10 Best FormLayer Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
FormLayer has 100,000+ 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 FormLayer
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Formidable 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 contact form, custom form, forms tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 11 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, forms tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated 19 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 contact form, custom form, forms tags on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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Everest Forms
Paid version availableEverest 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 contact form, custom form, forms tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 25 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, forms tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated July 14, 2026.
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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 contact form, custom form, forms tags on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated 11 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 contact form, custom form, forms tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated 11 days ago.
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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 contact form, custom form, forms tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 6 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 contact form, custom form, forms tags on WordPress.org. 5,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated May 15, 2026.
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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 contact form, custom form, forms tags on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
FormLayer against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
Switching from FormLayer: common questions
What is the best alternative to FormLayer?
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 FormLayer alternative has the most users?
WPForms, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which FormLayer 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 FormLayer 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 FormLayer 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 FormLayer 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 FormLayer 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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