10 Best Forms Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Forms has 5,000+ 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 Forms
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Contact Form 7
Closest matchContact Form 7 – Success Page Redirects
4.2 (27) 10,000+ active installsAn add-on for Contact Form 7 that provides a straightforward method to redirect visitors to success pages or thank you pages.
Shares the cf7, contact form, contact form 7 tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.9 (103) 10,000+ active installsThis WordPress Plugin Adds Contact Form 7 widget element to Elementor page builder for easy drag & drop the created contact forms with CF7 (contac …
Shares the cf7, contact form, contact form 7 tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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4.9 (318) 20,000+ active installsAutomatically generate, email and download PDF documents from Gravity Forms entries
Shares the contact form, form, gravity forms tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since July 23, 2025.
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4.6 (36) 6,000+ active installsEasily add an handwritten signature field to Contact Form 7
Shares the contact form, contact form 7, form tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since August 19, 2019.
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Contact Form 7 – Post Fields
5.0 (34) 3,000+ active installsThis plugin provides a dynamic post selection, radio and checkbox field to your CF7 forms.
Shares the contact form, contact form 7, form tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated February 13, 2026.
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5.0 (51) 30,000+ active installsUse Contact Form 7 as a trigger to any webhook!
Shares the cf7, contact form tags on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated June 5, 2026.
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4.1 (318) 20,000+ active installsBuild beautiful, fully functional contact forms in only a few minutes without writing PHP, CSS, or HTML.
Shares the contact form, form tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since May 27, 2022.
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Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder
4.5 (777) 30,000+ active installsForm Maker is a user-friendly contact form builder that allows to create forms for any purpose, from a simple contact form to multi page survey forms
Shares the contact form, form tags on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More
4.9 (970) 40,000+ active installsCalculated Fields Form: complete WordPress form builder for contact,booking,quote,payment forms & more,with built-in dynamic calculation capabilities.
Shares the contact form, form tags on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 3 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, form tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
Switching from Forms: common questions
What is the best alternative to Forms?
Contact Form 7 is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Forms alternative has the most users?
Calculated Fields Form, with 40,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Forms alternative is rated highest?
Bit Form, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 260 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these 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 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 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
Contact Form 7 is the closest match to Forms by the data we track, and Calculated Fields Form has the widest reach with 40,000+ active installs. Calculated Fields Form 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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