5 Best Contact Form Plugins for WordPress Compared
Are you looking to add a contact form on your WordPress site? Not sure which one of the 1625+ WordPress contact form plugins to use? In this article, we have hand-picked the 5 best contact form plugins for WordPress and compared their pros and cons, so you can easily add a contact form in WordPress.
1. WPForms
WPForms is the most beginner friendly WordPress contact form plugin. We use it on WPBeginner and all of our other websites. WPForms is built by the same team as WPBeginner with a single goal: Make a WordPress forms plugin that’s both easy and powerful.
Pros
WPForms’ drag & drop online form builder makes it the most user-friendly form plugin for WordPress.
WPForms Lite is available for free in the official WordPress plugin directory meaning you can install it on as many sites as you like for free.
The free version comes with all the basic contact form features including basic form fields, captcha for spam protection, email notifications, and a thank-you page for form confirmation.
The premium version allows you to extend the functionality, so you can build any type of forms such as multi-page forms, email subscription forms, payment forms, order forms, and more.
WPForms pro also comes with other powerful form fields and features like smart conditional logic, file upload, geo-location, signature feature, form abandonment, user-submitted content (post submissions), login and user registration for WordPress, and over 150+ pre-made form templates.
You can see all your form submissions right inside your WordPress dashboard as well as get customized email notifications. You can even setup conditional notifications, so the right person in your team gets notified.
WPForms surveys & polls addon is by far the best WordPress survey solution in the market. It comes with interactive survey reports, real-time polls for WordPress, and all smart survey fields like star ratings, likert scale, NPS, etc.
They also have a form landing page solution to help you create distraction-free form pages in WordPress.
WPForms integrates with all popular email marketing and payment platforms. There are documentation and guides available along with email support to help you when you need it.
WPForms is being used by over 1 million websites and have built quite a loyal following (See: WPForms user reviews).
Cons
While the lite version is free, you need to upgrade to Pro to unlock more powerful features.
Even though WPForms is powerful, the #1 goal of this plugin is to make it user friendly. That’s why it doesn’t have the more complex features that some other form plugins offer.
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Alternatively, you can start with WPForms Lite for Free.
2. Formidable Forms
Formidable Forms is the most advanced WordPress form plugin in the market. They specialize in helping developers build complex form-focused solutions quickly.
Pros
Formidable is an all-in-one WordPress form builder that comes with powerful addons to help you go beyond simple contact forms.
You can use Formidable drag and drop interface to create advanced forms like quizzes, surveys, payment forms, registration forms, profile forms, and more.
Advanced users will really love the Formidable Views feature because it allows you to format, filter, and display user-submitted data on the front-end of your website. You can use it to create form-focused solutions like directories, job board listings, event calendars, management systems, rating systems, and more.
You can use Formidable’s advanced calculation fields to create powerful order forms as well as smart calculators like Mortgage calculator, car payment calculator, request a quote calculator, and more.
Formidable integrates with all popular email marketing and payment platforms.
They also have a powerful WooCommerce integration to help you build product forms and even WooCommerce product configurator forms that ties directly to your cart.
Cons
Formidable form builder is not as intuitive as WPForms because they focus on advanced users and developers.
But it makes up for it by being the most extendable form solution in the market. If you’re a developer or agency looking to build form-based solutions or data-driven web applications, then nothing in the market comes close to Formidable Forms.
3. Gravity Forms
Gravity Forms is a paid WordPress form builder plugin that comes with a lot of advanced functionality and features. They also specialize in helping developers build complex form related solutions.
Pros
Gravity Forms is a powerful drag and drop contact form plugin for WordPress.
With the help of additional add-ons, Gravity Forms can be used to create surveys, quizzes, user submitted content, and even web directory.
It comes with premium support options like FAQs, knowledge base, forums, and email support. This means that help is available when you need it.
Cons
Gravity forms does not have a free version, so it can be a bit expensive than other WordPress contact form plugins. However, if you are using it on multiple sites and projects, then the cost should not be a big deal.
4. Ninja Forms
Ninja Forms is a freemium contact form plugin for WordPress. It can be used to create highly interactive form with very little effort.
Pros
The base plugin for Ninja Forms is available for free from the official WordPress repository. This means you can download and install it on as many sites as you like.
There are premium extensions which allow you to extend Ninja Forms functionality such as connecting with Campaign Monitor, Freshbooks, Salesforce, SMS notifications, etc.
There is a helpful community support option, as well as documentation, guides, and email support.
Cons
Even though the main plugin is available for free, the extensions are not. Buying two or more extensions or even the developer bundle will cost you nearly the same amount as WPForms or Formidable Forms.
5. Contact Form 7
Although we don’t recommend Contact Form 7, this list cannot be complete without the oldest and most downloaded contact form plugin in the official WordPress plugin directory.
Pros
Price is probably the most important advantage of using Contact Form 7. You are free to install it on as many sites as you want.
Although if you’re looking for a free WordPress form plugin, then WPForms Lite, Formidable Forms, and Ninja Forms are all significantly better solutions than Contact Form 7.
There are several third-party plugins that act as add-on plugins for Contact Form 7. Most of them are available for free.
Cons
Contact Form 7 is a below-average solution for creating a basic contact form for your blog. It is very difficult to set up for absolute beginners. The user interface is not intuitive at all.
Since it is a free plugin, support options are limited.
There are several third-party add-ons available for Contact Form 7, but the official plugin website doesn’t have an add-ons directory which makes it difficult to find add-ons to extend the functionality of the base plugin.
Which is the Best Contact Form Plugin for WordPress?
The plugins we mentioned in this article can all help you create a contact form plugin. However deciding the best WordPress form builder plugin varies based on your needs.
If you’re a beginner and don’t want to spend any money, then go with WPForms Lite.
If you’re a business owner and want to create powerful forms without learning code or hiring a developer, then go with the WPForms Pro version.
If you’re a developer trying to build more complex forms, then there’s no better solution than Formidable Forms.
Our overall pick for the best WordPress contact form plugin is WPForms.
We hope this guide helped you choose the best contact form plugin for your WordPress site. You may also want to take a look at our guide on the best WordPress backup plugins compared (Pros and Cons).
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