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Contact Form 7
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
10M
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 1,000,000+ installs
11
Days since the last release
Group median: 8
4.0
out of 5, from 2,178 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
41.5%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 71.9%
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What is Contact Form 7 and who is behind it?
Contact Form 7 is a WordPress plugin in the “Contact and email” field, made by Rock Lobster Inc.. It has been listed in the directory since 2 Aug 2007, so for 19 years. Rock Lobster Inc. has 4 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 10,000,000 to 19,999,999 active installs it belongs to the 1,000,000+ installs group; its last release came 11 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was Contact Form 7 last released?
The last release of Contact Form 7 came 11 days before the reference date; the group median is 8 days.
How many installs does Contact Form 7 have?
Contact Form 7 had 10,000,000 to 19,999,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, no plugin had a higher band and 2 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 10,000,000 means at least 10,000,000 and at most 19,999,999.
Which WordPress version is Contact Form 7 tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.1, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 3.0% of the group.
How does Contact Form 7 compare with its group?
The group holds 67 listed plugins. 62.7% of them had a more recent last release than Contact Form 7; 1.5% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | Contact Form 7 | Group, 67 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 11 | median 8 |
| Rating | 4.0 (2,178) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 41.5% | 71.9% |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 65.7% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | most often 7.4 (49.3%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | contact-form-7 |
|---|---|
| Author | Rock Lobster Inc. |
| Active installs | 10,000,000 to 19,999,999 |
| Last release | 11 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Rating | 4.0 out of 5 from 2,178 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 17 of 41 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 2 Aug 2007 |
| Total downloads | 423,084,624, updates included |
| Tags | contact-form, schema-woven-validation |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact-form | 39 | 1 | 10 |
| schema-woven-validation | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2007
Contact Form 7 has been listed since 2 Aug 2007. Of the 25 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2007, 72.0% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akismet Anti-spam | 5,000,000 to 5,999,999 | 9 days before the reference date | 4.7 (1,186) |
| Fluent Forms | 700,000 to 799,999 | 6 days before the reference date | 4.8 (790) |
| Forminator Forms | 600,000 to 699,999 | 1 day before the reference date | 4.8 (2,117) |
| Ninja Forms | 600,000 to 699,999 | 4 days before the reference date | 4.4 (1,395) |
| WPForms | 5,000,000 to 5,999,999 | 1 day before the reference date | 4.8 (14,369) |
Do you maintain Contact Form 7?
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How to cite
hafenstudios (2026): Contact Form 7, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/contact-form-7/
Source and status
All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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