Custom Contact Forms vs Advanced Forms for ACF

Documentation | Purchase Pro Advanced Forms is a WordPress plugin for creating front-end forms using Advanced Custom Fields. It supports all ACF field types, including repeaters and flexible content fields, and provides the same field editing interface you are already familiar with. Advanced Forms requires ACF PRO v5.7 or later. Email notifications: Configure an unlimited number of email notifications, including support for dynamic recipients and field includes. AJAX submissions: Use AJAX for a better user experience with faster submissions and no page reloads. Entries: Save form submissions as entries with all fields. Spam protection: Every form is protected against spam using a honeypot. If you need more sophisticated spam protection, Advanced Forms Pro includes support for reCAPTCHA. Restrictions: Place limits on your form using the built-in restrictions or create your own: Limit the total number of submissions Limit your form to only logged-in users Limit the time when your form can be used User-friendly UI: Create forms either through the admin panel or programmatically for easy integration. Gutenberg support: Add forms to your site using Gutenberg blocks. Developer-friendly: Designed for developers with a large variety of hooks and helper functions and comprehensive documentation. Pro On top of that, Advanced Forms Pro offers even more features for advanced use cases. You can purchase a license through Hookturn which can be used on an unlimited number of sites. Priority support: Get direct support with an average response time of 1-2 days. Post editing: Set up forms to create and edit posts. Configure the post title, content and status and automatically map your existing ACF fields. User editing: Register new users or let people edit their user profile with automatic mapping of your user fields. Calculated fields: Give your users immediate feedback as they fill out your form. Calculated fields update live with the values from other fields. Calculated fields are also fully programmable for more complex calculations. Slack: Get a message in Slack for each form submission, including all form data. Mailchimp: Create a form to sign users up for your Mailchimp mailing list. Zapier: Connect your form to thousands of third-party services using Zapier. Google reCAPTCHA: Protect your forms against spam using an invisible captcha. Support If you need help, have a feature request, or think you’ve found a bug, don’t hesitate to reach out. Either create a ticket on the WordPress Support Forums or an issue on Github. For Pro users, please send an email to [email protected] and we’ll respond as fast as we can, most often within 1-2 days. Documentation The documentation has been moved to a new site, check it out: advancedforms.github.io

New: build a form by describing it. Tell Custom Contact Forms what you need — “a booking form for a dog grooming appointment with the owner’s details and their preferred date” — and it builds it, fields, labels and all, ready to edit. It uses the AI provider already connected to your site under Settings > Connectors, so there is no API key to enter here and nothing is sent anywhere else. Requires WordPress 7.0 or later; the option stays hidden otherwise. Custom Contact Forms lets you build forms and manage submissions entirely within WordPress. The drag-and-drop builder lives inside the media manager — no separate admin pages, no learning a new interface. Live previews update as you build, and forms can be inserted via Gutenberg block, shortcode, widget, or PHP function. Start from a prebuilt template — contact, quote request, newsletter, event registration, or feedback — and have a working form in seconds. Or build your own from scratch with text, email, phone, address, dropdowns, checkboxes, file uploads, and more. Style it with included form themes and per-field width controls, or add your own custom CSS. Powering thousands of active websites, with over 1.3 million all-time downloads. Originally created by Taylor Lovett, Custom Contact Forms is now actively maintained by Dmitry Alexander — rebuilt for modern WordPress with a hardened, PHP 8+ codebase, a refreshed builder, and new features added regularly. What You Can Build Contact forms, quote requests, support forms, event registrations, newsletter signups Text, paragraph, email (with optional confirmation), name, phone, website, address (US + international), date/time, dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons, file uploads, hidden fields, and HTML blocks Conditional fields and sections — show/hide fields based on other field values Multiple email notifications per form — customize recipients, subject, from name, reply-to, and body with field mapping Post creation on submission — map form fields to post fields, meta, and taxonomies Recent Updates Build a form with AI — describe what you need in plain language and get a