Contact Form X vs SMiLE Basic Web

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 Email 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! 🙂

SMiLE Basic Web is a powerful, modular, and user-friendly WordPress plugin that integrates multiple essential tools into a single solution. It includes a flexible Contact Form system with real-time email preview via the Customizer, a dynamic Sitemap Generator supporting various formats, and a comprehensive Cookie Consent Manager fully compliant with international data protection regulations such as GDPR and ePrivacy. With lightweight, accessible, and brand-adaptable interfaces, SMiLE Basic Web empowers site owners to ensure transparency, control, and legal compliance while maintaining a seamless user experience. Key Features: Customizable contact form with advanced SMTP configuration. Support for multiple custom fields, including new types: single/multi-select, user email, and textarea. Required field indicators and placeholders. Field reordering with drag-and-drop interface. Google reCAPTCHA v3 integration for spam protection. Send a copy of the form to the user, with a customizable message. Insert logo and company link in user copy emails. Privacy policy and legal notice checkbox fields with linked pages. Optional marketing opt-in field with customizable text. Explanation field to describe the purpose of the form. Real-time preview of the user email using the WordPress Customizer. Optional SEO metadata editor for posts and pages (title, description, and indexation). Modular tab interface supporting additional tools. Dynamic generation of: llms.txt (text or JSON format). sitemap.xml sitemap-images.xml robots.txt New “General” tab that centralises global options. Toggle to allow safe SVG / SVGZ uploads (sanitised & thumb-ready). Automatic image Alt-Text: copies IPTC/XMP “Alt Text Accessibility” (fallback to Title). -Cookie Consent Panel: Clean, responsive, and customizable cookie banner. Three display sizes: Small, Large, or Fullscreen. Consent tab with position options: Left, Center, or Right. Auto-hide on Accept or Deny with full keyboard accessibility. Multilingual-ready and fully translatable (.pot included). Preferences panel for per-script consent using . Add unlimited scripts with name, description, and JS code. Scripts injected only on Accept; removed on Deny. Consent stored securely in LocalStorage. Backend settings for texts, styles, legal pages, and tab behavior. Fully compliant with GDPR, CNIL, and ePrivacy. Built with vanilla JavaScript – no jQuery dependency. Use the shortcode [smile_contact_form] to embed the form on any page or post. External services This plugin integrates Google reCAPTCHA v3 to protect the form from spam and abuse. What the service is and what it is used for: Google reCAPTCHA v3 analyzes user behavior to block automated spam submissions. What data is sent and when: Upon form submission, the following data is sent to Google: – reCAPTCHA token – User’s IP address – Your reCAPTCHA secret key Links to terms and privacy policy: – Google Terms of Service – Google Privacy PolicySMiLE Basic Web is actively maintained. If you find it helpful, consider supporting development through donations. Contributions and feedback are always welcome!