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Contact Form 7 Campaign Monitor Extension

Contact Form 7 Campaign Monitor Extension has urgent issues capping its growth.

Active installs

900+

Rating

3.6★

wp.org · 23 reviews

Downloads / 30d

1.1K

Momentum

+69%

30d vs the 30d before

Against 2113 tracked Email & Marketing plugins: health 79 vs 67 average · rating, weighted for review count, 3.7★ vs 3.8★.

Where it ranks in wp.org search

Main keywords, best position first

Tags still to break into the top 24: contact form 7, email, marketing.

What to fix first

  1. 1

    Patch and release an advisory before anything else.

    Open security vulnerability. A known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.

  2. 2

    Swap “email”, “marketing” and “newsletter” for “mailing lists”, “mailing list” and “monitor”

    “email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mailing lists” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “marketing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mailing list” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “newsletter” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “monitor” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

  3. 3

    Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks

    Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists.

Ranking signals

Listing score 94/100

  • Update recency Strong

    Updated 4 days ago

  • WP compatibility Strong

    Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

  • Rating quality Strong

    3.6★ over 23 reviews, weighted for review count to 3.9★ and held back under 25 reviews

  • Listing tuning Strong

    5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

What we found

1 critical 1 to fix 2 opportunity 1 market context 1 strength
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Open security vulnerability

Critical

A known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.

What to do: Patch and release an advisory before anything else.

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Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks

Needs work

AI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: has a faq, faq asks real questions and names who it is for. No FAQ section.

What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.

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Review volume is thin

Opportunity

Only 23 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.

What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.

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Healthy but under-discovered

Opportunity

This plugin scores 79/100 on health yet sits at 900 installs. The product is good; distribution is the gap.

What to do: A WP Mayor review and placement can put it in front of the right audience.

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Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.

✓

Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.

Downloads, last 2 years

From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.

297 Nov 2026

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