WordPress plugin comparison
Contact Form Email vs SMiLE Basic Web
At a glance
- Contact Form Email has more active installs: 8K+, against 10+ for SMiLE Basic Web.
- On a typical day, Contact Form Email is downloaded about 213 times, SMiLE Basic Web about 4.
- SMiLE Basic Web is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.3 from 102 reviews.
- Contact Form Email was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Apr 16, 2026 for SMiLE Basic Web.
- Contact Form Email is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for SMiLE Basic Web.
- Contact Form Email has been around longer: since 2013, against 2025 for SMiLE Basic Web.
Line by line
Contact Form Email leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Contact Form Email |  SMiLE Basic Web |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #2,323 | #31,395 |
| Active installs | 8K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 13.5K | 65 |
| Rating | 4.3(102) | 5.0(1) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 6.9.11 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.79 | ×0.15 |
| Last release | today | 6 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
More comparisons
- Contact Form Email vs Contact Form 7 add confirm
- Contact Form Email vs Contact Form 7
- Contact Form Email vs WPForms
- Contact Form Email vs WP Mail SMTP by WPForms
- SMiLE Basic Web vs ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7
- SMiLE Basic Web vs LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7
- SMiLE Basic Web vs Contact Form 7 add confirm
- SMiLE Basic Web vs Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms
Is one of these yours?
Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.
Start free