Date Time Picker for Contact Form 7

77 Quality Score

Active Installs

19/30

With around 20,000 active installs, it has a modest but healthy user base given the narrow scope of date and time inputs.

Update Freshness

25/25

A release on April 9, 2026 and verified compatibility with WordPress 6.9.4 indicate the developer is actively keeping the plugin current.

User Rating

10/15

A score of 66 out of 100 from 21 reviews is below average and suggests users have run into usability or styling issues worth noting.

Support Health

8/15

With only 1 support thread on record and a 0% resolution rate, there is very little evidence of responsive developer help.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.4, requires only WordPress 4.0 and PHP 5.6, so it runs on essentially any modern CF7 setup.

Scores higher than 53% of indexed plugins

About

This plugin enables Contact Form 7 text field into a Date picker, Time picker or Date Time picker by using CSS class.

Active Installs 20k+

Rating ★★★ 3.3/5

Last Updated 2026-04-09 9:26am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.0+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 5.6+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

This plugin converts any standard Contact Form 7 text field into a date picker, time picker, or combined date and time picker by adding a CSS class to the field in the CF7 form editor. It uses the jQuery UI date and time picker libraries, so setup involves no JavaScript or shortcode knowledge. Visitors get a clickable calendar and clock interface instead of having to type dates manually into form fields.

Who It's For

This plugin is a good fit for small business owners using Contact Form 7 who need to capture dates or times for bookings, appointments, or reservations without paying for a full scheduling system. It works well for salons, clinics, studios, restaurants, and event organizers who already rely on CF7 and just need a quick, lightweight way to add date or time fields to existing forms.

Who Should Skip It

If you need conditional logic, timezone handling, paid deposits, or calendar sync with Google or Outlook, this plugin is too basic and you should look at a full booking plugin instead. Developers building complex forms with custom validation or recurring time slots will also find it limiting.

The Bottom Line

Date Time Picker for Contact Form 7 does the one job it sets out to do reasonably well, and the maintenance signals are strong despite a tiny support footprint and middling user ratings. It is a practical, lightweight choice for straightforward booking or appointment forms, but anyone needing real scheduling infrastructure should look elsewhere.

Pick this when you need to store submissions in WordPress rather than just relying on email delivery.

ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 86/100

Choose this if spam protection on your date-driven forms is a bigger concern than picking capabilities.

Redirection for Contact Form 7

Go with this when you want to send visitors to a thank-you page or external URL after they submit a booking form.

Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 84/100

Pick this if your forms need fields to appear or hide based on prior answers, such as different time slots per service.

Contact Form 7 Dynamic Text Extension 84/100

Choose this when you need to prefill date fields from query strings, URL parameters, or hidden values.