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Lightweight Contact Form — WordPress Contact Form Plugin

by isabel104 · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.0 Tested up to WP 5.4.21 PHP 5.6+

Lightweight Contact Form has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 4,685 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 30, 2020, tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.

Lightweight Contact Form at a glance

Active installs
100+
Total downloads
4,685
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Lightweight Contact Form well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 5.4.21, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Emails are sent to the admin email which is set in your WordPress General Settings
  • Add the contact form to any page with a shortcode
  • Both JavaScript client-side and PHP server-side validation
  • It’s just one file. No extra CSS or JavaScript files. This is for the most lightweight footprint

Lightweight Contact Form reviews and ratings

9 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

9 reviews

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  • Best WP Contact form

    The Lightweight Contact Form plugin is the Best WP contact form, very simple, very light, security in mind with Google reCAPTCHA v3, awesome on any themes, and more ... and FREE !!! I hope that Isabel Castillo will continue to update this fantastic and lightest contact form plugin in the future ... For sure, 5 STARS ... Thank you Chris

    chris19731973

  • Awesome

    Performs as advertised -and with recaptcha support!

    mjb502

  • Simple and Fast

    This is one of the best contact form plugins. Very light and fast and dev friendly. keep it up :)

    Hosein Tahmasebi

  • Pagespeed and security in mind

    Looking for this.

    ahmed

  • I was looking for you!

    simple, lightweight, powerful, secure customizable and free!

    Phll

  • This is the best Contact Form on Wordpress

    This is the best Contact Form on Wordpress. I kid you not, kudos to the dev. Thanks for the amazing plugin. Easy to set up and super light weight.

    Mwale Kalenga

Details

The most lightweight Contact Form plugin for WordPress. No CSS files, no overhead, no SPAM. The goal is fastest page speed.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Lightweight Contact Form competes in

Tags

  • contact form
  • fast contact form
  • light contact form
  • lightweight contact form
  • minimalistic

More from isabel104

Version
2.0
Last updated
Aug 30, 2020
First published
Oct 3, 2017
Requires WordPress
4.6
Tested up to
5.4.21
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Lightweight Contact Form FAQ

What does Lightweight Contact Form do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Lightweight Contact Form offers Emails are sent to the admin email which is set in your WordPress General Settings, Add the contact form to any page with a shortcode, Both JavaScript client-side and PHP server-side validation and It’s just one file. No extra CSS or JavaScript files. This is for the most lightweight footprint.

How many active installs does Lightweight Contact Form have?

WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs for Lightweight Contact Form as of September 7, 2026.

Is Lightweight Contact Form still maintained?

The last release was on August 30, 2020, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Lightweight Contact Form free?

Lightweight Contact Form is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.