10 Best Fluent Forms Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Fluent Forms sits at #4 in the WordPress.org Contact Form Plugins ranking. 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 Fluent Forms
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WPForms
Closest matchWPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More
4.8 (14,385) 5 million+ active installsThe best WordPress contact form plugin. Drag & Drop form builder to create beautiful contact forms, payment forms, & other custom forms.
#2 in the WordPress.org Contact Form Plugins ranking. About 6.3 times the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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Forminator Forms
Paid version availableForminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (2,139) 600,000+ active installsBest WordPress form builder plugin. Create contact forms, payment forms & order forms with 1000+ integrations.
#3 in the WordPress.org Contact Form Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, last updated 8 days ago.
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Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder
4.4 (1,397) 500,000+ active installsFree WordPress form builder with calculations, signatures, star ratings, unlimited submissions stored on your site, and an AI form builder.
#6 in the WordPress.org Contact Form Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.8, last updated 7 days ago.
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Formidable Forms
Paid version availableFormidable 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.
#10 in the WordPress.org Contact Form Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor
4.7 (510) 600,000+ active installsElementor forms builder to create WordPress forms like contact form, booking form, feedback form, survey form, application form & 40+ form templates.
#5 in the WordPress.org Contact Form Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 2 days ago.
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CleanTalk Anti-Spam – Complete Spam Protection
4.8 (3,219) 200,000+ active installsAdvanced antispam for comments, registrations, contact forms, WooCommerce, plus email validation and protection. We catch spam others miss!
About a quarter of the installs, last updated today.
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SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz
4.9 (98) 500,000+ active installsAI form generator and WordPress form builder for contact and Stripe payment forms, with surveys and quizzes in SureForms Business.
#7 in the WordPress.org Contact Form Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 8 days ago.
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4.8 (107) 60,000+ active installs50+ Essential Addons for Contact Form 7 - Conditional Fields, Multi Step, Redirection, Columns, WooCommerce, Mailchimp & more
#8 in the WordPress.org Contact Form Plugins ranking. 60,000+ installs against 800,000+, last updated 12 days ago.
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Masteriyo LMS
Paid version availableMasteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates
4.8 (183) 6,000+ active installsComplete WordPress LMS plugin. Build & sell online courses with quizzes, certificates, and built-in payments. The all-in-one LMS for course creators.
6,000+ installs against 800,000+, last updated 10 days ago.
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Brevo – Email, SMS, Web Push, Chat, and more.
4.1 (284) 100,000+ active installsTurn your WordPress site into a marketing powerhouse. Grow your audience, boost engagement, and drive more sales with Brevo.
Shares the forms tag on WordPress.org. 100,000+ installs against 800,000+, rated 4.1 against 4.8, last updated June 24, 2026.
Fluent Forms against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Fluent Forms vs WPForms800,000+ vs 5 million+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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Fluent Forms vs Forminator Forms800,000+ vs 600,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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Fluent Forms vs Ninja Forms800,000+ vs 500,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.4
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Fluent Forms vs Formidable Forms800,000+ vs 300,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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Fluent Forms vs MetForm800,000+ vs 600,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.7
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Fluent Forms vs SureForms800,000+ vs 500,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.9
Switching from Fluent Forms: common questions
What is the best alternative to Fluent Forms?
WPForms is the closest match: it shares the Contact Form Plugins top 10 with Fluent Forms and has 5 million+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Fluent Forms alternative has the most users?
WPForms, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Fluent Forms alternative is rated highest?
SureForms, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 98 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Fluent 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 Fluent 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 Fluent 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
WPForms is the closest match to Fluent Forms by the data we track, and WPForms has the widest reach with 5 million+ active installs. CleanTalk Anti-Spam shipped the most recent release, on October 21, 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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