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Contact Form 7 Modules

by Zack Katz · Forms

Also makes 23 other plugins · 12.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

Contact Form 7 - Add useful modules such as hidden fields and "send all fields" to the Contact Form 7 plugin

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned

Health

D 43/100

Stale · Likely abandoned

Active installs

4K+

≈4.9K estimated

Momentum

+10%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “all fields”, “cf7” and “contact form 7” 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.

How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 69/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 65 average across 2,509 Forms plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.6%

of downloads still active

At least 4K of 250.6K 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.

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, well behind 6.8.

Details

Version
2.0.2
Last updated
8.9y ago
Added
2010-11-17 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
2.8
Tested up to
4.7.39
Requires PHP
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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.

43 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 3259 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 8/100

Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 76/100

3.7★ over 22 reviews, smoothed to 3.98★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 3259 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+10% vs prior 30d
2331 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 631 · peaks are release surges

49331 Oct 2026

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

Contact Form 7 Modul · #3261youContact Form 7 · #2164Contact Form 7 · #11984Database Addon for C · #107

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.731 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

4331 Oct 2026

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.

12331 Oct 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

9.7y ago

latest release · v2.0.2 · 2 Feb 2017

17

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0.2 · 2 Feb 20172.0 · 28 Jun 20151.4.2 · 25 Mar 20141.4.1 · 15 Mar 20141.4 · 15 Mar 20141.3.3 · 8 Jan 20141.3.2 · 22 Feb 20131.3.1 · 10 Jan 20131.3 · 17 Dec 20121.2.3 · 15 Nov 20121.2.1 · 18 Oct 20121.2.2 · 15 Oct 20121.1.2 · 15 Jul 20111.2 · 15 Jul 2011

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v2.0 97%
Older / other versions 2.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.9K

Crossed into this band 34 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 5K.

Install history since 5 Sep 2015

4K31 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ majidmad
    7.4y ago

    As my title explains clearly, post_date tag is not working. It sends the same date and time (incorrect date and time) for all inputs.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ berniegp
    8.4y ago

    A huge timesaver for big forms!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ yaksjain
    9.2y ago

    Hey there, Lovely plugin this is! Just a small tweak will make it the best, Created this tag – [hidden hidden-122 “user_email”] Which displays in mail with [hidden-122] tag How do i use that [hidden-122] tag as a mail recipient I also tried ([hidden-122]) Help me out here .

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. ★★★★★ Marco Floriano
    10.0y ago

    First of all, great idea (and plugin). But two points to improve, imo: 1 – Should be core to contact form 7. 2 – Must install and keep installed two plugins in order to use one. Anyway good job guys, really!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ Martin Sauter
    10.1y ago

    Should be merged into the Contact Form 7 plug-in.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ mrwebslinger
    10.6y ago

    Just installed and it works great.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  7. ★★★★★ bethewzrd
    10.7y ago

    After reading reviews i hesitated, but why hesitate before you tested on your own. So now i got this plugin on 12 websites. Working 100% – Tested all fields possible.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  8. ★★★★★ Bérangère Audebert
    10.7y ago

    Does the job perfectly.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 2.0.1 Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 4.7.2 Updated to work with Contact Form 7 4.6 Fixed: [hidden] shortcodes not being replaced in emails Fixed: PHP warning related to deprecated function Fixed: Removed use of depreca 2.0.1
  2. — Version 2.0 Requires Contact Form 7 4.2 or higher Updated to work with latest Contact Form 7 Removed Contact Form 7 Newsletter plugin promotion 2.0
  3. — Version 1.4.2 Added: [all-fields] shortcode now skips sending data for empty fields Added wpcf7_send_all_fields_send_empty_fields filter to override the setting. See the FAQ. Added: [all-fields] shortcode output filters (see the FAQ i 1.4.2
  4. — Version 1.4 Added: Internationalization support. Help translate the plugin! The below updates apply only to the Hidden Fields module. Added: Support for retrieving other user data by using the field name user_{data you want} . See t 1.4
  5. — Version 1.3.3 Hidden Fields: Fixed issue that broke the plugin with WordPress 3.8. 1.3.3
  6. — Version 1.3.2 Hidden Fields: Fixed PHP notice caused by improper adding of script in administration Hidden Fields: Fixed double inputs that were the exact same ( as reported here ) 1.3.2

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 64 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings

German 100%
German (Formal) 100%
Romanian 21%
English (Canada) 17%
Italian 17%
English (UK) 14%
Finnish 14%
Japanese 14%
Spanish (Spain) 14%
Azerbaijani 10%
Dutch 10%
French (France) 10%
Portuguese (Portugal) 10%
Slovak 10%
Spanish (Chile) 10%
Afrikaans 7%
Basque 7%
Cebuano 7%
Croatian 7%
Dutch (Formal) 7%
English (Australia) 7%
English (New Zealand) 7%
English (South Africa) 7%
Esperanto 7%

Plus 40 more locales with partial translations.

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

7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Contact Form 7 - Add useful modules such as hidden fields and "send all fields" to the Contact Form 7 plugin"
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
  • ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 3 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 2,351 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Contact Forms 7" does not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-09-27 5K+ → 4K+ down after 345 days in tier
  2. 2025-10-17 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-10-16 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-10-15 6K+ → 5K+ down after 303 days in tier
  5. 2024-12-16 7K+ → 6K+ down after 197 days in tier
  6. 2024-06-02 8K+ → 7K+ down after 294 days in tier
  7. 2023-08-13 9K+ → 8K+ down after 162 days in tier
  8. 2023-03-04 10K+ → 9K+ 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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