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
48 health vs 63 average across 1,679 Forms plugins
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 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4198 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
88
now · peak 110
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
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
11.5y ago
latest release · v0.9.7
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-11-21 · 1,419 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ AAA9.8y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ michauko9.9y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ Dexter80011.1y ago
It works! It works! Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amm8211.3y ago
thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Allen Tullett11.6y ago
This is great. Using the MailChimp merge tags this makes things a lot more fun. Cheers for this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kevin Steve11.9y ago
Tested this on the latest version of WordPress which is 4.0 and it works great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pepperhorn12.6y ago
Thanks for a great mod!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-21 1K+ → 900+ 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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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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Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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