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Connect Contact Form 7 and Mailchimp
A lightweight bridge with a very heavy subscription catch.
HealthyGrowing
66/100
The free version works well but paying users report terrible support and impossible cancellations.
Active installs
~55,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.2★
191 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+27225%
Growing fast
2 → 547 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +27225% in the last year
2/day a year ago→547/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayConnect Contact Form 7 and Mailchimp is a functional free plugin for basic CF7-to-Mailchimp integration, but it is seriously undermined by persistent reports of unresponsive or absent support for paying users, alleged inability to cancel pro subscriptions, and several technical annoyances in the free version.
What people like
- +Free version works reliably for basic CF7-to-Mailchimp integration×3
- +Support was praised as fast and helpful by some users×6
Common complaints
- −Pro subscribers report being unable to cancel their accounts, with charges continuing and no response from the developer×2
- −Support for paying/pro users is widely reported as non-existent — tickets ignored, live chat is just a contact form×4
- −Pro version caused page slowdowns on the contact page
- −A broken or stuck daily cron job (cmatic_daily_cron) raises doubts about whether the plugin is functioning correctly
- −Plugin triggers a false browser 'Changes you made may not be saved' warning when navigating away from any CF7 page, even without making changes
- −Persistent admin bar nag to upgrade to pro
- −Plugin settings are embedded within each CF7 form rather than having a dedicated settings page, which some find to be strange UX
- −Caused disappearance of user profile data in the backend
- −Fatal errors reported with no support response
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.06★Verified rating — drops from 4.20★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 26%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 191 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-02-10★★★★★Awesome! This is the best plugin!sennabruno1-shot
- 2026-02-02★★★★★Decent plugin but has some issuesrichgraphix
- 2025-12-02★★★★★Great plugin and super fast live supportmarkoarula
- 2023-10-30★★★★★Fatal errors and no supportwannfors
- 2023-07-06★★★★★CAN NOT DELETE ACCOUNTxuan231-shot
- 2023-05-05★★★★★Great plugintassos
- 2023-04-16★★★★★Info user disapperedmmc270
- 2023-03-27★★★★★SCAM!! IMPOSSIBLE TO CANCEL ACCOUNTyannis061-shot
- 2023-01-04★★★★★Thank you!bungalowindustries
- 2022-12-21★★★★★No support!!! Even though you are paying for it!!!heidelbach
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
452
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
594
Prior 7-day baseline
372
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
7,224
Mean release-day peak (30d)
452
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-23.9%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.49
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
74%
5★ share in analyzed sample
26%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.17 → 4.06★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered