10 Best SteadFast API Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
SteadFast API has 8,000+ 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 SteadFast API
- 1
Events Manager
Closest matchEvents Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!
4.2 (548) 60,000+ active installsEvents calendar with bookings, scheduling, appointments, event registration, tickets, recurring events, and venue management.
About 7.5 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
- 2
Eventin – Event Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce
4.7 (397) 10,000+ active installsEvent calendar plugin for event registration, event tickets, bookings, RSVP, recurring and virtual events with WooCommerce and Zoom (AI-powered).
A similar number of installs, last updated 11 days ago.
- 3
Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You
4.4 (1,395) 600,000+ active installsThe 100% beginner friendly WordPress form builder. Drag & drop form fields to build beautiful, professional contact forms in minutes.
About 75 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
- 4
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.
About 625 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
- 5
SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz
4.9 (91) 500,000+ active installsAI form generator and WordPress form builder for contact and Stripe payment forms, with surveys and quizzes in SureForms Business.
About 63 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
- 6
Responsive Menu – Create Mobile-Friendly Menu
4.5 (572) 70,000+ active installsMobile menu & hamburger menu builder for WordPress. Create a responsive, customisable menu with 150+ options — no coding needed.
About 8.8 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
- 7
Tidio – Live Chat & AI Chatbots
4.7 (396) 70,000+ active installsAdd Tidio Live Chat to your WordPress for free to answer customers’ questions, engage website visitors, generate leads, and increase sales.
About 8.8 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
- 8
Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly
4.4 (576) 60,000+ active installsAppointment booking system for WordPress — schedule appointments, manage calendars, send reminders, take payments. Start booking today!
About 7.5 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
- 9
FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution
4.8 (249) 80,000+ active installsThe easiest and fastest Email Marketing, Newsletter, Marketing Automation Plugin & CRM Solution for WordPress
About 10 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
- 10
4.8 (106) 60,000+ active installs50+ Essential Addons for Contact Form 7 - Conditional Fields, Multi Step, Redirection, Columns, WooCommerce, Mailchimp & more
About 7.5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
Switching from SteadFast API: common questions
What is the best alternative to SteadFast API?
Events Manager is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which SteadFast API alternative has the most users?
WPForms, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which SteadFast API alternative is rated highest?
SureForms, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 91 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these SteadFast API 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 SteadFast API 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 SteadFast API 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
Events Manager is the closest match to SteadFast API 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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