10 Best Online Forms Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Online Forms has 20,000+ 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 Online Forms
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Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI
4.9 (375) 90,000+ active installsAI form builder for WordPress. Build contact forms, payment forms, quiz, survey & conversational forms with built-in AI or drag & drop builder.
Shares the custom form, form builder, forms tags on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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Forminator Forms
Paid version availableForminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (2,121) 600,000+ active installsBest WordPress form builder plugin. Create contact forms, payment forms & order forms with 1000+ integrations.
Shares the custom form, forms, WordPress form plugin tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More
4.8 (14,371) 5 million+ active installsThe best WordPress contact form plugin. Drag & Drop form builder to create beautiful contact forms, payment forms, & other custom forms.
Shares the custom form, form builder, forms tags on WordPress.org. About 250 times the installs, last updated 3 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 custom form, form builder, forms tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 14, 2026.
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4.8 (106) 60,000+ active installs50+ Essential Addons for Contact Form 7 - Conditional Fields, Multi Step, Redirection, Columns, WooCommerce, Mailchimp & more
Shares the custom form, form builder, forms tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Formidable Forms
Paid version availableFormidable Forms – WordPress Form Builder for Contact Forms, Calculators, Quizzes & More
4.8 (1,381) 300,000+ active installsThe most powerful drag and drop WordPress form builder for contact forms, payment forms, calculators, quizzes, surveys, and data-driven applications.
Shares the custom form, form builder, forms tags on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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Fluent Forms
Paid version availableFluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder
4.8 (791) 700,000+ active installsGet a fast contact form plugin. Create advanced forms using drag and drop form builder with all smart features.
Shares the custom form, form builder, forms tags on WordPress.org. About 35 times the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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Smart Forms – when you need more than just a contact form
4.5 (219) 5,000+ active installsCreate calculators, quotes, registrations, order forms easily with the most advanced form builder.
Shares the custom form, form builder, forms tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated May 15, 2026.
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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 custom form, form builder, forms tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder
5.0 (320) 10,000+ active installsContact form builder for WordPress. Create professional, accessible, mobile-friendly forms in minutes without coding.
Shares the custom form, form builder, forms tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
Switching from Online Forms: common questions
What is the best alternative to Online Forms?
Everest Forms is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 90,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Online Forms alternative has the most users?
WPForms, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Online Forms alternative is rated highest?
WS Form, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 320 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Online Forms 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 Online Forms 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 Online Forms 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
Everest Forms is the closest match to Online Forms by the data we track, and WPForms has the widest reach with 5 million+ active installs. WPForms shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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