Contact Form 7 Editor Button
by arisoft · Forms
Also makes 3 other plugins · 16.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a custom button to TinyMCE WordPress editor to insert shortcodes for Contact Form 7 plugin.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
-4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “cf7 button”, “contact form” and “contact form 7 button” 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.
48 health vs 65 average across 2,509 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.8%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 5.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,668 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.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1309 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.0; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1309 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cf7 button your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 button your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tinymce button your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “cf7 button”, “contact form” and “contact form 7 button” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 181 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 16 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Alvaro Gómez8.7y ago
This small extra functionality is very straightforward and helpful. I am very surprised nobody had thought of this before. Besides being more convenient, it gives users who cannot edit forms (authors for example) an easy way to insert them, thus keeping permissions to just the right level for each user. Technically the plugin works perfect. Thankyou! This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by Alvaro Gómez. This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by Alvaro Gómez. This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by Alvaro Gómez. This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by Alvaro Gómez. This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by Alvaro Gómez.
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Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.0). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- 2025-07-07 CVE-2025-48345 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.0 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds a custom button to TinyMCE WordPress editor to insert shortcodes for Contact Form 7 plugin."
- ! 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 Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7, Mailchimp.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,043 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("cf7 button", "contact form 7 button", "Contact Form Shortcode", "tinymce button" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-30 300+ → 200+ down after 467 days in tier
- 2023-08-21 400+ → 300+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2023-08-15 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-08-13 400+ → 300+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2023-08-08 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-08-07 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-08-05 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-08-03 400+ → 300+ down after 21 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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Contact Form 7 10M+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
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WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B
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