Contact Form 7 · Version history
Contact Form 7 changelog and version history
- Latest version
- 2.5.3
- Oct 7, 2026 (1 month ago)
- Releases
- 64
- since 2015
- In the last year
- 10
- about one every 34 days
- Tested up to
- WordPress 7.1.4
- PHP 5.5 or later
Releases each year
- 20156 releases
- 20161 release
- 20176 releases
- 20189 releases
- 20192 releases
- 20208 releases
- 20216 releases
- 20234 releases
- 20244 releases
- 20259 releases
- 20269 releases
20269 releases
Contact Form 7 2.5.3Latest
- 10/7/26
- Fix – The PayPal & Stripe Settings and Payments menu items now show under the Contact menu in Contact Form 7 6.2 and newer.
- New – Added a PayPal & Stripe Add-on widget to the new Contact Form 7 Dashboard (Contact Form 7 6.2 and newer).
Contact Form 7 2.5.2
- 8/14/26
- Fix – Small security issue fixed.
- Fix – Other small fixes.
Contact Form 7 2.5.1
- 8/4/26
- Change – Minor dashboard changes.
Contact Form 7 2.5
- 7/1/26
- Security – Fixed an open redirect in the Stripe checkout flow where the user-supplied return URL (cf7pp_return) could point to an external site. Return URLs are now validated against the site host via wp_validate_redirect().
- Change – Changed WordPress minimum supported version from 3.0 to 4.7
- Fix – Other small fixes.
Contact Form 7 2.4.10
- 5/27/26
- Fix – Small security issue fixed in legacy PayPal Standard code.
Contact Form 7 2.4.9
- 5/21/26
- Fix – Small security issue fixed.
Contact Form 7 2.4.8
- 5/18/26
- Security – Improved payment validation to ensure payment records can only be updated through legitimate payment gateway webhooks.
- Fix – Fixed issue where payments were not displaying in the admin payments list despite showing the correct count.
Contact Form 7 2.4.7
- 5/9/26
- Change – Changed the Getting Started admin page to better describe what settings to change if the form is having redirect trouble.
Contact Form 7 2.4.6
- 1/19/26
- Fix – Fixed translation loading issue where text domain was being loaded too early, causing WordPress 6.7+ warning.
20259 releases
Contact Form 7 2.4.5
- 12/2/25
- Fix – Fixed issue where payment records were being created for non-payment forms when both PayPal and Stripe were disabled.
Contact Form 7 2.4.4
- 9/30/25
- Updated Stripe PHP Library to version 17.6.0
Contact Form 7 2.4.3
- 5/29/25
- Fix – Fixed an issue with request method 2 (Rest API) not working with using the gateway code feature.
- Fix – Fixed an issue where the language text domain was loading too early.
- Fix – Simplified the redirect_method.js code.
- Fix – Fixed an issue with request method 2 sending extra network requests on redirect.
Contact Form 7 2.4.2
- 5/2/25
- Fix – When WooCommerce was active it would cause an issue where the page / post editing would not save correctly.
Contact Form 7 2.4.1
- 4/21/25
- Update – Updated the text domain to correctly work with WordPress translate.
Contact Form 7 2.4
- 4/21/25
- New – The code is now correctly setup for plugin translation into different languages.
- New – Added deactivation survey.
- Fix – Fixed small security issue.
- Fix – Improved switching between Live / Sandbox mode on settings page.
Contact Form 7 2.3.4
- 3/10/25
- Fix – On the settings page, the saved noticed was showing all the time.
Contact Form 7 2.3.3
- 3/7/25
- Fix – PayPal would give an error on redirection if redirect or cancel URLs did not start with https or http.
Contact Form 7 2.3.2
- 11/5/24
- Fix – Small security issue fixed reported by Wordfence.
20244 releases
Contact Form 7 2.3.1
- 9/27/24
- Fix – Small security issue fixed.
Contact Form 7 2.3
- 8/22/24
- New – Added the “Request Method” feature. This allow you to control if the form uses Admin Ajax or the REST API for redirection. This settings can be found on the Settings page in Other tab.
Contact Form 7 2.2.1
- 6/17/24
- New – Added support for Ron – Romanian Currency in Stripe (It’s not supported by PayPal)
Contact Form 7 2.2
- 2/25/24
- Fix – Security issue fixed.
20234 releases
Contact Form 7 2.1
- 12/6/23
- Update – Updated Stripe Library – Old library was not compatable with PHP 8.0+.
- Update – Updated PayPal & Stripe update noficiation bars.
- Fix – Security issue
Contact Form 7 2.0
- 11/3/23
- New – Added PayPal Commerce Platform Integration
Contact Form 7 1.9.4
- 3/20/23
- Fix – Security issue
- Fix – PHP error message resulting from Stripe mode variable
Contact Form 7 1.9.3
20216 releases
Contact Form 7 1.9.2
Contact Form 7 1.9.1
Contact Form 7 1.9
Contact Form 7 1.8.3
Contact Form 7 1.8.2
Contact Form 7 1.8.1
20208 releases
Contact Form 7 1.7
Contact Form 7 1.6.9
Contact Form 7 1.6.8
Contact Form 7 1.6.7
Contact Form 7 1.6.6
Contact Form 7 1.6.5
Contact Form 7 1.6.4
Contact Form 7 1.6.3
20192 releases
Contact Form 7 1.6.2
Contact Form 7 1.6.1
20189 releases
Contact Form 7 1.6
Contact Form 7 1.5.7
Contact Form 7 1.5.6
Contact Form 7 1.5.5
Contact Form 7 1.5.4
Contact Form 7 1.5.3
Contact Form 7 1.5.2
Contact Form 7 1.5.1
Contact Form 7 1.5
20176 releases
Contact Form 7 1.4.3
Contact Form 7 1.4.2
Contact Form 7 1.4.1
Contact Form 7 1.4
Contact Form 7 1.3.5
Contact Form 7 1.3.4
20161 release
Contact Form 7 1.3.3
20156 releases
Contact Form 7 1.3.2
Contact Form 7 1.3.1
Contact Form 7 1.3
Contact Form 7 1.2
Contact Form 7 1.1
Contact Form 7 1.0
Questions about Contact Form 7’s releases
What is the latest version of Contact Form 7?
2.5.3, released on Oct 7, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 5.5 or later.
How often is Contact Form 7 updated?
10 releases in the last year, about one every 34 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from April 2015.
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