WordPress plugin comparison

Awesome Contact Form7 for Elementor vs Contact Form 7

Awesome Contact Form7 for Elementor

by B.M. Rafiul Alam

6K+ installs4.4

Contact Form 7

by Rock Lobster Inc.

10M+ installs4.0

At a glance

Contact Form 7 has more active installs: 10M+, against 6K+ for Awesome Contact Form7 for Elementor.
On a typical day, Contact Form 7 is downloaded about 79,349 times, Awesome Contact Form7 for Elementor about 34.
Awesome Contact Form7 for Elementor is rated higher: 4.4 out of 5 from 23 reviews, against 4.0 from 2,188 reviews.
Contact Form 7 was updated more recently: Nov 10, 2026, against Dec 29, 2025 for Awesome Contact Form7 for Elementor.
Contact Form 7 is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Awesome Contact Form7 for Elementor.
Contact Form 7 has been around longer: since 2007, against 2019 for Awesome Contact Form7 for Elementor.

Contact Form 7 leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Awesome Contact Form7 for Elementor	Contact Form 7
Popular rank	#2,717	#3
Active installs	6K+	10M+
Downloads, last 30 days	1K	5.6M
Rating	4.4(23)	4.0(2.2K)
Support threads resolved	–	31%
Tested up to	6.8.12	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.46	×6.19
Last release	10 months ago	1 day ago
Requires PHP	–	8.3

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.