mirkoschubert

Almost everyone needs a contact form for their website. But you quickly realize that it is not that easy to find a suitable plugin.
Either you end up with huge form builders that are simply too bulky for a single contact form, or you find a small plugin that doesn’t meet your requirements.
<h4>Features</h4>
Minimal Contact Form is designed to address precisely this problem:
<ul>
<li>It is a simple contact form without a lot of extras.</li>
<li>All form fields are validated and sanitized.</li>
<li>You can choose to whom the emails are sent.</li>
<li>The form data is sent via AJAX.</li>
<li>Sending with WP Mail (SMTP) or PHP Mail is selectable. </li>
<li>No annoying captchas are used for spam detection, but the honeypot method.</li>
<li>Predefined GDPR-compliant messages with or without checkbox will be displayed.</li>
<li>Those messages are linked directly to the privacy policy.</li>
<li>In case of consent, the recipient will be informed directly in the e-mail.</li>
<li>The plugin is completely translatable (English, German, Spanisch, Italian, French and Russian already available).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>Due to the new privacy options, this plugin requires WordPress 4.9.6 or up.</li>
<li>You must setup a privacy policy page in WordPress.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translations</h4>
If you want to translate this plugin into another language, you are welcome! English, German (informal & formal), Spanish, Italian, French and Russian are already there. I used the plugin <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/" rel="ugc">Loco Translate</a>, but I suppose that other ways should be compatible as well.
<h4>See room for improvement?</h4>
Great! There are several ways you can get involved to help make this plugin better:
<ol>
<li>Report Bugs: If you find a bug, error or other problem, please report it! You can do this by <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimal-contact-form" rel="ugc">creating a new topic</a> in the plugin forum or <a href="https://github.com/mirkoschubert/minimal-contact-form/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">creating an issue</a> on Github.</li>
<li>Suggest New Features: Have an awesome idea? Please share it! Simply <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/minimal-contact-form" rel="ugc">create a new topic</a> in the plugin forum to express your thoughts on why the feature should be included and get a discussion going around your idea.</li>
<li>Issue Pull Requests: If you’re a developer, the easiest way to get involved is to help out on <a href="https://github.com/mirkoschubert/minimal-contact-form/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">issues already reported</a> in GitHub.</li>
</ol>
You can also <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/musikuss" rel="nofollow ugc">buy me a coffee</a> to support me!
<a href="https://github.com/mirkoschubert/minimal-contact-form" rel="nofollow ugc">Checkout our GitHub Repository</a>

Minimal Contact Form

Minimal Contact Form is a simple, clean and secure contact form that meets the requirements of the GDPR.

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>
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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).

Minimal Contact Form vs Contact Form X