Referrer Input for Contact Form 7
by damiarita · Forms
Also makes 2 other plugins · 520+ installs across the portfolio →
Contact Form 7 Addon that creates a cache-resistant input that contains the URL of the page the user visited before the contact form page.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈480 estimated
Momentum
n/a
no downloads in the prior 30 days to compare with
Biggest opportunity: “css”, “javascript” and “jquery” 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.
45 health vs 65 average across 2,517 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.9%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 5.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,671 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, well behind 7.1.
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 3583 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 7.1
4.2★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3583 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| css your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| javascript your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| jquery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| referrer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “css”, “javascript” and “jquery” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 185 · 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
No release in a yearHow 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
9.8y ago
latest release · v1.0.1 · 11 Jan 2017
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 6 days ago and the previous band took 17 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 500.
Install history since 5 Dec 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ realramble8.3y ago
The original manual method of adding a referring page to Contact Form 7 (that’s available all over the Internet) had been working fine, until I added a caching plugin to my site. Then it would not work, showing the same last visited page over and over. This plugin solved that neatly and works perfectly with the caching plugin enabled. Great work! Update: The latest WordPress versions automatically add rel=”noreferrer” if you’re using a target=”_self” or target=”_blank” attribute, resulting in no referring page returned in the email. This would only affect you if the referring page is in a subdomain of the site and the contact page is on the main site or vice versa. The solution is to not include either one of these attributes (no tag is the same as target=”_self”). This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by realramble. Reason: Impact of WordPress update
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ huyphuongpro9.1y ago
Work for me now. Just 2 simple steps. mikeborisov, if you dont know how to do, please better ask someone before rating! Phuong
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mikeborisov9.8y ago
pls give me some simple instructions
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yudaman699.8y ago
Great plugin that adds referrer details to your contact form 7! Exactly what i needed!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ flobaby10.0y ago
Thanks for this plugin! Does exactly what I want, much appreciated. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Contact Form 7 Addon that creates a cache-resistant input that contains the URL of the page the user visite..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "use this").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,429 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "css", "jquery" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-28 500+ → 400+ down after 519 days in tier
- 2025-05-27 600+ → 500+ down after 495 days in tier
- 2024-01-18 700+ → 600+ down after 365 days in tier
- 2023-01-18 800+ → 700+ down after 106 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 900+ → 800+ down
Competes with
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