Title: “Contact form 7″ plugin required.”
Last modified: October 12, 2026

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# “Contact form 7″ plugin required.”

 *  Resolved [gordonrjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gordonrjones/)
 * (@gordonrjones)
 * [19 hours, 45 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-plugin-required/)
 * i updated to 6.2, 6.2.1, and 6.2.2 – all versions display the following warning/
   error at the top all authoring pages: “Contact form 7″ plugin required.”
 * screenshot: [https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/64352793?key=0dbd6e8b1dd923bb305201f76b3425e5](https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/64352793?key=0dbd6e8b1dd923bb305201f76b3425e5)
   
   i am running WP 7.1.3 and PHP 8.4.
 * also running a few CF7 helper plugins:
   – CF7 Apps – 3.8.0– CF7 Spreadsheets –
   2.3.2– Controls for Contact Form 7 – 0.10.0
 * forms appear to be working as expected, but the warning persists. rollback to
   6.1 is the only solution at this point. please advise.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcontact-form-7-plugin-required%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [13 hours, 36 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-plugin-required/#post-19043253)
 * Where can we see the website in question?
 *  Thread Starter [gordonrjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gordonrjones/)
 * (@gordonrjones)
 * [13 hours, 33 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-plugin-required/#post-19043254)
 * the forms work, so there’s nothing to show on the frontend. the “Contact form
   7″ plugin required.”message appears on all authoring pages (admin). obviously
   i can’t show you that page without giving you access. the screenshot of the error
   is in the original post (above). 
   i will try disabling the various plugins one-
   by-one, but was hoping others had encountered this same issue.

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 * Last reply from: [gordonrjones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gordonrjones/)
 * Last activity: [13 hours, 33 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-plugin-required/#post-19043254)
 * Status: resolved