79
Saves your messages but loses your images in the process.
HealthyGrowing
79/100
It saves form messages reliably but struggles with performance and unrecoverable images at scale.
Active installs
~850,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 800k+
Rating
4.2★
120 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+93%
Growing fast
914 → 1,761 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 · +93% in the last year
914/day a year ago→1,761/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFlamingo is a well-liked companion plugin for Contact Form 7 that stores form submissions in the WordPress database, but it carries meaningful caveats around performance at scale and limited compatibility with non-PHP-mail setups.
What people like
- +Reliably stores CF7 form submissions in the database so emails are not lost×3
- +Described as simple and lightweight with no unnecessary extras×2
- +Works well across many sites at scale for users who have it properly configured
- +Inbox filter is appreciated by users
- +Akismet integration is noted as a genuine value
Common complaints
- −Severe performance degradation when the database accumulates a large number of records — form submissions slow from ~3s to ~15s with 30k records×2
- −Does not work with external SMTP mail servers; only captures submissions sent via PHP mail
- −Contact Book tab only shows existing WordPress registered users, making it largely useless for general contact management
- −Images attached to forms are saved as a hash with no way to recover the actual files; support unresponsive on the issue
- −Vulnerable to amplification-style performance attacks during penetration testing scans — spam message buildup causes an ever-increasing number of database queries per submission
- −Compatibility with the latest WordPress versions has been questioned due to lack of updates
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.14★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.20★
- 12%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 120 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-26★★★★★It does its jobWPRavix
- 2026-04-23★★★★★Doing it's job wellQuentin Le Duff
- 2025-10-02★★★★★Works Really Wellnolanrichardson
- 2025-01-16★★★★★Only works with PHP sendmail, not external SMTPskylabb
- 2024-11-08★★★★★Great! (But has a minor bug)allamehw1-shot
- 2023-12-06★★★★★Just what i neededgermanfriend1-shot
- 2023-06-02★★★★★Performancesionline1-shot
- 2023-02-03★★★★★Ужасный плагин!Mario62rus
- 2022-09-04★★★★★einfach und gut!clvkmedia
- 2022-06-13★★★★★Very helpful pluginshojil
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.
1,718
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,755
Prior 7-day baseline
3,306
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
62,598
Mean release-day peak (30d)
4,668
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-2.1%
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.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.04
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
61%
5★ share in analyzed sample
12%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.10 → 4.14★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered