Our current WordPress support policy (supporting down to the second latest major version) was defined based on WordPress core’s previous fast-paced major update release cycle (three times per year). However, the release cycle is slowing down now, and it is planned to release only once next year. In light of this change, we revise our support policy for WordPress and PHP.
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WordPress Community Sponsorship from Kinsta
I’m thrilled to announce that I have been chosen as one of the WordPress community volunteers sponsored by Kinsta. The sponsorship program represents Kinsta’s appreciation for volunteer activities within the WordPress community. I’m proud that our favorite hosting company shows such great respect for the community, and I appreciate that they recognize the value of my long-time activities.
Contact Form 7 6.1 Beta
The beta version of Contact Form 7 6.1 has been published on GitHub. If you develop add-on plugins for Contact Form 7, please join the beta test and report back if you find any problems. The official release of Contact Form 7 6.1 is scheduled for June 26.
Continue reading Contact Form 7 6.1 BetaOur future plans for CAPTCHAs
As you may already know, Google has a plan to make all reCAPTCHA users migrate to reCAPTCHA Enterprise on Google Cloud by the end of 2025. This means a cost increase for many users. I’m writing this post to provide you with a heads-up about this move.
Continue reading Our future plans for CAPTCHAsComplete removal of Constant Contact integration
The Constant Contact integration is currently marked as deprecated; you get a warning on admin screens if you use it, but the feature itself is still available and works as before. However, since we plan to completely remove this module from Contact Form 7 at some point in 2025, you are advised to stop using it as soon as possible. If you look for an alternative service, we recommend Brevo.
Say no to malicious add-ons
Twelve years ago, I posted to my personal blog an article titled Free Plugin Declaration: Contact Form 7 is Free. In that post, I praised the WordPress community and its open-source spirit, and swore that I would keep the Contact Form 7 plugin available free forever. Since then, my faith in the belief that WordPress plugins should be available for free has not wavered at all.
Continue reading Say no to malicious add-onsConsistent handling policy of surrounding whitespaces
On its user input validation, Contact Form 7 has basically emulated the HTML specification and major browser implementations. However, there is a problem. They don’t handle surrounding whitespaces in a consistent way.
Continue reading Consistent handling policy of surrounding whitespacesAvast false alarm again
Today I saw a lot of Contact Form 7 users reporting that the security software they use had detected a Trojan Horse in a script file in the Contact Form 7 package. I scanned the reported file on the WordPress.org plugin directory and found no problem, so I concluded that this is a false alarm.
The security software is provided by Avast Software. According to the reports from users, several other security applications from Avast’s group of companies showed the same alert. Avast is known to have caused a similar false alarm case that happened in 2021.
We end the Constant Contact integration.
We marked the feature of the Constant Contact integration as deprecated. This means we no longer recommend that our users use it. Exposure of the feature will be decreased in stages. While we guarantee that security updates and a minimum level of user support for this feature will be continued until the end of 2024, we will no longer invest in it.
Continue reading We end the Constant Contact integration.About our WordPress/PHP support policy
From the next major release, Contact Form 7 will employ a new policy on support for old WordPress and PHP versions. In this policy, the plugin supports:
- WordPress: The second latest major version (at the time of the plugin’s major release) and greater.
- PHP: Versions recommended by the second latest major version of WordPress.