Plugin audit
Country & Phone Field Contact Form 7
Country & Phone Field Contact Form 7 is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
40K+
Rating
4.5★
wp.org · 41 reviews
Downloads / 30d
3.3K
Momentum
+15%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 2568 tracked Forms plugins: health 79 vs 65 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.4★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #2 phone field Up 1
- #3 country dropdown
- #3 country dropdown plugin Up 1
- #3 phone number
- #3 phone number shortcode
- #3 phone number with international country code
- #4 phone
- #7 international telephone input Down 1
Tags still to break into the top 24: contact form 7, wordpress plugin.
What to fix first
- 1
Swap “wordpress plugin” for “country”
“wordpress plugin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “country” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- 2
Get back on a visible release cadence, even minor releases.
Last updated 8 months ago. Freshness is one of the strongest directory-ranking signals.
- 3
Readme fails 4 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 90/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 247 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Strong
4.5★ over 41 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.3★
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Update cadence is slipping
Needs workLast updated 8 months ago. Freshness is one of the strongest directory-ranking signals.
What to do: Get back on a visible release cadence, even minor releases.
Readme fails 4 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: names who it is for, headings and lists, enough to quote and tags match the text. One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
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.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Healthy but under-discovered
OpportunityThis plugin scores 79/100 on health yet sits at 40,000 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.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
Country & Phone Field Contact Form 7 is a strong product that not enough people know about.
A WP Mayor review and placement put it in front of WordPress users who are choosing plugins.
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