WordPress plugin comparison
Contact Form 7 vs Simply Contact
At a glance
- Contact Form 7 has more active installs: 10M+, against 10+ for Simply Contact.
- On a typical day, Contact Form 7 is downloaded about 79,349 times, Simply Contact about 1.
- Simply Contact is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.0 from 2,188 reviews.
- Contact Form 7 was updated more recently: Nov 10, 2026, against Aug 22, 2014 for Simply Contact.
- Contact Form 7 is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.9.40 for Simply Contact.
- Contact Form 7 has been around longer: since 2007, against 2014 for Simply Contact.
Line by line
Contact Form 7 leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Contact Form 7 |  Simply Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #3 | #46,536 |
| Active installs | 10M+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 5.6M | 30 |
| Rating | 4.0(2.2K) | 5.0(1) |
| Support threads resolved | 31% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 3.9.40 |
| Search multiplier | ×6.19 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | today | 12 years 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.
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