Contact Form 7 vs WPForms
Updated 5 Oct 2026. 36 features compared side by side.
Free, lightweight WordPress contact form plugin with a tag-based editor, Stripe, reCAPTCHA and Turnstile built in and a large third-party add-on ecosystem.
Beginner-friendly drag-and-drop form builder from Awesome Motive with a free Lite plugin, 2,100+ templates and tiered Pro plans for payments and CRMs.
Choose Contact Form 7 if…
- You prefer the more widely used option
Choose WPForms if…
- You need drag & drop builder and conditional logic
- You also want multi-step forms and calculations
- You want the more complete feature set (100/100 vs 40/100)
- You weigh user ratings (4.8 vs 4.0 on WordPress.org)
WPForms has 27 that Contact Form 7 lacks, including Drag & drop builder, Multi-step forms and Conditional logic. Both include 9 of the 36 features we track.
At a glance
Feature comparison
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Contact Form 7 WPFormsBuilding1/1414/14
Forms are built by typing form tags in a text editor.
Visual drag-and-drop builder included in Lite.
Via third-party plugins such as Multi-Step Forms for Contact Form 7.
Page Break field for multi-page forms requires a paid licence.
Via the third-party Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 plugin.
Not available in Lite; included from the Basic plan.
Not in core; Conditional Fields Pro (third-party) adds calculated fields.
Calculations add-on requires a Pro licence or higher.
File upload tag with email attachment support.
File Upload field is a paid feature from Basic.
Repeaters come from the paid Conditional Fields Pro add-on.
Repeater field is labelled a Basic feature.
Only a default contact form; no template library.
2,100+ templates available; some use Pro-only fields.
No save-and-continue feature in core.
Save and Resume add-on included from the Pro plan.
No one-question-at-a-time mode.
Conversational Forms add-on included from the Pro plan.
Third-party signature add-on exists but is no longer maintained.
Signatures add-on included from the Pro plan.
The quiz tag is an anti-spam question, not a scored quiz.
Quiz addon requires a Pro licence or higher.
No survey or poll functionality.
Surveys and Polls add-on with Likert, NPS and reports from Pro.
No styling interface; appearance follows the theme or custom CSS.
Form themes and block-editor style controls opened to all users in 2025.
Third-party CF7 Apps plugin includes an AI form generator.
WPForms AI generates forms from prompts in Lite and Pro; daily rate limit.
Payments1/44/4
Built-in Stripe integration for card payments.
Stripe in Lite with a 3% fee; fee removed on Pro and higher.
Via the third-party PayPal & Stripe Add-on.
PayPal Commerce available in Lite with a 3% platform fee.
No Square integration in core.
Square usable in Lite with a fee; Square Pro add-on (Pro plan) removes it.
Built-in Stripe module handles one-off payments only.
Lite's Stripe integration supports subscription payments (3% fee).
Entries & workflow2/77/7
Free official Flamingo plugin stores submissions in the admin.
Lite only emails and backs up entries; dashboard entry management from Basic.
Configurable Mail plus optional second autoresponder email.
Customisable email notifications included in Lite.
Via third-party CF7 to Webhook or CF7 Apps plugins.
Webhooks addon requires the Elite licence.
Via third-party plugins such as User Registration Using Contact Form 7.
User Registration add-on included from the Pro plan.
Via the third-party Post My CF7 Form plugin.
Post Submissions add-on included from the Pro plan.
No abandoned-form capture.
Form Abandonment add-on captures partial entries from Pro.
Via third-party plugins such as PDF Forms Filler for CF7.
PDF addon requires a Pro licence or higher.
Integrations0/55/5
Core supports Brevo only; Mailchimp via third-party connectors.
Mailchimp addon requires a Plus licence or higher.
Via the third-party CF7 to Webhook plugin.
Zapier addon requires a Pro licence or higher.
Via third-party connectors such as CF7 HubSpot.
HubSpot addon requires the Elite licence.
Via the third-party CF7 Google Sheets Connector.
Google Sheets addon requires a Pro licence or higher.
Via third-party connectors such as CRM Perks' Salesforce plugin.
Salesforce add-on is included only with Elite.
Spam & compliance3/44/4
Built-in reCAPTCHA v3 integration.
Google reCAPTCHA available in all versions including Lite.
Built-in Cloudflare Turnstile integration.
Cloudflare Turnstile available in all versions including Lite.
No core honeypot; added by the third-party CF7 Apps plugin.
Built-in honeypot-based anti-spam token and minimum submit time in Lite.
Acceptance checkbox tag and no data stored by default; no export/erasure tools.
GDPR Agreement field, cookie/IP disabling and no-store option for all users.
Developer2/22/2
Actions, filters, DOM events and REST endpoints for developers.
Large set of documented actions and filters in developer docs.
Contact Form 7 block for the block editor.
WPForms Gutenberg block with style controls included in Lite.
Statuses: Yes Pro Add-on Partial 3rd-party No ?
Pricing compared
Contact Form 7 Free
| Free | $0 |
|---|---|
| Free | Free lifetime, Unlimited |
WPForms Freemium
| Free | $0 |
|---|---|
| Basic | $99 per year, 1 site |
| Plus | $199 per year, 3 sites |
| Pro | $399 per year, 5 sites |
| Elite | $599 per year, Unlimited |
Downloads trend
Contact Form 7
2,091,736 downloads last week
WPForms
2,559,633 downloads last week
Verdict
WPForms scores higher on our feature checklist (100/100 against 40/100) and includes drag & drop builder, conditional logic and multi-step forms that Contact Form 7 does not. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Biggest differences
Contact Form 7: not included. WPForms: included. Visual drag-and-drop builder included in Lite.
Contact Form 7: third-party. WPForms: paid version (Basic). Not available in Lite; included from the Basic plan.
Contact Form 7: third-party. WPForms: paid version (Basic). Page Break field for multi-page forms requires a paid licence.
Contact Form 7: third-party. WPForms: paid version (Pro). Calculations add-on requires a Pro licence or higher.
Contact Form 7: not included. WPForms: included. Form themes and block-editor style controls opened to all users in 2025.
Contact Form 7: third-party. WPForms: included. PayPal Commerce available in Lite with a 3% platform fee.
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FAQ
Which is better, Contact Form 7 or WPForms?
WPForms scores higher on our feature checklist (100/100 against 40/100) and includes drag & drop builder, conditional logic and multi-step forms that Contact Form 7 does not. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Which has more features?
WPForms includes 36 of the 36 features we track, against 9 for Contact Form 7. Feature count is only part of the picture; check which of the differences matter to you.
Is Contact Form 7 free?
Contact Form 7 has a free version on WordPress.org.
Is WPForms free?
WPForms has a free version on WordPress.org. Paid plans start at $99/yr.
Feature data last changed 5 Oct 2026. Spotted something wrong? Suggest an edit to Contact Form 7 or WPForms. Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no cost to you; it never affects our data or rankings.