Referrer Input for Contact Form 7
by damiarita · Forms
Also makes 2 other plugins · 620+ 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.
45 health vs 63 average across 1,679 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 4.7.35, 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 3517 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
121
now · peak 177
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
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
9.6y ago
latest release · v1.0.0
1
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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-12-05 · 1,417 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ realramble8.1y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ huyphuongpro8.9y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ mikeborisov9.6y ago
pls give me some simple instructions
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yudaman699.7y ago
Great plugin that adds referrer details to your contact form 7! Exactly what i needed!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ flobaby9.8y ago
Thanks for this plugin! Does exactly what I want, much appreciated. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-05-27 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-26 500+ → 600+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-05-16 600+ → 500+ down after 484 days in tier
- 2024-01-18 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-01-17 600+ → 700+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2024-01-10 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-01-07 600+ → 700+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-01-04 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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