Contact Form X vs FormRank Lead Scoring

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! 🙂

FormRank tells you which WordPress form submissions are worth your time. It automatically sorts every lead by quality — so you call the right people first and stop wasting hours on spam and tire-kickers. Features: Guided Setup Wizard – Get started in under a minute with industry-matched demo data so you can explore the dashboard instantly Smart Spam & Quality Filter – Junk submissions, cold outreach, and spam automatically score low and stay out of your way Smart Lead Scoring – Intelligent scoring engine analyzes form submissions and provides lead scores (1-100) Multiple Form Support – Works with WPForms, Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, and Formidable Forms Smart Lead Classification – Automatically categorizes leads as Hot, Warm, Neutral, Cool, or Cold AI-Powered Lead Enrichment (PRO) – Instantly enrich leads with job title, company details, seniority level, LinkedIn profile, and more using AI web research Learning System – Scoring improves over time as you mark leads as converted Email Notifications – Get instant alerts for hot leads Webhook Integration – Send scored leads to Zapier, Make, or any webhook endpoint Privacy First – All data stored locally in your WordPress database Dashboard Analytics – Track lead quality trends and conversion metrics Data Import – Import historical form entries for immediate scoring CSV & JSON Export – Export leads with scores and enrichment data for use in external tools How It Works: Install and activate — the setup wizard walks you through choosing your industry Explore a pre-populated dashboard with realistic demo leads for your business type Configure your business context and ideal customer profile in Settings Form submissions are automatically captured and scored View leads sorted by score in the admin dashboard Mark leads as converted to improve scoring accuracy over time Free vs Pro: Free version includes: * Unlimited lead capture and storage * All form integrations * Local scoring engine * Basic email notifications * Dashboard analytics * 50 AI scores per month Pro version adds: * Unlimited AI scoring * Advanced AI scoring via Claude * AI-powered lead enrichment — job title, company, seniority, LinkedIn, and more * Enrichment data included in CSV and JSON exports * Slack notifications * Priority support External Services This plugin connects to external third-party services under certain conditions. Below is a comprehensive disclosure of all external services used. FormRank Analysis Service Purpose: AI-powered lead scoring, lead enrichment, license validation, and usage tracking What data is sent: For scoring: form field names, form field values, timestamps, and submission metadata. For enrichment (PRO): lead name and email address. This may include personally identifiable information (names, email addresses, phone numbers, company names) submitted through your forms. When data is sent: For scoring: only when a site administrator has enabled AI scoring and a visitor submits a form that is configured for scoring. For enrichment: only when an administrator explicitly clicks the “Enrich” button on a lead. Service Provider: FormRank Service Terms of Use: https://formrankwp.com/terms Service Privacy Policy: https://formrankwp.com/privacy Anthropic Claude API Purpose: AI language model that performs lead analysis, scoring, and enrichment research What data is sent: For scoring: processed form submission data is forwarded by the FormRank Analysis Service to the Claude API for analysis. For enrichment: lead name and email are sent for AI-powered web research to identify professional details. The Claude API key is managed server-side and is never exposed to the plugin or site administrators. When data is sent: When the FormRank Analysis Service processes a scoring or enrichment request Service Provider: Anthropic, PBC Service Terms of Use: https://www.anthropic.com/terms Service Privacy Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/privacy Freemius Purpose: Plugin license management, update delivery, and optional usage analytics What data is sent: Site URL, plugin version, license key, and optional diagnostic data (only with admin consent via the opt-in prompt shown on activation) When data is sent: On plugin activation (opt-in prompt), during license validation, and when checking for plugin updates Service Provider: Freemius, Inc. Service Terms of Use: https://freemius.com/terms/ Service Privacy Policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/ Data Processing Notes All data transmission uses HTTPS encryption AI scoring is opt-in – site administrators must explicitly enable it Administrators can configure which forms are analyzed No form submission data is stored permanently on external servers beyond processing needs Site administrators are responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR) A suggested privacy policy snippet is available under WordPress > Settings > Privacy for site administrators to include in their privacy policy Privacy Policy This plugin collects and processes form submission data as described below. Site administrators are responsible for ensuring their use of this plugin complies with applicable data protection laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA). Data collected: Form submitter name, email address, company, phone, and all form field values. Lead Enrichment (PRO feature): When a PRO user triggers lead enrichment, the lead’s name and email address are sent to Anthropic’s Claude AI API via a secure FormRank Cloudflare Worker proxy. The AI performs web-based research to identify job title, company, LinkedIn URL, and related professional information. No enrichment data is stored by Anthropic beyond the time needed to process the request. Anthropic Privacy Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/privacy FormRank Privacy Policy: https://formrankwp.com/privacy All data is stored locally in your WordPress database. The personal data exporter and eraser (Tools > Export Personal Data / Erase Personal Data) cover all data stored by this plugin including enrichment data.