Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting
Active installs1,000+ rounded
Current authorJoris van Montfort
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release6 years ago 19 May 2020
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record1
Rating5.0 /5 · 6
Added to directory24 Mar 2016
Requires WP4.0.1
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag1.7 behind
Tested up toWP 5.4.21 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Joris van Montfort throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Moderately adopted: 1,000+ active installs. A real user base, well short of the ecosystem’s larger plugins.
6 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 33% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 11/day28 Aug 2026
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (6) · active installs (1,000+) · version (0.2.4) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
27 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory10 years ago 24 Mar 2016
Requires WP4.0.1
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag1.7 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- No release in 2,293 days (6.3 years). The last was 19 May 2020.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 5.4.21, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 17 releases.
- The same account maintains 4 other plugins, 1 of which was updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
- 02 Aug 202627 days agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 10 Nov 20214.5 years agoDormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2020-05-19). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
- 19 May 20206 years agoVersion 0.2.4 released
- 24 Mar 201610 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Joris van Montfort for all 27 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 6 years ago (19 May 2020).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 5.4.21; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs.
- It carries 6 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.
What we don’t know yet
- No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
What can’t be known
- Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
Similar plugins
This plugin has not been updated in a long time. These carry the same tags and describe themselves in the same terms, so they are a starting point for a replacement, not a recommendation. Check them yourself.
HTML Editor for Contact Form 7
Add HTML editor to Contact Form 7 with code highlighter and extended form options.
1,000+ installs5.0★ (2)updated 25 Aug 2026
Compare side by side Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7
Save and manage Contact Form 7 messages. Never lose important data. It is a lightweight contact form 7 database plugin.
600,000+ installs5.0★ (1,874)updated 20 Aug 2026
600× the installs
Compare side by side Protect schema.org markup in HTML editor
Easy tool to stop HTML editor from removing schema.org/microdata tags from post or page content.
800+ installs5.0★ (5)updated 08 Aug 2026
Compare side by side ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7
Adds reCaptcha v2 from Contact Form 7 5.0.5 that was dropped on Contact Form 7 5.1
200,000+ installs5.0★ (89)updated 05 Jun 2026
200× the installs
Compare side by side Redirection for Contact Form 7
Redirect to any page or URL, execute scripts after submission, save data to the database, and unlock additional submission actions for Contact Form 7.
200,000+ installs4.7★ (275)updated 20 Aug 2026
200× the installs
Compare side by side Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7
Adds conditional logic to Contact Form 7.
100,000+ installs4.8★ (166)updated 17 Aug 2026
100× the installs
Compare side by side Grouped from the tags each author chose for their own plugin, so the grouping is only as good as those tags.
Reach out about this record
Corrections, missing context, or anything else about Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.