Advanced Custom Fields Contact Form 7
by imbeetle · Forms
Adds a new 'Contact Form 7' field to the popular Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
42 health vs 63 average across 1,679 Forms plugins
High removal-risk signals
71/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.23, well behind 6.8.
- Negative reviews. Recent reviews are running negative.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2513 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
122
now · peak 177
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
6.9y ago
latest release · v1.1.6
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2021-05-16 · 1,423 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 4 reviews to 2018-10-29Reviewers say the plugin doesn't work on current ACF versions, with several reporting no fields showing up at all.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ saliraza7.8y ago
Nothing shows on ACF v5.7
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jahmansoldat7.8y ago
Nothing shows up ACF Pro 5
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Paul Scollon8.1y ago
A really good start would be if it actually worked. The plugin currently does NOT add a new field 🙁
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ imbeetle8.1y ago
If you have suggestions for finalizing or creating a plug-in, write This topic was modified 8 years ago by imbeetle.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-18 800+ → 700+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 700+ → 800+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 800+ → 700+ down after 229 days in tier
- 2025-11-23 900+ → 800+ down after 253 days in tier
- 2025-03-15 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-14 900+ → 1K+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2025-02-23 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-21 900+ → 1K+ up after 5 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- A Advanced Custom Fields – Contact Form 7 Field 2K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D
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ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO 100K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field 90K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Custom Fields: Gravity Forms Add-on 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
ACF Field For CF7 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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