Double Opt-In for Contact Form 7 – Secure, GDPR-Compliant Email Verification
by Forge12 Interactive GmbH · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 7 other plugins · 11.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Protect your Contact Form 7 forms with GDPR-compliant Double Opt-In. Ensure valid emails, prevent fake signups, and stay compliant.
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Health
A 87/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.7K estimated
Momentum
+52%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “contact form 7”, “gdpr” and “newsletter” for “gdpr compliant”, “valid” and “verification”. “contact form 7” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gdpr compliant” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “gdpr” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “valid” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “newsletter” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “verification” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
87 health vs 69 average across 910 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.5%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 28.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.1%, across 501 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Privacy & Consent plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 28 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 16 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.24★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
14%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| double | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| double opt in your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| opt | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| opt in | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| gdpr compliant | #8 | #18 | down 1 |
| opt in form | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| email opt in | #3 | #8 | 0 |
| opt in email | #3 | #8 | up 1 |
| email verification your tag | #9 | #11 | 0 |
| valid | #8 | #11 | up 1 |
| opt in forms | #4 | #8 | 0 |
| double check email plugin | #5 | #12 | up 1 |
| newsletter opt in form | #5 | #13 | 0 |
| verification | #15 | #17 | down 1 |
| fake | #24 | #17 | down 1 |
| anonymization | #19 | #16 | down 2 |
| id verification | #13 | #12 | 0 |
| contact form 7 mobile verification | #15 | #20 | 0 |
| fake email | #16 | #16 | down 1 |
| contact form 7 confirm | #18 | #16 | 0 |
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gdpr your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| newsletter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
111 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 91 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “contact form 7”, “gdpr” and “newsletter” for “gdpr compliant”, “valid” and “verification”. “contact form 7” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gdpr compliant” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “gdpr” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “valid” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “newsletter” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “verification” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 17 Dec 2022 · 1,415 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5.2K · 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
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
28
releases in the last 12 months
16d ago
latest release · v5.14.0 · 15 Oct 2026
47
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 74% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Dec 2022
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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 24 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Protect your Contact Form 7 forms with GDPR-compliant Double Opt-In. Ensure valid emails, prevent fake sign..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 18 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 18 of 18 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 Elementor, Block editor, Contact Form 7, WPForms and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 11 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,646 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "double opt in", "newsletter" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-03 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-01 1K+ → 900+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 900+ → 1K+ up after 99 days in tier
- 2025-10-16 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-14 900+ → 800+ down after 69 days in tier
- 2025-08-06 800+ → 900+ up after 158 days in tier
- 2025-03-01 700+ → 800+ up after 123 days in tier
- 2024-10-29 600+ → 700+ up after 192 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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