Contact Form X vs Contact Forms by Cimatti

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! 🙂

Live Preview – Try it in WordPress Playground (form submission is not available in the live preview) Forms are an essential component of any website. Contact Forms by Cimatti is the culmination of years of experience building and developing business websites of all types. Our plugin focuses on simplicity, power, and accessibility, helping you capture, store, and classify contacts according to their lead status. It’s ideal for single-language and multilingual sites, simple blogs, or complex WordPress-powered Content Management Systems. Accessibility First Contact Forms is built with accessibility at its core, designed to meet WCAG 2.2 AA standards and comply with the European Accessibility Act: Screen Reader Support: All form elements are properly labelled and wired with aria-describedby and aria-invalid, with live regions for dynamic updates and meaningful error announcements Keyboard Navigation: Full keyboard accessibility for all interactions, including drag-and-drop file uploads Clear Error Messages: Validation summary with clickable links to problematic fields, smooth scroll and focus management Accessible Loading States: Visual and screen reader feedback during form submission Reduced Motion Support: Respects prefers-reduced-motion user preference High Contrast: Error and success states designed for visibility Select, Configure, and Embed Forms Choose the fields you require, customize on-screen messages and email responses, preview, and effortlessly embed forms into your posts, pages, or custom content types using the Contact Form block, a shortcode, or the button in the classic visual editor. Create Forms for Any Purpose Create as many forms as you need. Design landing pages, contact pages, invitations, job application forms with curriculum upload, customer request forms, spare part requests, and more. Utilize the “Clone” feature to avoid “reinventing the wheel” when creating new forms. Ready-to-Use Features Contact Forms by Cimatti has commonly used fields like First Name, Last Name, Address, Province, Country, Telephone, Email, Captcha, and default success messages and email notifications. Simply create a drag-and-drop form, save it, go to a post or page, and insert it with the Contact Form block or, in the classic visual editor, with the Contact Forms button in the toolbar. Easy to Use for Beginners These features make it effortless for first-time users, but the plugin’s fast learning curve will soon entice you to explore its advanced features. Craft Superior Forms Don’t leave anything to chance; fine-tune the entire form submission process. Spam Protection Stop spam with Google reCAPTCHA v2 (checkbox), the invisible score-based Google reCAPTCHA v3, Cap (the open-source proof-of-work captcha you host yourself), or Cloudflare Turnstile (which needs the free Simple Cloudflare Turnstile plugin). Captcha fields are added per form with drag and drop, so you protect only the forms that need it. With reCAPTCHA v2 and v3 you can also choose, per form, what happens when the check fails: accept the submission silently (the sender sees the normal success message while it is stored with the Spam status and no notification emails are sent), move it to Trash, delete it immediately, or reject it with a visible error so the visitor can retry. Each type ships with the default that fits it: silent for the invisible v3, a visible error for the v2 checkbox, so a real person who forgot to tick it is asked again instead of being filed as spam. For your visitors’ privacy, no request is made to Google until they start filling in the form – and with Cap running on your own server, no captcha request leaves your infrastructure at all. Create Reusable Fields Build custom fields to reuse multiple times, starting with 24 available field types, including Text Field, Text Area, Email, Autoreply Email, Telephone, Date, Checkbox, Multiple checkboxes, Radio buttons, Select, Multiple selections area, Post select, Color picker, Hidden value, File upload, Captcha, Custom HTML, Password, and more. Customize Forms to Perfection Apply visual styles to your forms using options in the “Appearance and General” tab. Select colors, margins, button styles, and more. Custom Messages for Success Each form can have its own unique online success message. So, when a form is completed, you can provide access to a file download link, coupon information, or simply a message to confirm that the form was submitted correctly. Email Notifications for Administrators and Visitors Send email notifications to administrators, including tracking information like visitor IP, referrer, date and time of form submission, and other user properties (for a full list, see the Beginners’ Guide). Send an email notification to the visitor as further confirmation that the form was filled in correctly. The live preview in the form editor lets you check the form before you publish it. Data Collection and Excel Export All submitted data is securely stored in your WordPress database. Contacts received can be easily categorized into lead status categories and spam and tests can be easily discarded. Add notes on each contact received to keep track. All contact data received can be filtered, searched, and exported to Excel at any time: export all the columns, or only the ones currently visible in the list. Exports open with the header row frozen and the column filters already switched on. Contact Forms also includes a tracking graph in its Dashboard that displays the performance of all or each of your website forms over time. Developer-Friendly API Contact Forms by Cimatti includes an API to assist developers in customizing and adding their own features. WordPress Filters are used to customize forms during generation, to check and validate submitted form values, to execute custom code using sent data, and to add custom tokens for messages. Read the documentation on our site for more information. Powerful PHP Form Builder Class Contact Forms by Cimatti utilizes a PHP form builder class to generate the forms, ensuring robust and efficient form creation and management.