Contact Form 7 – Phone mask field
by Ruslan Heorhiiev · Forms
Also makes 1 other plugin · 20K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin adds a new field in which you can set the phone number mask or other to Contact Form 7.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
20K+
≈25K estimated
Momentum
+21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “contact form 7”, “contact form 7 phone” and “mask” 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.
47 health vs 65 average across 2,516 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →19%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 106.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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 2125 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 24 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2125 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 phone your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mask your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mask field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| phone field 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
- “contact form 7”, “contact form 7 phone” and “mask” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.1K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 · 97% 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 “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Sep 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.0 First released version. 1.0
- — Version 1.1 Added support for the placeholder field. 1.1
- — Version 1.2 Added a form-tag generator field for the placeholder value. 1.2
- — Version 1.3 Added support for the type value. 1.3
- — Version 1.4 Remove autoclear. Added filter “wpcf7mf_validate_mask_units”. Mask definition “*” changed to “.” 1.4
- — Version 1.4.1 Removed any character mask definition (“.”) 1.4.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 3 at 90% or more · development strings
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 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin adds a new field in which you can set the phone number mask or other to Contact Form 7."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 365 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Contact Form 7 phone", "phone field" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-30 30K+ → 20K+ down after 286 days in tier
- 2024-02-18 20K+ → 30K+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2024-01-05 30K+ → 20K+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2023-12-18 20K+ → 30K+ up after 387 days in tier
- 2022-11-26 30K+ → 20K+ down after 53 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 20K+ → 30K+ up after 473 days in tier
- 2021-06-18 10K+ → 20K+ 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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Masks Form Fields 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Smart Phone Field For WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Elementor Forms, WooCommerce, Formidable Forms, Ninja Forms 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Telephone Input For Contact Form 7 700+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 600K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redirection for Contact Form 7 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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