Contact Form 7 minlength extension
by Tussendoor B.V. · Forms
Extension to enable min-length on textfield(s) in Contact Form 7
46 health vs 64 average across 1,074 Forms plugins
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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3308 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
71
now · peak 180
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-17 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-16 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-15 300+ → 200+ down after 525 days in band
- 2025-01-06 400+ → 300+ down after 38 days in band
- 2024-11-29 500+ → 400+ down after 305 days in band
- 2024-01-29 600+ → 500+ down after 5 days in band
- 2024-01-24 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-01-23 600+ → 500+ down after 7 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- C Contact Form 7 add confirm 50K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Contact Form Email 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Contact Form Clean and Simple 7K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
VS Contact Form 7K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Confirm Plus Contact Form 7 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Multifile Upload Field for Contact Form 7 5K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/minimum-length-for-contact-form-7" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Contact Form 7 minlength extension — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Contact Form 7 minlength extension: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/minimum-length-for-contact-form-7