Contact Form 7 Phone Module
by Gabriel Reguly · Forms
Also makes 2 other plugins · 500+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds phone module to the Contact Form 7 plugin
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Health
F 39/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
+7%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “contact form”, “contactform7” and “form” 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.
39 health vs 65 average across 2,522 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 18.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,676 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4696 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 7.1
2.4★ over 7 reviews, weighted for review count to 3.9★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4696 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 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contactform7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “contact form”, “contactform7” and “form” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 177 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
12.9y ago
latest release · v2.3.4.1 · 26 Dec 2013
2
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 12 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Murilo Pinto Pereira9.5y ago
don’t charge field when class is active. This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by Murilo Pinto Pereira.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lifetreemkt9.6y ago
I guess it’s too old.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Eetheart10.5y ago
Using latest WordPress as of May 5th 2016, and it does NOT work. If you’re going to install this plugin, you might as well contribute with those 1-stars. Until this gets updated and more support, I’m gonna tell everyone to stay away this. Time to find a real solution.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Md Nurullah11.4y ago
It showing fatal error in my site. Fatal error: Call to a member function shortcode_parse_atts() on a non-object in /home/detailz/public_html/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7-phone-mask-module/phone.php on line 73
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Taurolyon11.8y ago
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-383?replies=1#post-6416155
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Adriano Monecchi12.9y ago
This plugin is a one way solution for Contact Form 7 phone number masking. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ben13.8y ago
The update to version 2.0 is awesome. It works and looks great.
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds phone module to the Contact Form 7 plugin"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 236 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "contactform7", "forms" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-17 400+ → 300+ down after 356 days in tier
- 2024-07-26 500+ → 400+ down after 529 days in tier
- 2023-02-13 600+ → 500+ down after 132 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 700+ → 600+ down after 746 days in tier
- 2020-09-18 1K+ → 700+ down after 379 days in tier
- 2019-09-05 2K+ → 1K+ down
Competes with
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Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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