Flinkform – Forms for the Block Editor for WordPress Plugin Directory
Flinkform – Forms for the Block Editor is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 1 review, as of Jul 17, 2026.
Flinkform – Forms for the Block Editor is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Dennis Buchwald. With a rating of 5.0★ from 1 reviews.
AppRanks data: Flinkform – Forms for the Block Editor ranks #0 in Block-editor on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Flinkform – Forms for the Block Editor 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. 1 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 Dennis Buchwald — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (1) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Flinkform – Forms for the Block Editor works
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Flinkform is a form builder that lives entirely inside the WordPress Block Editor. Forms are composed from native blocks (block.json v3), styled through theme.json design tokens, and powered by the Interactivity API — no separate admin UI, no shortcodes, no jQuery.
How it works
Block Editor native — forms are built with block.json and the Interactivity API, directly inside the editor
theme.json styling — forms inherit your theme’s typography, colours and spacing automatically
Modern stack — WordPress 6.5+, PHP 8.1+, no jQuery, frontend JS under 15 KB gzipped
Multi-step forms — split long forms into steps with a Page Break block, included in the free core
Conditional logic — show/hide fields based on user input, included in the free core
WCAG 2.1 AA — full keyboard navigation, screen-reader compatible, aria-live announcements
Privacy by design — no external services, no tracking cookies, no IP tracking — everything stays on your server
Features (free core) Form building
* 13 field types: Text, Email, Textarea, Number, Date, URL, Phone, Select, Radio, Checkbox, Toggle, Hidden, Section Heading
* Dedicated Consent field for privacy-policy agreement
* Multi-step forms with Page Break block, per-step validation and progress indicator (bar, dots or numbers)
* Conditional logic — show/hide fields, skip steps, gate the submit button
* Two-column layout with per-field full-width override
Styling
* Automatic theme.json inheritance (colours, typography, spacing, border radius)
* Style panel: primary colour, field style (bordered/soft/underline/minimal), label position (above/beside/floating/placeholder), submit button style (fill/outline/ghost)
Notifications
* Admin notification email on every submission (configurable recipient, merge tags)
* Optional confirmation email to the submitter
* Sends through your site’s standard WordPress mail (wp_mail)
Spam protection
* Always-on honeypot + signed time-based check (zero configuration)
* Built-in proof-of-work challenge with accessible math fallback for visitors without JavaScript
* No external service, no API keys, no tracking cookies, 100% GDPR-friendly
After submission
* Success message or redirect to a custom thank-you URL (with open-redirect protection)
* Optional submission ID and form ID query parameters for conversion tracking (GA4, Meta Pixel, Plausible, etc.)
Admin
* Submissions list with search, filter by form, sort, bulk actions
* Single-submission detail view with all field labels and values
* Mark as read/unread
* Per-form data retention with automatic daily purge
Privacy Flinkform is built with privacy by default. Here is what the free core does and does not do:
What the free core stores:
* Form submissions (the field values visitors enter) in a dedicated database table ({prefix}flinkform_submissions)
What the free core does NOT do:
* It stores no IP addresses and no browser user-agent strings
* It sets no tracking, analytics or marketing cookies. Flinkform sets exactly one strictly-necessary cookie — flinkform_flash (lifetime ~60 seconds, httpOnly) — and only when a form submission fails validation, to carry the error message and the visitor’s input across the page reload. Successful submissions set no cookie at all
* It contacts no external service
Data retention:
* By default, submissions are retained until you delete them. To comply with the storage-limitation principle (GDPR Art. 5), set a per-form retention period (Form block → Data Retention) and Flinkform deletes older submissions automatically each day
* Individual submissions can be deleted from the admin submissions screen at any time
Data deletion:
* All free-core data (the submissions table) is permanently removed when the plugin is uninstalled through the WordPress admin
* Flinkform integrates with WordPress’s privacy tools (Tools > Export Personal Data / Erase Personal Data) to support data-subject access and erasure requests
Source Code The complete, uncompiled source code (including the src/ directory with the
unminified JavaScript/CSS that compiles into build/) is publicly available at:
https://github.com/dennisbuchwald/Flinkform
Build instructions (Node.js 18+ and npm required):
1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/dennisbuchwald/Flinkform.git
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Build the compiled assets into build/: npm run build
The build is powered by @wordpress/scripts (webpack). The src/ sources are
excluded from the distributed plugin zip to keep it small; this repository is
the canonical, reviewable source.
Category rankings
As of Jul 17, 2026- Block-editor#0of 138Top 1%
- Conditional logic#0of 14Top 1%
- Contact Form#0of 594Top 1%
- Form builder#0of 157Top 1%
- Forms#0of 264Top 1%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is Flinkform – Forms for the Block Editor?
Flinkform – Forms for the Block Editor is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 1 merchant review, 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 Dennis Buchwald.
Who uses Flinkform – Forms for the Block Editor?
Flinkform – Forms for the Block Editor is actively installed across WordPress stores tracked by AppRanks. 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.