Email Validation Filter for Contact Form 7
by asamaruk · Security
Added mail validation function to Contact Form 7. Protected by rejection filter, RFC filter, and DNS filter.
56 health vs 66 average across 443 Security 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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 547 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
39
now · peak 187
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “300+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 241 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 200+ → 300+ up after 15 days in band
- 2026-06-25 300+ → 200+ down after 14 days in band
- 2026-06-11 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-10 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-08 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-07 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-06-03 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-02 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- M Mailgun Email Validator 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 6M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Mail Logging 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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