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Rate limiting for Contact Form 7

by zazell · Forms

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Adds support to limit the number of Contact Form 7 form submissions per ip per period

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
59 Health · C
Maintenance 38/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

59 health vs 63 average across 1,679 Forms plugins

600+

Active installs

≈650 estimated

4.2K

Total downloads

since 2022

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+60%

155

Downloads · 30d

category median +21%

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 47/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 571 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+60% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

155

now · peak 364

15230d 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

Rate limiting for Co · #8598 you Database Addon for C · #108 Redirection for Cont · #211 ReCaptcha v2 for Con · #226

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.

253per 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

1.6y ago

latest release · v1.0.6

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.6 · 1.6y 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
600–700 ≈650

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 700+ in roughly 140 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,419 observations

600Installs · 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. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.7
Last updated
1.6y ago
Added
2022-02-13 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
5.9
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
7.4
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ agg2
    4.0y ago

    This plugin helped me to stop some malicious anti-competition bot that would submit thousands of enquiries by the name “ZAP”. Truly an underrated plugin! I hope the author will continue to keep this plugin alive and up-to-date!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1

✓ 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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-18 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-17 600+ → 500+ down after 8 days in tier
  3. 2026-08-09 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-08-08 600+ → 500+ down after 10 days in tier
  5. 2026-07-29 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-07-27 600+ → 500+ down after 7 days in tier
  7. 2026-07-20 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2026-07-19 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier

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