Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7
Active installs10,000+ rounded
Current authorErik
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7 months ago 21 Apr 2026
Support0 / 1 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record26
Rating4.2 /5 · 13
Added to directory24 May 2021
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.2 behind
Tested up toWP 6.9.11 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginsPedia 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 Erik throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| codekraft | 26 | 06 Jun 2021 | 21 Apr 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
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.
Widely adopted: 10,000+ active installs. Among the more broadly installed plugins in the directory.
71 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 13% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 127/day31 Oct 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 | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 36 | 81 | 83 | 103 | 116 | 109 | 45 | 0 | 81 | 83 | 127 | 91 | 73 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (13) · active installs (10,000+) · version (0.7.6) · support threads (1) · threads resolved (0)
91 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 directory5.5 years ago 24 May 2021
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.2 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 21 Apr 2026, 202 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 6.9.11, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 2 releases.
- 0 of 1 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 6 other plugins; the most recent update to any of them was 22 Jun 2026.
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.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily 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.
- 21 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 0.7.6 released
- 24 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 0.7.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 30 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 0.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 30 Jan 20269 months agoVersion 0.7.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 25 Nov 202511 months agoVersion 0.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 13 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 0.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 04 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 0.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 11 Jul 202516 months agoVersion 0.6.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 02 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 0.6.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 31 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 0.6.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 26 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 0.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 08 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 0.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 06 Apr 20233.5 years agoVersion 0.4.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by codekraft.
- 06 Jun 20215 years ago13 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 06 Jun 2021 and 01 Feb 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 24 May 20215.5 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 Erik for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 7 months ago (21 Apr 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs.
- It carries 13 ratings, averaging 4.2 out of 5.
- 0 of 1 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
What we don’t know yet
- No release in the 91 days we have been watching, so how often it ships cannot be said. Every further day of silence tells you more.
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
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