Giraforms – Contact Form, Booking Form, Survey & Custom Form Builder for Block Editor vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

Giraforms is a Gutenberg-native form builder for people who want full control inside WordPress. Build and manage forms directly in the block editor, using real blocks instead of shortcode builders. You can create contact forms, booking forms, surveys, registrations, quote requests and more while keeping all data on your own server. Try Demo | Upgrade to Pro | Documentation Why Giraforms? Truly native Gutenberg workflow — Build forms where you already build pages Performance-focused — Frontend assets load only on pages that contain a form Privacy-first by default — Submissions stay in your WordPress database Built-in anti-spam stack — Honeypot, timestamp checks, Turnstile, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha Flexible layouts — Use Columns, Groups, Headings and core blocks inside forms Ready in minutes — Start from 10 pre-built templates or create from scratch Free Features 18 form field blocks 10 pre-built templates (contact, booking, survey, job application and more) AJAX form submission (with graceful non-JS fallback) Client-side and server-side validation Honeypot + timestamp anti-spam Captcha providers: Cloudflare Turnstile, reCAPTCHA v2/v3, hCaptcha Submissions dashboard in WordPress admin CSV export Admin email notifications + user confirmation emails Custom success message or redirect GDPR consent field Privacy options (disable IP and user-agent collection) Mobile-friendly and translation-ready Free vs Pro (quick overview) Free is ideal if you need: – Contact/lead forms built in Gutenberg – Local entry storage in WordPress – CSV export and email notifications – Strong anti-spam and GDPR-friendly options Pro is ideal if you need: – Payments with Stripe – Advanced booking workflows and calendar export – File uploads, signatures, ratings, geolocation, advanced phone – Conditional logic and multi-step forms – Webhooks, Brevo & Mailchimp sync, statistics and custom email templates Available Form Fields (Free) Text — Single line text input Number — Numeric input with min/max Email — With built-in validation Phone — Phone number input URL — Website URL input Textarea — Multi-line text area Select — Dropdown with custom options Checkbox — Multiple selections Radio — Single selection Date — Date picker Time — Time selection Password — Secure input Hidden — Hidden data field Range Slider — Visual numeric slider Color Picker — Color selection Consent — GDPR checkbox Submit Button — Customizable button Pro Features Unlock advanced capabilities with Giraforms Pro: File Upload — Accept file attachments in your forms Star Rating — Collect ratings with a star field Calendar — Inline calendar date picker Booking — Booking fields with time slots, admin calendar view and calendar export Phone (Advanced) — International phone input with country flags Signature — Digital signature pad Currency — Formatted currency input Geolocation — Location-aware field Stripe Payments — Collect payments directly inside your forms Conditional Logic — Show/hide fields based on user input Multi-step Forms — Split long forms into guided steps with progress bar Custom Styles — Control fonts, colors, borders and label position per form Access Restrictions — Limit forms to logged-in or logged-out users Form Scheduling — Open and close forms on specific dates Unique Entry Validation — Prevent duplicate submissions by email Submission Statuses — Track and update entry status from the admin Statistics Dashboard — View form performance and submission trends Custom Email Templates — Branded notification emails Webhooks — Send form data to external services via HTTP requests Brevo — Sync form submissions with your Brevo contact lists Use Cases Giraforms is ideal for: Contact forms Booking and reservation forms Survey and feedback forms Job application forms Event registration forms Quote and order request forms Newsletter subscription forms Support ticket forms Who is it for? Freelancers and agencies building Gutenberg websites Local businesses that need booking and lead forms Teams that want data ownership and privacy-first form handling Site owners who want to avoid bulky shortcode-based form builders Pre-built Templates Get started in seconds with 10 ready-to-use templates: Contact Form Registration Form Newsletter Subscription Feedback Form Support Request Quote Request (multi-column) Event Registration (multi-column) Job Application (multi-column) Survey Form Booking Form (multi-column)

