Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 34% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ wiresplus

   7mo ago

   does what it says on the tin

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2. ★★★★★ cedriccastella

   10mo ago

   Fait le job. Que demander de plus ?

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3. ★★★★★ davidnop

   1.4y ago

   Nice plugin for paypal integration in contact form 7.

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4. ★★★★★ ARWD

   1.6y ago

   Easy to use plugin, does just what we need. We had some issues with Stripe, but Scott was great with support and got it solved!

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5. ★★★★★ baynedm

   1.7y ago

   Great plugin!

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6. ★★★★★ tiagoccaetano

   2.0y ago

   Works perfectly!

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7. ★★★★★ Abracarambar

   2.1y ago

   I needed help, because the plug-in stopped working fine after one year of great service. The only answer was redirections to old support pages containing deprecated links and illustrations. So I lose my lifetime license and I now use the Stipe integration directly in CF7, which is working properly.

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8. ★★★★★ marbs

   3.1y ago

   I tried everything but this plugin is not working for me. The form is not redirecting to PayPal.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.5 7/1/26 Security – Fixed an open redirect in the Stripe checkout flow where the user-supplied return URL (cf7pp_return) could point to an external site. Return URLs are now validated against the site host via wp_validate_ 2.5
2. — Version 2.4.10 5/27/26 Fix – Small security issue fixed in legacy PayPal Standard code. 2.4.10
3. — Version 2.4.9 5/21/26 Fix – Small security issue fixed. 2.4.9
4. — Version 2.4.8 5/18/26 Security – Improved payment validation to ensure payment records can only be updated through legitimate payment gateway webhooks. Fix – Fixed issue where payments were not displaying in the admin payments list de 2.4.8
5. — Version 2.4.7 5/9/26 Change – Changed the Getting Started admin page to better describe what settings to change if the form is having redirect trouble. 2.4.7
6. — Version 2.4.6 1/19/26 Fix – Fixed translation loading issue where text domain was being loaded too early, causing WordPress 6.7+ warning. 2.4.6

9 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on <= 2.5.1 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-08-11 CVE-2026-66660 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.5.1 Patched in 2.5.2
2. Medium · 5.8 Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on <= 2.4 - Open Redirect ↗
   2026-07-06 CVE-2026-14236 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') Affects <= 2.4 Patched in 2.5
3. Medium · 5.3 Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on <= 2.4.9 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity via PayPal IPN Handler ('invoice'/'mc_gross' Verification) ↗
   2026-05-28 CVE-2026-9189 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affects <= 2.4.9 Patched in 2.4.10
4. Medium · 4.4 Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on <= 2.3.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-05-07 CVE-2025-47518 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.3.4 Patched in 2.4.1
5. Medium · 6.1 Contact Form 7 - PayPal & Stripe Add-on <= 2.3.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-11-08 CVE-2024-10683 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.3.1 Patched in 2.3.2
6. Medium · 6.1 Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on <= 2.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-10-08 CVE-2024-48021 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.3 Patched in 2.3.1
7. Medium · 6.1 Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on <= 2.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-03-16 CVE-2024-29130 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.0 Patched in 2.1
8. Medium · 4.3 Easy PayPal & Stripe Buy Now Button <= 1.8.3 & Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on <= 2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update ↗
   2024-02-27 CVE-2024-1719 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.1 Patched in 2.2
9. Medium · 4.3 Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on <= 1.9.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2023-03-17 CVE-2023-24405 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.9.3 Patched in 1.9.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-24 8K+ → 7K+ down after 203 days in tier
2. 2025-12-03 9K+ → 8K+ down after 242 days in tier
3. 2025-04-05 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2025-04-04 9K+ → 10K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-04-03 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).

• WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 4 shared tags B
• WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 3 shared tags B
• Mollie Payments for WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 2.9★ · 3 shared tags B

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Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on: 7K+ active installs, 4.2★ (124 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/contact-form-7-paypal-add-on