Contact Form 7
Healthy: maintained, last release 25 Oct 2026, 2 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
Quick answers
- Is Contact Form 7 still maintained?
- Yes. Last release 25 Oct 2026, 2 releases in the last 24 months. 25 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
- Who owns Contact Form 7, and has it changed hands?
- No change recorded. Main committer joedolson since Mar 2015. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
- Was Contact Form 7 removed from wordpress.org?
- No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
- Is Contact Form 7 safe?
- No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
- Is the latest Contact Form 7 update safe to install?
- No ownership change before 1.1.10. No one-star spike after it. 25 Oct 2026 · Release history
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| joedolson | 14 Mar 2015 to 25 Oct 2026, 32 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2015.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 9 days ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 2
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- not stated supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 1 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 |
| Q4 2026 | 1 |
Last release 25 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Reputation
Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.
| 5 star | 6 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 0 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 0 |
| 1 star | 0 |
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Momentum
5,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 34 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 65 |
| 18 May 2026 | 63 |
| 25 May 2026 | 116 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 77 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 72 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 57 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 71 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 63 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 62 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 97 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 96 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 73 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 107 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 98 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 101 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 66 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 108 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 69 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 96 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 106 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 110 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 104 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 98 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 227 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 2,133 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 76 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 285% above the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 1.1.10 |
|---|---|
| Author | Joe Dolson |
| Added | 14 Mar 2015 |
| Last updated | 25 Oct 2026 |
| Active installs | 5,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | not stated |
| Category | Forms & Data Collection > Contact Forms |
| Tags | a11y, wcag, wpcf7, accessibility, contact form 7 |
Other plugins by this author: WP Accessibility, My Calendar - Accessible Event Manager, XPoster - Share to Bluesky and Mastodon, My Tickets - Accessible Event Ticketing, Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player
Questions
Is Contact Form 7 still maintained?
Yes. Last release 25 Oct 2026, 2 releases in the last 24 months.
Who owns Contact Form 7, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer joedolson since Mar 2015.
Was Contact Form 7 removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.
Is Contact Form 7 safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record.
Is the latest Contact Form 7 update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.1.10. No one-star spike after it.