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Essential Form
600+ installs · #8,519 most popular
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Akismet Anti-spam
by Automattic
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 5M+
- Rank
- #8
- Rating
- 4.7(1.2K)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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ActiveLayer Anti-Spam
by Syed Balkhi
Intelligent spam protection for WordPress forms, comments, and reviews. No CAPTCHA needed. Works with WPForms, Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #1,855
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Updated
- 1 month ago
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Contact Form 7
by Rock Lobster Inc.
Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.
- Installs
- 10M+
- Rank
- #3
- Rating
- 4.0(2.2K)
- Updated
- 11 days ago
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WPForms
by Syed Balkhi
The best WordPress contact form plugin. Drag & Drop form builder to create beautiful contact forms, payment forms, & other custom forms.
- Installs
- 5M+
- Rank
- #9
- Rating
- 4.8(14.4K)
- Updated
- 3 days ago
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WP Mail SMTP by WPForms
by Syed Balkhi
Make email delivery easy for WordPress. Connect with SMTP, Gmail, Brevo, SendGrid, Amazon SES + more, with powerful WordPress SMTP Email plugin.
- Installs
- 4M+
- Rank
- #12
- Rating
- 4.8(5.2K)
- Updated
- 19 days ago
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Fluent Forms
by WPManageNinja
Get a fast contact form plugin. Create advanced forms using drag and drop form builder with all smart features.
- Installs
- 800K+
- Rank
- #80
- Rating
- 4.8(809)
- Updated
- 7 days ago
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Forminator Forms
by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform
Best WordPress form builder plugin. Create contact forms, payment forms & order forms with 1000+ integrations.
- Installs
- 600K+
- Rank
- #99
- Rating
- 4.8(2.2K)
- Updated
- 7 days ago
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SureForms
by Brainstorm Force
AI form generator and WordPress form builder for contact and Stripe payment forms, with surveys and quizzes in SureForms Business.
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rank
- #119
- Rating
- 4.8(104)
- Updated
- 5 days ago
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Ninja Forms
by Kevin Stover
Free WordPress form builder with calculations, signatures, star ratings, unlimited submissions stored on your site, and an AI form builder.
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rank
- #114
- Rating
- 4.4(1.4K)
- Updated
- 6 days ago
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Formidable Forms
by Strategy11 Team
The drag and drop WordPress form builder for contact forms, payment forms, calculators, quizzes, surveys, and AI-built web applications.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rank
- #176
- Rating
- 4.8(1.4K)
- Updated
- 23 days ago
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