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ACF Field For CF7

by KrishaWeb · Forms

Also makes 12 other plugins · 15.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

Add a Contact Form 7 field to Advanced Custom Fields. Pick a form, display it. No shortcodes, no hassle.

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Health

B 79/100

no flags

Active installs

10K+

≈18K estimated

Momentum

+18%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “contact form” and “field” for “acf field” and “pick”. “contact form” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “acf field” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “field” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pick” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

How scoring works →
79 Health · B
Maintenance 82/100
Rating quality 83/100
Support 70/100

79 health vs 65 average across 2,517 Forms plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

13%

of downloads still active

At least 10K of 77.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,671 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.

Details

Version
1.8.1
Last updated
8mo ago
Added
2018-06-05 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
6.9.11
Requires PHP
8.1

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.

87 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 92/100

Updated 225 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 88/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; the current branch is 7.1

Rating quality 65/100

4.7★ over 11 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+18% vs prior 30d
593 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 6.2K · peaks are release surges

1.7K3 Nov 2026

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

ACF Field For CF7 · #2013youAdvanced Forms for A · #4169ACF Content Analysis · #297Advanced Custom Fiel · #483

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.73 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

793 Nov 2026

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.

1713 Nov 2026

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

2

releases in the last 12 months

8mo ago

latest release · v1.8.1 · 23 Mar 2026

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.8.1 · 23 Mar 20261.8 · 23 Mar 20261.7 · 20 Jun 20251.6 · 18 Nov 20221.5 · 19 Jun 20201.4 · 10 Jan 20201.3 · 16 Nov 20191.2 · 19 Dec 20181.1 · 3 Dec 20181.0 · 5 Jun 2018

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 31% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.7 38%
v1.6 31%
v1.8 31%
Older / other versions 1.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈18K

Crossed into this band 4.8 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.

Install history since 10 Dec 2020

10K3 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ eagerbob
    4.7y ago

    Makes it easy to add a flexible content layout where your customer can easily add an ACF content block with a CF form in it. Is simple, it works and it is free.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ rtpHarry
    4.8y ago

    Got me up and running quickly with integrating a CF7 form, instead of requiring the user to paste in the shortcode. Great time saver, thanks!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ Naresh Bheda
    5.1y ago

    it’s working perfectly and easy to use. Good job team

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. ★★★★★ Paul Bystrzan
    5.1y ago

    If It would be 100% free plugin I would make donation to stop displaying the advertising, but serving advertising users on all ACF and many non-ACF related pages / screens it’s bad idea. This topic was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by Paul Bystrzan.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ Kevin Kamau Mwororo
    5.6y ago

    I had a problem while using the plugin but I was able to get a solution by contacting the team. They responded in the same day.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ jai123456789
    6.3y ago

    Thanks for create this plugin, really love it. Easy to use and user friendly option to change the contact form from admin side.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  7. ★★★★★ memonvaris
    6.3y ago

    I have used this plugin and it’s perfectly fit with my requirement

    Read on wp.org ↗
  8. ★★★★★ Minal Raj Gupta
    6.4y ago

    It’s useful for selecting/changing contact form in pages.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.8.1 Fix plugin notice with ACF Pro and PHP deprecation warning. 1.8.1
  2. — Version 1.8 Removed ACF 3 and ACF 4 support — now requires ACF 5 or 6. Added render_field_settings() with Allow Null toggle. Added format_value() for proper front-end shortcode rendering. Requires PHP 8.1 or later with strict types. 1.8
  3. — Version 1.7 Compatibility and Security update. 1.7
  4. — Version 1.6 Improve plugin notice. 1.6
  5. — Version 1.5 Improve plugin notice. 1.5
  6. — Version 1.4 Added: ACF pro option page support. 1.4

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 9 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%
Dutch 100%
Dutch (Belgium) 100%
Dutch (Formal) 77%
Russian 77%
Swedish 66%
French (France) 55%
Italian 33%
Japanese 33%

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

7 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Add a Contact Form 7 field to Advanced Custom Fields. Pick a form, display it. No shortcodes, no hassle."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
  • ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "for developers", "use this").
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor, Contact Form 7, Advanced Custom Fields and 1 more.
  • ! Headings and lists 6 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 3,168 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "contactform7" does not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2022-01-22 9K+ → 10K+ up after 54 days in tier
  2. 2021-11-29 8K+ → 9K+ up after 123 days in tier
  3. 2021-07-29 7K+ → 8K+ up after 43 days in tier
  4. 2021-06-16 6K+ → 7K+ up after 97 days in tier
  5. 2021-03-11 5K+ → 6K+ up after 91 days in tier
  6. 2020-12-10 3K+ → 5K+ up after 207 days in tier
  7. 2020-05-17 2K+ → 3K+ up after 145 days in tier
  8. 2019-12-24 1K+ → 2K+ up

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).

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ACF Field For CF7: 10K+ active installs, 4.7★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/acf-field-for-contact-form-7

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