Contact Forms by Cimatti vs Lightweight Contact Form

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.

This is the absolute lightest contact form for WordPress. This plugin is designed for the fastest pagespeed. So, there is no CSS stylesheet, no extra files, and no overhead. And no spam. It uses Google reCAPTCHA v3 so as not to annoy your users with any extra step, while keeping your contact form spam-free. If all you need is a simple contact form to take messages from site visitors, and fast page speed is your priority, this minimal plugin is for you. Although this form is lightweight and simple, it blocks SPAM, and has both client-side and server-side validation. This is a solid and dependable contact form. NOTE: To make use of the extra spam protection from Google reCAPTCHA v3, you must get your reCAPTCHA v3 API keys from Google. This is a free and easy step, and is strongly recommended. Features Emails are sent to the admin email which is set in your WordPress General Settings. Add the contact form to any page with a shortcode. Both JavaScript client-side and PHP server-side validation. It’s just one file. No extra CSS or JavaScript files. This is for the most lightweight footprint. You must add any CSS styling yourself. This is easy and is explained in the installation guide. (In addition, if you need extra fields or different forms for different pages, see the Advanced: Add Custom Form Fields section.)