WordPress plugin comparison
Contact Form Email vs WP Email Template
At a glance
- Contact Form Email has more active installs: 8K+, against 2K+ for WP Email Template.
- On a typical day, Contact Form Email is downloaded about 221 times, WP Email Template about 30.
- Contact Form Email is rated higher: 4.3 out of 5 from 102 reviews, against 3.1 from 35 reviews.
- Contact Form Email was updated more recently: Nov 10, 2026, against Jul 9, 2026 for WP Email Template.
- Contact Form Email is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.8 for WP Email Template.
- WP Email Template has been around longer: since 2012, against 2013 for Contact Form Email.
Line by line
Contact Form Email leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Contact Form Email |  WP Email Template |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #2,320 | #4,349 |
| Active installs | 8K+ | 2K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 16.5K | 745 |
| Rating | 4.3(102) | 3.1(35) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 7.0.8 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.79 | ×0.55 |
| Last release | today | 4 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | – |
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
- WP Email Template vs Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer
- WP Email Template vs Mailonix
- WP Email Template vs Email Template Designer
- WP Email Template vs Elemailer Lite
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