Contact Coldform vs Contact Form Block

Contact Coldform is a secure, lightweight, flexible contact form with plenty of options and squeaky clean markup. Coldform blocks spam while making it easy for your visitors to contact you from your WordPress-powered website. The plugin settings make it easy to take full control with plenty of options and several built-in themes for styling the form. Coldform delivers everything you need and nothing you don’t — no frills, no gimmicks, just pure contact-form satisfaction. Even better! Check out my new Ajax-powered Contact Form X » Overview Use shortcode or template tag to display Coldform anywhere Coldform sends descriptive, well-formatted plain-text email Safe and secure: Coldform blocks spam and malicious content Lightweight, standards-compliant, semantic, valid HTML markup Easy to configure and style from the Coldform Settings page Features Slick toggle-panel Settings Page makes it easy to customize Style Coldform using built-in “coldskins” or use custom CSS Use template tag to display Coldform anywhere in your theme Use shortcode to display Coldform on any WP Post or Page Displays customizable confirmation message to the sender Anti-spam & Security Anti-spam: Coldform includes optional challenge question Bot trap: hidden input field further reduces automated spam Solid security: protects against bad bots and malicious input User-friendly error messages to help users complete the form Customize Everything Includes option to enable users to receive carbon copies Coldform message includes IP, host, agent, and other details Customize field captions, error messages, and success message Includes three built-in themes “coldskins” to style, or Style the Coldform with your own custom CSS Option to add a custom prefix to the subject line Option to disable the captcha for registered users Clean Codes Coldform brings delicious code on every front: Standards-based code, built with the WordPress API Valid, semantic source code with proper formatting Coldform emails include descriptive, well-formatted content Better performance: CSS loaded only when form is displayed More Features Works perfectly without JavaScript Option to reset default settings Options to customize many aspects of the form Options to customize success, error, and spam messages Option to enable and disable CSS styles Works perfectly with or without Gutenberg Block Editor Like Contact Coldform? Please give a 5-star rating, thank you! Privacy Contact Coldform enables visitors to send a message via contact form. Any information that the user enters into the form will be sent directly to the recipient(s) according to plugin settings. Each email message optionally includes the sender’s IP address, user agent, and other data (visit the plugin setting “Disable Data” to disable sending of IP address and other user data). This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party location(s). Contact Coldform 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! 🙂

Simple, yet pretty and perfect for most of us. You will love this contact form! Through its Gutenberg block (or shortcode), you can add it anywhere and make it yours in a few clicks. Lightweight, clean UI, no need to set up anything special or download more plugins. It doesn’t use any JS or CSS files (except if you active ReCAPTCHA). You can find more information on this plugin on Meow Apps: Contact Form Block. Why another Contact Form? I have tried many plugins in the past, and I found them all too heavy and complicated. Most of the time, I just wanted a simple contact form. Why would I need to create a new form in a list of forms, manually decide the fields and make sure everything is well set-up? And why do I need more plugins in order to add ReCAPTCHA support, or even pay for such a basic option? Usage The Contact Form Block has been designed to be used within the Gutenberg Editor. You can modify the labels of the main fields (Name, E-mail, and Message) and the overall design. A header can also be added, with an image and some text. The text and color of the submit button can also be customized. There are 3 basic themes available: None, Default and Meow Apps. None will add no styles to your contact form, Default will make it work on any theme, and Meow Apps will look a bit more solid. The shortcode [contact-form-block] can also be used, just as it is! That shortcode can be used anywhere, in your widgets for example. Have a look at the tutorial to learn how to use it. For the ReCAPTCHA and the other various settings, please visit the Contact Form page under the Meow Apps menu in your WordPress Admin. Notes The default behavior of this contact form is to send an e-mail to the admin of the WordPress install. That can be easily modified through the available WordPress filters. A honeypot (an invisible field that only bots fill in) is enabled by default to block spam, without loading anything on your site. ReCAPTCHA v3 can also be enabled. If you are interested, you can also develop your own ‘human check’. Have a look at this. Best Practices This contact form follows the best practices, in order to guarantee a maximum conversion rate. Vertical layout (multi-columns result in a loss) Labels above the fields (instead of placeholders or tricks) Explicit and colorful submit button (labelled ‘Send’ instead of ‘Submit’, by default) A limited number of fields (after 3 fields, the conversion rate goes down) No captcha (don’t worry about spams, this contact form includes ReCAPTCHA_v3, which is invisible) Use a header (with a small image), that will motivate the user to contact you Limitations This Contact Form’s goal is to remain simple and fast. New fields and features can be added through its filters and actions, but I will not make the core more complex and heavy. Languages: English.