Form still maintained?
Yes. Last release 1 Oct 2026, 2 releases in the last 24 months.
Who owns Essential Form, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer giuse since Feb 2023.
Was Essential Form removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.
Is Essential Form safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record.
Is the latest Essential Form update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.0.2. No one-star spike after it.