Contact Form X vs Forerunner® AI Live Chat

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! 🙂

Forerunner AI Live Chat provides a complete, modern chat solution for WordPress websites using n8n or another automation platform. Connect your visitors with AI-powered conversations through webhook integration while maintaining full control over your data and user experience. Key Features AI-Powered Chat – Connect to any AI service via webhook Azure Functions Ready – Full support for Azure Functions with API Key authentication Custom API Headers – Add custom authentication headers (X-API-Key, Bearer tokens, etc.) Flexible Field Mapping – Configure request/response field names for any API format Custom Bot Icons – Choose from built-in icons or upload your own Mobile-Friendly Design – Responsive interface works on all devices Easy Setup – Simple configuration with no coding required Color Customization – Match your brand colors perfectly Webhook Integration – Connect to any external AI service (n8n, Azure, AWS, custom APIs) Configurable Timeout – Set custom timeout for slow AI agents (5-120 seconds) Voice Chat Ready – Compatible with voice chat extensions How It Works Install and activate the plugin Configure your webhook URL in the settings (from n8n or any other webhook-capable service) Customize the appearance, bot name, and messages to match your brand Visitors can start chatting with your AI assistant immediately Webhook Integration This plugin sends chat messages to your specified webhook URL, allowing seamless integration with n8n (our recommended starting point) or any other webhook-capable service. Common use cases include: Azure Functions – Full support with X-API-Key authentication n8n, Zapier, Make (Integromat), or Pipedream workflows OpenAI GPT models and Azure OpenAI Service AWS Lambda with API Gateway Google Cloud Functions Custom AI services and REST APIs Customer support systems CRM integrations Azure Functions Setup For Azure Functions integration: Enter your Azure Function URL in the Webhook Endpoint field Set Authentication Type to “API Key Header” Set Header Name to “X-API-Key” (or your function’s key name) Enter your Azure Function key as the Header Value Configure the Request/Response field names to match your function’s format The plugin connects exclusively to your specified webhook URL to process chat messages. No data is sent to third-party servers without your explicit configuration. Support For support questions, please use the WordPress.org support forums. We monitor these regularly and provide assistance with setup, configuration, and troubleshooting. Privacy This plugin sends chat messages exclusively to your specified webhook URL (for example, n8n, Zapier, Make, Pipedream, or a custom service). No conversation data is stored on your website unless your webhook implementation chooses to do so. The plugin does not collect personal information beyond what visitors voluntarily enter in the chat interface. Third-Party Services This plugin may use the following external services: IP Geolocation Service (ip-api.com) – Purpose: Display visitor location information (country and city) in the admin dashboard – Data sent: Visitor IP addresses only – When: Automatically when visitors access your website with the chat widget active – Terms of Service: http://ip-api.com/docs/legal – Privacy Policy: http://ip-api.com/docs/privacy – Note: This geolocation feature helps website administrators understand their visitor demographics but does not affect the chat functionality. No personal information beyond IP addresses is transmitted to this service. OpenAI Realtime API (api.openai.com) – Purpose: Voice chat functionality for real-time audio conversations – Data sent: Audio streams and voice data during voice chat sessions – When: Only when voice chat is enabled and actively used (requires separate DFO Voice plugin) – Terms of Service: https://openai.com/terms/ – Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/privacy/ – Note: This service is only used when the DFO Voice Realtime plugin is installed and voice chat is enabled. The free version of this plugin has voice features disabled by default. DFO Voice Plugin API (local WordPress REST API) – Purpose: Generate secure tokens for voice chat sessions – Data sent: Session requests and authentication data – When: Only when DFO Voice Realtime plugin is active and voice chat is initiated – Note: This is a local WordPress REST API endpoint, not an external service. No data is sent outside your website. Credits Developed by Design for Online®. Built with WordPress best practices and community feedback in mind.