Contact Form X is the #116 ranked contact form app on WordPress, with a 5.0 average rating from 32 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Contact Form X is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Jeff Starr. With a rating of 5.0★ from 32 reviews, it currently ranks #116 in the Contact Form category.
AppRanks data: Contact Form X ranks #116 in Contact Form on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 20% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Contact Form X is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Contact Form category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 32 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Jeff Starr — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (32) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Contact Form X works
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Displays a user-friendly contact form that your visitors will love.
CFX: Contact form reinvented. Fast and friendly. Fresh and clean. Awesome for everyone 🙂
Overview
Install, activate, and then display the form anywhere, using the widget, shortcode, or template tag. Here is an overview of Contact Form X:
Easy to use
Simple and secure
ADA and WCAG compliant
Lightweight and super fast
Provides multiple form styles
Customize just about everything
Display the contact form anywhere
Add Checkbox, Radio, and Select fields
Customize the order of all form fields
Send email to multiple recipients
Complete documentation via Help tab
Excellent free plugin support 😎
“The famous spam filter SpamAssassin” scores CFX = zero spam!
For more details, check out the “Screenshots” section, below.
Form Fields
Easily choose which fields to display in the form. Each field may be set as required, optional, or disabled. Choose from these fields:
Name
Website
Subject
Custom Field 1 (can be dropdown, checkbox, radio, text, or phone number)
Custom Field 2 (can be dropdown, checkbox, radio, text, or phone number)
Custom Field 3 (can be dropdown, checkbox, radio, text, or phone number)
Challenge Question
Message
Google reCaptcha (v2 or v3 Invisible)
Cloudflare Turnstile (Invisible Captcha)
Carbon Copy
Agree to Terms
You can change the order of these fields and customize their labels and placeholders, everything is super flexible.
For a live demo of Contact Form X, visit my support page at Plugin Planet, and also my contact page at Perishable Press. Feel free to send a test email to see how it works, I won’t mind 😉 Also check out CFX in the “Screenshots” section (below) for a better idea of how the default form is styled out of the box.
Geeky Stuff
Lots of goodness for the geeks among us:
Built with WordPress APIs
Ajax-powered form submission
Remembers all form data on error
Cloudflare Turnstile (Invisible Captcha)
Google reCaptcha (v2 or v3 Invisible)
Drag/drop ordering of all form fields
View your email messages on the WP Dashboard
Option to enable/disable storing of email data in database
Display form via widget, shortcode, or template tag
Five CSS themes: Default, Classic, Micro, Synthetic, Dark
Optionally disable all plugin styles and use your own CSS
Optionally collect user data like IP, host, and referrer
Works perfectly with or without Gutenberg Block Editor
Focused on performance, security, and usability
Include extra form and user info with each message
Customize the form’s success and error messages
Provides plenty of useful hooks for developers
Targeted loading of CSS and JavaScript assets
One-click remove email data from database
One-click restore default options
Translation ready
Contact Form X is a fresh new, lighter alternative to the heavier contact forms out there. CFX is lightweight yet fully featured. As they say, “everything you want, nothing you don’t”.
Privacy
To help protect user privacy, Contact Form X provides the following features:
Agree to terms checkbox, customizable
Choose which fields to include with the form
Option to disable collection of user IP address and other data
Note: this plugin uses cookies to enhance form functionality
Basically, this plugin enables visitors to send a message via contact form. Any information the user enters into the form will be sent directly to the recipient(s) according to plugin settings. When enabled in the plugin settings, details about each sent message will be stored in the WordPress database. Visit the “Advanced” plugin settings to control and/or disable this and other data-collection features.
Note: CFX provides an option to enable Google reCaptcha, which is provided by Google as a third-party service. For details on privacy and more, please refer to official documentation for Google reCaptcha.
Contact Form X is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author.
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books:
The Tao of WordPress
Digging into WordPress
.htaccess made easy
WordPress Themes In Depth
Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress
And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
BBQ Pro – Blazing fast WordPress firewall
Blackhole Pro – Automatically block bad bots
Banhammer Pro – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys
GA Google Analytics Pro – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics
Head Meta Pro – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress
REST Pro Tools – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API
Simple Ajax Chat Pro – Unlimited chat rooms
USP Pro – Unlimited front-end forms
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thanks! 🙂
Category rankings
As of Sep 7, 2026- Contact Form#116of 594Top 20%
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Keyword rankings
Contact Form X ranks for 8 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
- Rank #74
- Rank #61
- 3.contactRank #79
Competitors & alternatives
Contact Form X doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked contact form apps on WordPress:
Where Contact Form X stands in the Contact Form category
Contact Form X ranks #116 of 594 apps in the Contact Form category, placing it in the top 20% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Contact Form X?
Contact Form X is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 32 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Contact Form category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Jeff Starr.
Who uses Contact Form X?
Currently around 300 active stores have installed Contact Form X. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Contact Form category on WordPress.
Where does Contact Form X rank on WordPress?
Contact Form X currently sits at position #116 in the Contact Form category on WordPress. That places it in the top 20% of 594 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.