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Contact Form 7 v6.1.7

Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

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  • Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
  • On Plugin Auditor since Aug 29, 2026
  • Last audited Aug 29, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.4+
  • Requires WordPress 6.7+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 60% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 88 Passed
  • 32 Warnings
  • 5 Failed
Security 76/100
Needs Improvement

28 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 74/100
Needs Improvement

45 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 42/100
Poor

5 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 83/100
Good

5 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

290.3 KB

802.6 KB unzipped

Total files

143

across all file types

Lines of PHP

25,075

in 111 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • PNG
  • CSS
  • JS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 0 Critical
  • 34 High
  • 126 Medium
  • 60 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Contact Form 7, Accessibility improved the most (+17). The largest regression was in Performance (-8). The codebase grew 12% in size.

Audited 5.8 → 6.1.6 · 30 versions

0 50 100 5.8 5.9.3 6.0.4 6.1.6

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 415 830 5.8 5.9.3 6.0.4 6.1.6

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

204,816

downloads

Today

20,613

downloads

Week over week

−12%

vs previous week

Month over month

−9%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: Low.

Version intelligence

40% of installs run an older version

≈ 4M+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v5.9
  • v6.0
  • v6.1

Ratings

2,177 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 1,471
  • 4 156
  • 3 78
  • 2 68
  • 1 404

Support: 14 / 40 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

May 15, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 29 days

average between releases

Total releases

202

since Aug 2007 · 19 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Contact Form 7 in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Contact Form 7 v6.1.7 flagged 220 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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