Conditionally Load CF7
by Chris J. Zähller · Performance
Also makes 2 other plugins · 610+ installs across the portfolio →
Load Contact Form 7 & select CF7-related plugin scripts & styles only where needed.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
+28%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “contact form 7”, “css” and “javascript” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
84 health vs 69 average across 1,808 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 8.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,103 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance 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 1 release 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
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 23 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
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.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
36
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-1.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| css your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| javascript your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scripts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “contact form 7”, “css” and “javascript” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,486 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
23d ago
latest release · v1.0.48 · 8 Oct 2026
1
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ heredatedwp2.3y ago
phenomenal plugin to debloat cf7. also, the developer is opened to support more plugins, which is a plus! This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by heredatedwp.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ arslanone3.9y ago
Good plugin, works as expected. Chris, it would be awesome if there is an option to unload Google reCAPTCHA v3 JS as well — the CF7 loads it on all pages. Thank you for the plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Load Contact Form 7 & select CF7-related plugin scripts & styles only where needed."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 773 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "performance" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-05-10 90+ → 100+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2025-04-15 100+ → 90+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-04-08 90+ → 100+ up after 59 days in tier
- 2025-02-08 80+ → 90+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2025-01-23 90+ → 80+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-01-17 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-16 90+ → 80+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-01-10 80+ → 90+ up after 3 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).
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Speculative Loading 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Async JavaScript 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C - S Scripts n Styles 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Web Worker Offloading 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Code Embed 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - R Raw HTML 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
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