Contact Form 7 vs WPForms

Best current score

69/100

Most installed

10m+

Fewest findings

95

Latest update

6 days ago

Summary

Plugin	Contact Form 7contact-form-7	WPFormswpforms-lite
Score	69	31
Active installs	10m+	5m+
Rating	80% from 2,173 reviews	96% from 14,356 reviews
Last updated	2 months ago	6 days ago
Directory age	18 years	10 years

Score Comparison

Overall score	69	31
Security	57	0
Repo	100	97
Performance	97	100
Maintainability	67	31

Findings Comparison

Total findings	95	499
Errors	56	167
Warnings	39	332
Top categories	maintainability78 security15 performance2	maintainability339 security159 repo_compliance1
Repeated issue codes	missing_direct_file_access_protection(55)WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing(9)WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound(5)	WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound(237)WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped(90)PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter(69)

Plugin Metadata

Author	Rock Lobster Inc.	Syed Balkhi
Version	6.1.6	2.0.0.2
Downloads	419m+	343m+
Added to WP.org	19 years ago	10 years ago
Requires WP	6.7	5.5
Tested up to	7.0.2	7.0.2
Requires PHP	7.4	7.2
Support	39% resolved (21/54)	94% resolved (29/31)
Latest scan	1 month agoCheck 2.0.0 / Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2	5 days agoCheck 2.0.0 / Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Score History

Contact Form 7WPForms

Plugin	Scan	Score	Findings	Plugin Version	Plugin Check	Model
WPForms	5 days ago	31	499	v2.0.0.2	2.0.0	2026.06-mvp-static-v2
WPForms	27 days ago	32	438	v1.10.2.1	2.0.0	2026.06-mvp-static-v2
WPForms	1 month ago	31	436	v1.10.2	2.0.0	2026.06-mvp-static-v2
Contact Form 7	1 month ago	69	95	v6.1.6	2.0.0	2026.06-mvp-static-v2