Color Picker for Contact Form 7
by howdytheme · Forms
Also makes 19 other plugins · 5.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add a fully customizable color picker field to your Contact Form 7 forms — let users select and submit any color in hex or RGBA format.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
30+
≈37 estimated
Momentum
-17%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “color field” for “rgba”. “color field” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rgba” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 1.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,674 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.
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 127 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
50
Momentum
Holding steady
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
50%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rgba | #12 | #15 | 0 |
| cf7 color input your tag | #18 | #24 | up 1 |
| color picker your tag | #23 | #21 | 0 |
| color field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| color picker addon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “color field” for “rgba”. “color field” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rgba” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 3 Nov 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 116 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add a fully customizable color picker field to your Contact Form 7 forms — let users select and submit any..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("whether you are", "use cases", "ideal for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,386 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("CF7 color input", "color field", "color picker addon" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Color Picker for Elementor Forms — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
ACF RGBA Color Picker 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C - A ACF Color Swatches 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
- T TinyMCE Color Picker 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C
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Color Picker for Contact Form 7 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D - F Formidable Pro Color Picker 40+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/color-picker-for-contact-form-7" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Color Picker for Contact Form 7 — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Color Picker for Contact Form 7: 30+ active installs, no reviews yet. Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/color-picker-for-contact-form-7
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