working form. Uses your site’s own AI connection, so nothing extra to sign up for Switching from another form plugin? — Import your existing Contact Form 7 and WPForms forms in one step under Forms → Import. Your original forms are only read, never changed Submissions dashboard widget — Totals and a per-form breakdown for the last 7 days, 30 days, or all time, right on your WordPress dashboard Modernized builder — Yes/No options are now clean toggle switches, and fields display as cards in the builder canvas Friendly submission columns — The submissions table now shows real field labels instead of internal slugs Redesigned templates screen — Each form template now has its own custom icon, under Forms → Templates Developer hooks for add-ons — Filter submission responses, field rendering, and notification timing WordPress 7.0 ready — Tested up to the latest WordPress Powerful Features, Included Free Drag-and-drop form builder with live preview in the media manager Prebuilt form templates for the most common form types Gutenberg block, shortcode, widget, and PHP template support Multiple form themes plus per-field width controls and custom CSS AJAX form submission — no page reloads Import your forms from Contact Form 7 and WPForms — fields, labels, required flags, placeholders, and choices, with a report of anything that needs your attention Export submissions to CSV, and import submissions from CSV with automatic column mapping Import and export forms via WordPress XML Cloudflare Turnstile, reCAPTCHA, and simple captcha options Built-in spam protection — honeypot, time-based trap, IP rate limiting, disposable email blocking, keyword blacklist Email diagnostics — send test emails and view delivery failure logs Restrict forms to logged-in users, or pause forms with a custom message Customizable completion text or redirect URL Conditional asset loading — only load scripts where forms appear Extensible with hooks, filters, and custom field types Quick Start Go to Forms → Templates and pick a starting template — or go to Forms → Forms and Submissions to start from scratch Drag fields from the sidebar into the form area, and click a field to edit its label, width, and options Save the form Insert it with the Gutenberg block (search “CCF” in the block inserter) or the [ccf_form id="X"] shortcode Customize More with Pro Custom Contact Forms Pro turns the builder you already know into forms that sell, book, and sign — no e-commerce stack required. Stripe payments on the form — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Link, with a live “Pay $25.00” button and server-verified totals PayPal payments — pay in place without leaving your form, with the same server-verified totals Product & pricing fields — fixed price, multiple options, or customer-chooses-amount, with quantities, images, and enforced minimums Coupons & live totals — percentage or fixed discounts, order total updates as visitors choose Digital signature field — draw with mouse, finger, or stylus; saved as an image with every submission Consent / terms field — scrollable terms with versioned agreement records, snapshotted permanently PDF receipts — attached to notification emails for paid orders, plus one-click PDF download of any submission Multi-step forms — page breaks, progress bar, per-step validation Conditional logic — show or hide any field based on answers, priced fields included Survey & star rating fields — Likert grids and quick ratings Address autocomplete — visitors pick their address as they type and the street, city, state and ZIP fill themselves in (uses your own Google API key) SMS confirmations — text customers the moment they book or pay, through your own Twilio account 13 ready-made templates — donations, orders, registrations, waivers, agreements, and more No added transaction fees — you pay only Stripe’s or PayPal’s standard processing fees Learn more about Custom Contact Forms Pro External Services This plugin optionally connects to the following third-party services for spam protection. These services are only used when the site administrator explicitly enables and configures them. Google reCAPTCHA When enabled in the form builder, this plugin loads the Google reCAPTCHA widget on form pages and sends form submission verification requests to Google’s servers. The user’s reCAPTCHA response token is sent to Google for validation. No personal data is sent by the plugin itself — Google may collect usage data through their widget script. Service provider: Google LLC Terms of Service Privacy Policy Cloudflare Turnstile When enabled in Forms → Settings → Cloudflare Turnstile, this plugin loads the Cloudflare Turnstile widget script on form pages and sends form submission verification requests to Cloudflare’s servers. The user’s Turnstile response token and the visitor’s IP address are sent to Cloudflare for validation. Service provider: Cloudflare, Inc. Terms of Service Privacy Policy