Contact Form 7 Get and Show Parameter from URL
by Chad Huntley · Forms
Get or show parameters from the URL directly within the Contact Form 7 plugin
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈860 estimated
Momentum
n/a
no downloads in the prior 30 days to compare with
Biggest opportunity: “get parameter” and “show parameter” 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 2,523 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.2%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 15.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,679 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4266 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 7 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4266 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 | ||
| get parameter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| show parameter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “get parameter” and “show parameter” 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 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 162 · 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
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
11.7y ago
latest release · v0.9.7 · 2 Mar 2015
3
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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 56% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ AAA10.0y ago
Just works fine. Usage: 1. Create a form 7 as usual. 2. Then insert the form within your page: [contact-form-7 id="9999" title="Your Form"] 3. Then within form 7 FORM editor, you can use: [showparam productname] // this will just insert as text [getparam productname] // this will insert a hidden field which you can use later 4. Within form 7 EMAIL, you can use (along side with other form 7 code): Product name: [productname] Message Body: [your-message] You call the form within web browser like so: http YOURSITE/form/?productname=HelloWorld This topic was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by AAA.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ michauko10.1y ago
Just does the trick. You can get a $_GET value to check, for example, a key/mail consistency in an “unsubscribe form”. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dexter80011.3y ago
It works! It works! Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amm8211.5y ago
thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Allen Tullett11.8y ago
This is great. Using the MailChimp merge tags this makes things a lot more fun. Cheers for this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kevin Steve12.1y ago
Tested this on the latest version of WordPress which is 4.0 and it works great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pepperhorn12.8y ago
Thanks for a great mod!
Read on wp.org ↗
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 5 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Get or show parameters from the URL directly within the Contact Form 7 plugin"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("great for"); say who the plugin is for and 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 273 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "get parameter" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-28 900+ → 800+ down after 186 days in tier
- 2025-11-23 1K+ → 900+ down after 1146 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 3K+ → 1K+ down
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★ B -
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Flamingo 800K+ installs · 4.2★ A -
Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ installs · 4.8★ A -
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ installs · 4.8★ A -
Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 600K+ installs · 5.0★ A
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