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Visual Form Builder v3.1

Visual Form Builder is a plugin that allows you to build and manage all kinds of forms for your website in a single place. Building a fully functional contact form takes only a few minutes and you don...

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 12, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 12, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires WordPress 4.7+
  • Tested up to WP 6.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 66% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 88 Passed
  • 27 Warnings
  • 10 Failed
Security 68/100
Needs Improvement

25 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 75/100
Needs Improvement

46 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 75/100
Needs Improvement

9 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

359.7 KB

1.0 MB unzipped

Total files

166

across all file types

Lines of PHP

7,482

in 42 files Medium

File types

  • JS
  • PHP
  • PNG
  • SCSS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 74 Critical
  • 134 High
  • 134 Medium
  • 49 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Visual Form Builder, Code Quality improved the most (+9). No category regressed over this span. The codebase grew 21% in size.

Audited 2.8.1 → 3.1 · 30 versions

0 50 100 2.8.1 2.9.1 3.0.1 3.1

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 570 1140 2.8.1 2.9.1 3.0.1 3.1

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

230

downloads

Today

38

downloads

Week over week

−14%

vs previous week

Month over month

+3%

vs previous month

Download trend: Steady. Abandonment risk: Abandoned.

Version intelligence

34% of installs run an older version

≈ 6.9K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v2.8
  • v2.9
  • v3.0
  • v3.1

Ratings

318 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 219
  • 4 20
  • 3 11
  • 2 18
  • 1 50

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

51 mo ago

May 27, 2022

Looks abandoned

Release cadence

~ every 20 days

average between releases

Total releases

76

since Jun 2011 · 15 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Visual Form Builder in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Visual Form Builder v3.1 flagged 391 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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