Jeff Starr

Displays a user-friendly contact form that your visitors will love.
CFX: Contact form reinvented. Fast and friendly. Fresh and clean. Awesome for everyone 🙂
Overview
Install, activate, and then display the form anywhere, using the widget, shortcode, or template tag. Here is an overview of Contact Form X:
<ul>
<li>Easy to use</li>
<li>Simple and secure</li>
<li>ADA and WCAG compliant</li>
<li>Lightweight and super fast</li>
<li>Provides multiple form styles</li>
<li>Customize just about everything</li>
<li>Display the contact form anywhere</li>
<li>Change the order of the form fields</li>
<li>Send email to multiple recipients</li>
<li>Complete documentation via Help tab</li>
<li>Excellent free plugin support</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
“The famous spam filter SpamAssassin” scores CFX = zero spam!
</blockquote>
For more details, check out the “Screenshots” section, below.
Form Fields
Easily choose which fields to display in the form. Each field may be set as required, optional, or disabled. Choose from these fields:
<ul>
<li>Name</li>
<li>Website</li>
<li>Email</li>
<li>Subject</li>
<li>Custom Field</li>
<li>Challenge Question</li>
<li>Message</li>
<li>Google reCaptcha (v2 or v3 Invisible)</li>
<li>Carbon Copy</li>
<li>Agree to Terms</li>
</ul>
You can change the order of these fields and customize their labels and placeholders, everything is super flexible.
For a live demo of Contact Form X, visit my <a href="https://perishablepress.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact page</a> at Perishable Press. Note: the form at Perishable Press is highly customized with CSS, but all other functionality is the same. Feel free to send a test email to see how it works, I won’t mind 😉 Also check out CFX in the “Screenshots” section (below) for a better idea of how the default form is styled out of the box.
Geeky Stuff
Lots of goodness for the geeks among us:
<ul>
<li>Built with the WordPress API</li>
<li>Ajax-powered form submission</li>
<li>Remembers form data on error</li>
<li>NEW! Cloudflare Turnstile (invisible captcha)</li>
<li>Google reCaptcha version 2</li>
<li>Google reCaptcha version 3 (invisible)</li>
<li>Drag/drop ordering of the form fields</li>
<li>View your email messages on the WP Dashboard</li>
<li>Option to enable/disable storing of email data in database</li>
<li>Display form via widget, shortcode, or template tag</li>
<li>Five CSS themes: Default, Classic, Micro, Synthetic, Dark</li>
<li>Optionally collect user data like IP, host, and referrer</li>
<li>Works perfectly with or without Gutenberg Block Editor</li>
<li>Focused on performance, security, and usability</li>
<li>Include extra form and user info with each message</li>
<li>Customize the form’s success and error messages</li>
<li>Provides plenty of useful hooks for developers</li>
<li>Targeted loading of CSS and JavaScript assets</li>
<li>One-click remove email data from database</li>
<li>One-click restore default options</li>
<li>Translation ready</li>
</ul>
Contact Form X is a fresh new, lighter alternative to the heavier contact forms out there. CFX is lightweight yet fully featured. As they say, “everything you want, nothing you don’t”.
Privacy
To help protect user privacy, Contact Form X provides the following features:
<ul>
<li>Agree to terms checkbox, customizable</li>
<li>Choose which fields to include with the form</li>
<li>Option to disable collection of user IP address and other data</li>
<li>Note: this plugin uses cookies to enhance form functionality</li>
</ul>
Basically, this plugin enables visitors to send a message via contact form. Any information the user enters into the form will be sent directly to the recipient(s) according to plugin settings. When enabled in the plugin settings, details about each sent message will be stored in the WordPress database. Visit the “Advanced” plugin settings to control this and other data-collection features.
Note: CFX provides an option to enable Google reCaptcha, which is provided by Google as a third-party service. For details on privacy and more, please refer to official documentation for <a href="https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google reCaptcha</a>.
Contact Form X is developed and maintained by <a href="https://x.com/perishable" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Starr</a>, 15-year <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress developer</a> and <a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">book author</a>.
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can <a href="https://monzillamedia.com/donate.html" rel="nofollow ugc">make a donation</a> or purchase one of my books:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">The Tao of WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://digwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Digging into WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://htaccessbook.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">.htaccess made easy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/wordpress-themes-book/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Themes In Depth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/downloads/wizards-collection-sql-recipes-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress</a></li>
</ul>
And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/bbq-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">BBQ Pro</a> – Blazing fast WordPress firewall</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/blackhole-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Blackhole Pro</a> – Automatically block bad bots</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/banhammer-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Banhammer Pro</a> – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/ga-google-analytics-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">GA Google Analytics Pro</a> – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Head Meta Pro</a> – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/simple-ajax-chat-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Ajax Chat Pro</a> – Unlimited chat rooms</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/usp-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">USP Pro</a> – Unlimited front-end forms</li>
</ul>
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thanks! 🙂

Contact Form X


What a great plugin. I'm just so tired of all the other contact forms, all bloated, loading their own styles. And then I saw this gem.




