Best submission plugins for WordPress
The most popular submission plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BuddyForms Advanced Custom Fields leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of EngageBay Add-on For Contact Form 7 (50+) and EngageBay for Gravity Forms (40+). All 5 plugins tagged “submission” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 submission plugins
- 1.
BuddyForms Advanced Custom FieldsThe most installed submission plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
EngageBay Add-on For Contact Form 750+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
EngageBay for Gravity Forms40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Community Submitted News10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
All 5 plugins tagged “submission”
BuddyForms Advanced Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:81#13,709by Themekraft1 month ago
Add BuddyForms frontend forms that map to field groups created with the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. Independent integration; ACF is not included.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
EngageBay Add-on For Contact Form 7
Up in the last 7 days:59#20,110by engagebay1 year ago
Send Contact Form 7 submissions to EngageBay automcatically using this plugin. Link any field type with EngageBay including custom fields.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EngageBay for Gravity Forms
Up in the last 7 days:6#22,235by engagebay5 months ago
This plugin integrates Gravity Forms with EngageBay allowing form submissions to be automatically sent to user’s EngageBay account.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Community Submitted News
Up in the last 7 days:2,413#44,825by eiffel77715 years ago
This plugin allows you to let people submit stories/posts to your site and lets you control what is displayed
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day