ToolTips For Contact Form 7
by howdytheme · Forms
Also makes 19 other plugins · 5.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add helpful, customizable tooltips to any Contact Form 7 field using a simple shortcode. Set colors, icons, width, arrow, and offset — all from a dedi …
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈290 estimated
Momentum
+28%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “contact form 7” and “tooltip” for “tooltips” and “enquiry form”. “contact form 7” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tooltips” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “tooltip” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “enquiry form” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 65 average across 2,513 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.9%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 2.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, 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.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 72 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
27%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cf7 tooltip your tag | #1 | #7 | 0 |
| field tooltip your tag | #10 | #22 | 0 |
| tooltip your tag | #11 | #21 | up 1 |
| tooltips | #12 | #20 | up 1 |
| enquiry form | #19 | #21 | 0 |
| cf7 icons and labels | #12 | #22 | 0 |
| no tooltips | #14 | #21 | up 1 |
| hints | #14 | #21 | 0 |
| tooltip plugin | #21 | #23 | 0 |
| wordpress tooltip | #22 | #23 | down 2 |
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| form hints your tag | Not checked yet | ||
23 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “contact form 7” and “tooltip” for “tooltips” and “enquiry form”. “contact form 7” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tooltips” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “tooltip” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “enquiry form” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “tooltip”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 209 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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.
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Mike3.4y ago
There was a problem with the plugin at first, but the developer fixed the problem. The plugin now works without any problems.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lavenderblue904.0y ago
provide good setting for tooltip
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 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 "Add helpful, customizable tooltips to any Contact Form 7 field using a simple shortcode. Set colors, icons,..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 13 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 13 of 13 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("ideal for", "perfect for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,103 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("cf7 tooltip", "field tooltip", "form hints" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-08-14 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-13 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-12 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-08-10 200+ → 100+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2024-07-14 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-13 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-10 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-09 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 600K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redirection for Contact Form 7 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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