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Contact Form 7 Shortcode Enabler

by Tobias Zimpel · Forms

This plugin enables the usage of external shortcodes inside Contact Form 7 Forms.

⚠ Stale
How scoring works →
59 Health · C
Maintenance 29/100
Rating quality 86/100
Support 70/100

59 health vs 63 average across 1,679 Forms plugins

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.

69 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 38/100
WP compatibility 88/100
Rating quality 67/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 681 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+52% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

300

now · peak 751

30430d downloads · Aug 26

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 Short · #1693 you Database Addon for C · #108 Shortcodes Ultimate · #145 Column Shortcodes · #651

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.

30per 1k installs · Aug 26

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

1.9y ago

latest release · v1.1

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1 · 1.9y ago1.0 · 1.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈19K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2019-09-05 · 1,434 observations

10KInstalls · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
1.9y ago
Added
2015-03-14 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
2.6.0
Tested up to
6.6.7
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. iranalves85
    7.4y ago

    Resolve the problem perfectily. Congratulations!

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  2. BG Bruno
    7.8y ago

    perfect

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  3. fasterboy
    8.0y ago

    I’ve created a shortcode that shows a number ID of a product, It’s like: Codice Corso: [acf field=”CodiceID”] It shows correctly in the form side. But on the email side shows the shortcode itself.. Show the shortcode in the email, can be a great improvement to the plugin! This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by fasterboy.

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  4. andyobah
    8.1y ago

    Many Thanks!!!

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  5. jimmyeao
    8.1y ago

    This plugin does exactly what it says on the tin, no complicated set up. I can now use shortcodes within my contact forms, and with a bit of extra effort, I can use them in the Email Body using wpcf7_special_mail_tags filter as well 🙂

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  6. W★
    8.2y ago

    Does the magic (and nice support)

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  7. oliveiravinicius84
    8.4y ago

    Simple and perfect.

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  8. Francis M
    8.6y ago

    I installed it and it works right away. Great work.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.1 NEW: Added dependency to Contact Form 7 Plugin 1.1
  2. Version 1.0 NEW: Enables shortcodes inside Contact Form 7 Forms 1.0

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-08-19 20K+ → 10K+ down after 6 days in tier
  2. 2023-08-13 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2023-08-12 20K+ → 10K+ down

Competes with

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Contact Form 7 Shortcode Enabler: 10K+ active installs, 4.9★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-30. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/contact-form-7-shortcode-enabler