Simple, yet powerful.



Has anti-spam integrated, which, unfortunately, it's mandatory to have nowadays



Registers all email in the database, including if the user agreed to the terms, mandatory for GDPR reasons.



Doesn't force its own UI. Following WP guidelines.




Amazing. Just amazing.


Just amazing

Displays a user-friendly contact form that your visitors will love. Lightweight, fast, secure, accessible (ADA/WCAG compliant).

Takayuki Miyoshi

Rock Lobster Inc.

Contact Form 7 is a plugin designed to be a practical tool for all WordPress users who embrace the philosophy of free and open source software. It employs sophisticatedly modularized architecture and its original <a href="https://contactform7.com/schema-woven-validation/" rel="nofollow ugc">Schema-Woven Validation</a> technology.
<h4>Docs and support</h4>
You can find <a href="https://contactform7.com/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">docs</a>, <a href="https://contactform7.com/faq/" rel="nofollow ugc">FAQ</a> and more detailed information about Contact Form 7 on <a href="https://contactform7.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">contactform7.com</a>. When you cannot find the answer to your question on the FAQ or in any of the documentation, check the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/" rel="ugc">support forum</a> on WordPress.org. If you cannot locate any topics that pertain to your particular issue, post a new topic for it.
<h4>Contact Form 7 needs your support</h4>
It is hard to continue to maintain this plugin without support from users like you. There are several ways for you to <a href="https://contactform7.com/contributing/" rel="nofollow ugc">contribute to the project</a>: testing, coding, translating it into your local languages, helping other users, financial donations, etc, etc. We equally welcome you regardless of the way you contribute.
<h4>Privacy notices</h4>
With the default configuration, this plugin, in itself, does not:
<ul>
<li>track users by stealth;</li>
<li>write any user personal data to the database;</li>
<li>send any data to external servers;</li>
<li>use cookies.</li>
</ul>
If you activate certain features in this plugin, the contact form submitter’s personal data, including their IP address, may be sent to the service provider. Thus, confirming the provider’s privacy policy is recommended. These features include:
<ul>
<li>reCAPTCHA (<a href="https://policies.google.com/?hl=en" rel="nofollow ugc">Google</a>)</li>
<li>Akismet (<a href="https://automattic.com/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Automattic</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/privacy-center" rel="nofollow ugc">Constant Contact</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Brevo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stripe.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Stripe</a></li>
<li>Turnstile (<a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/turnstile-privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare</a>)</li>
</ul>

Contact Form 7

I recommend this plugin. It's easy to use, both technical and non-technical and, most importantly, works as expected.

Recommended.


Unlike version 5.6.4 [ prnt.sc/6jnDIye9Dva4 ], update 5.7.1 continues to wrap "p" markup inside "div" and "td" [ prnt.sc/N7I5StxLCtVy ]. 



It breaks the appearance of the forms.


Update 5.7.1 continues to wrap markup inside and

This has never failed


We've been using this plugin for years with many clients. What we like about it is that if things go awry, it's almost always not the plugin that's caused the issue but instead the mail sending setup on the Wordpress installation. We also like that the plugin sporadically asks the admin to check / validate the forms for any issues.


Our go-to form plugin


It's a must have tool. We use it all the time in our agency!


Must have


Unbelivable stupid ReCaptch integration, why you require to use only Invisible Recaptcha ??? I want to use the checkbox because with the invisible all messages are SPAM no matter what I write!!!!


ReCaptcha


For someone who develops web pages from scratch like me, this is definitely the best and most configurable solution. Everything works flawlessly and it's free!



Thanks to the developer for a great plugin!


The most flexible contact form!


I absolutely love Contact Form 7. As a professional developer with clients at every price point, I still prefer it over the premium plugins because of how simple and versatile it is. It embodies the concept of plugins in that it only provides the functionality you need and if you want more, there's a plugin for that! Absolutely versatile and I personally love making add-ons for CF7!


Best contact form plugin for WordPress


I do not use many plugins but this is one of 2-3 essentials


The best plugin for contact form


What a useless developer. Can not reply to support requests!!!support/topic/add-a-code-to-validation-class-please


Useless Support


This free plugin is very useful and has done what it was supposed to do for many years. However, there are a few issues that are very annoying and a total deal breaker, if not a show stopper:




Plugin creator did not comply with WordPress Codex regarding how translations are handled. Thus this plugin will eventually cause problems in a multilingual site.



Forum support by plugin creator is very poor. He replies, yes, but his replies are a joke. He simply doesn't care. He doesn't read properly nor does he do any testing, even after providing everything he asked for. He is a time stealer.




My personal resume: I will switch contact forms on all of my clients' sites. There are better alternatives out there. I am of course willing to pay for support. And this is my suggestion for @takayukister : provide paid support, if you think your time is too valuable, to give a useful reply or provide assistance with your free plugin. Or take that plugin offline or officially state that you won't provide support at all and refrain from stealing people's time by requesting non sense things and then ignoring them in return.


Translation issue and nightmare support.

All time best

Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

Contact Form X vs Contact Form 7