10 Best ApplyOnline Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
ApplyOnline has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to ApplyOnline
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Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (1,384) 300,000+ active installsThe drag and drop WordPress form builder for contact forms, payment forms, calculators, quizzes, surveys, and AI-built web applications.
Shares the contact form, custom form, form builder tags on WordPress.org. About 150 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.7 (64) 900+ active installsThe best 60 plugins for WP. Easy contact form plugin, social feed, popup, countdown, and more.
Shares the contact form, custom form, form builder tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since March 6, 2025.
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Fluent Forms
Paid version availableFluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder
4.8 (806) 800,000+ active installsGet a fast contact form plugin. Create advanced forms using drag and drop form builder with all smart features.
Shares the contact form, custom form, form builder tags on WordPress.org. About 400 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder
4.8 (89) 10,000+ active installsBuild contact forms for your WordPress website in minutes through the Drag & Drop builder and Guided Emails for entries notifications.
Shares the contact form, form builder, payment form tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
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Smart Forms – when you need more than just a contact form
4.6 (220) 5,000+ active installsCreate calculators, quotes, registrations, order forms easily with the most advanced form builder.
Shares the contact form, custom form, form builder tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated May 15, 2026.
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Contact Form by Supsystic – Drag & Drop Form Builder with Templates & Form Statistics
4.7 (92) 6,000+ active installsDrag-and-drop contact form builder with ready templates, 25+ field types, reCAPTCHA, saved submissions and form statistics. No coding needed.
Shares the contact form, custom form, form builder tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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weForms – Easy Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder For WordPress
4.5 (111) 10,000+ active installsThe easiest & fastest Contact Form on WordPress. Multiple templates, drag-&-drop live builder, submission listing, reCaptcha & more!
Shares the contact form, custom form, form builder tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Happyforms – Form Builder for WordPress: Drag & Drop Contact Forms, Surveys, Payments & Multipurpose Forms
4.4 (433) 20,000+ active installsBest WordPress contact form, newsletter form and payment form builder without the sucky stuff — lost emails, pesky spam, leaky privacy and outsourced …
Shares the contact form, custom form, form builder tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder
5.0 (322) 10,000+ active installsContact form builder for WordPress. Create professional, accessible, mobile-friendly forms in minutes without coding.
Shares the contact form, custom form, form builder tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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Bit Form
Paid version availableBit Form – Contact Form, Payment Forms, Multi Step Forms, Calculator & Custom Form Builder
5.0 (260) 10,000+ active installsContact Form Builder for WordPress with payment forms, multistep forms, conversational forms, conditional logic, and integrations.
Shares the contact form, custom form, form builder tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 9 days ago.
Switching from ApplyOnline: common questions
What is the best alternative to ApplyOnline?
Formidable Forms is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 300,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which ApplyOnline alternative has the most users?
Fluent Forms, with 800,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which ApplyOnline alternative is rated highest?
WS Form, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 322 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these ApplyOnline alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with ApplyOnline score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against ApplyOnline on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Formidable Forms is the closest match to ApplyOnline by the data we track, and Fluent Forms has the widest reach with 800,000+ active installs. weForms shipped the most recent release, on October 16, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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