Contact Form7: Autocomplete
by Tran Bang · Forms
Also makes 1 other plugin · 410+ installs across the portfolio →
Enables adding a date field for Contact Form 7 Wordpress Plugin using jQuery UI\'s autocomplete Requires Contact form 7 4.2 or higher
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈490 estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “autocomplete”, “contact form 7” and “forms” 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.
43 health vs 65 average across 2,509 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 47K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.2%, 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
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, well behind 6.8.
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 4009 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 6.8
3.6★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4009 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| jqueryui your tag | #20 | #17 | 0 |
| autocomplete your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “autocomplete”, “contact form 7” and “forms” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 168 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 44 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 500.
Install history since 27 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ cidgmbh4.0y ago
A good plugin! It’s just a pity, no update has been offered for over 7 years and therefore it doesn’t run with the current WordPress version and PHP8.1 This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by cidgmbh.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ brobertson0111.0y ago
Plugin works great but it only displays one word for the place holder value… for example, I want to display “Pay Grade” with auto complete value but when I use placeholder:Pay Grade it only displays “Pay” on the field.. it truncates upon the space… well this is a problem because Pay isn’t enough information for the end user to know what to enter in the field, seems like an easy fix 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AjithNatarajan11.2y ago
Its easy to use n understand. great work developing such a plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Virgile PARAT11.4y ago
This is exactly the plugin I was looking for. Work perfectly on my site. Easy to use and easy to fill
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ socialgrower11.4y ago
Popup settings screen is just white.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fmortara11.4y ago
The plugin (v. 1.0.0) has a error in php code. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-working-290?replies=1 The developer, in a few time, update plugin and fix the error. However, after the update, there is another issue. The problem is that if you try to use two or more autocomplete fields in a form, only the last form work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tran Bang11.5y ago
Good Plugin
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Enables adding a date field for Contact Form 7 Wordpress Plugin using jQuery UI\'s autocomplete Requires Co..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 139 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "forms", "jQueryUI" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-18 500+ → 400+ down after 315 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-06 500+ → 600+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2025-10-24 600+ → 500+ down after 241 days in tier
- 2025-02-25 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-23 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-22 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-21 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
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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Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Multi Step for Contact Form 7 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Country State City Dropdown CF7 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Add-on Contact Form 7 – MailPoet 3 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C -
Autocomplete Location Field for Contact Form 7 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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