Easily improve site security with WordPress Hardening, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Login Protection, Vulnerability Detection and SSL certificate. Really simple, Effective and Performant WordPress Security Really Simple Security is the most lightweight and easy-to-use security plugin for WordPress. It secures your WordPress website with SSL certificate generation, including proper 301 https redirection and SSL enforcement, scanning for possible vulnerabilities, Login Protection and implementing essential WordPress hardening features. We believe that security should have the absolute minimum effect on website performance, user experience and maintainability. Therefore, Really Simple Security is: Lightweight: Every security feature is developed with a modular approach and with performance in mind. Disabled features won’t load any redundant code. Easy-to-use: 1-minute configuration with short onboarding setup. Security Features Easy SSL Migration Migrates your website to HTTPS and enforces SSL in just one click. 301 redirect via PHP or .htaccess Secure cookies Let’s Encrypt: Install an SSL Certificate if your hosting provider supports manual installation. Server Health Check: Your server configuration is every bit as important for your website security. WordPress Hardening Tweak your configuration and keep WordPress fortified and safe by tackling potential weaknesses. Prevent code execution in the uploads folder Prevent login feedback and disable user enumeration Disable XML-RPC Disable directory browsing Username restrictions (block ‘admin’ and public names) and much more.. Vulnerability Detection Get notified when plugins, themes or WP core contain vulnerabilities and need appropriate action. Login Protection Allow or enforce Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for specific user roles. Users receive a two-factor code via Email. Improve Security with Really Simple Security Pro Protect your site with all essential security features by upgrading to Really Simple Security Pro. Advanced SSL enforcement Mixed Content Scan & Fixer. Detect files that are requested over HTTP and fix them to HTTPS, both Front- and Back-end. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security and configure your site for the HSTS Preload list. Firewall Really Simple Security Pro includes a performant and efficient WordPress firewall, to stop bots, crawlers and bad actors with IP and username blocks. 404 blocking – Blocks crawlers as they trigger unusual numbers of 404 errors. Region blocking – Only allow/block access to your site from specific regions. Automated and customisable Firewall rules. IP blocklist and allowlist. Security Headers Security headers protect your site visitors against the risk of clickjacking, cross-site-forgery attacks, stealing login credentials and malware. Independent of your Server Configuration, works on Apache, LiteSpeed, NGINX, etc. Protect your website visitors with X-XSS Protection, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, a Referrer Policy and CORS headers. Automatically generate your WordPress-tailored Content Security Policy. Vulnerability Measures When a vulnerability is detected in a plugin, theme or WordPress core you will get notified accordingly. With Vulnerability Measures, you can configure simple but effective measures to make sure that a critical vulnerability won’t remain unattended. Force update: An update process will be tried multiple times until it can be assumed development of a theme or plugin is abandoned. You will be notified during these steps. Quarantine: When a plugin or theme can’t be updated to solve a vulnerability, Really Simple Security can quarantine the plugin. Advanced Site Hardening Choose a custom login URL Automated File Permissions check and fixer Rename and randomize your database prefix Change the debug.log file location to a non-public folder Disable application passwords Control admin creation Disable HTTP methods, reducing HTTP requests Login Protection Secure your website’s login process and user accounts with powerful security measures. Two-Step verification (Email login) 2FA (two factor authentication) with TOTP Passwordless login with passkey login Enforce strong passwords and frequent password change Limit Login Attempts With Limit Login Attempts you can configure a threshold to temporarily or permanently block IP addresses or (non-existing) usernames. You can also throw a CAPTCHA after a failed login (hCaptcha or Google reCaptcha) Access Control Restrict access to your site for specific regions. Add specific IP addresses or IP ranges to the Blocklist or Allowlist. Useful Links Documentation Security Definitions Translate Really Simple Security Issues & pull requests Feature requests Love Really Simple Security? If you want to support the continuing development of this plugin, please consider buying Really Simple Security Pro, which includes some excellent security features and premium support. About Really Simple Plugins Our mission is to make complex WordPress requirements really easy. Really Simple Security is developed by Really Simple Plugins. For generating SSL certificates, Really Simple Security uses the le acme2 PHP Let’s Encrypt client library, thanks to ‘fbett’ for providing it. Vulnerability Detection uses WP Vulnerability, an open-source initiative by Javier Casares. Want to join as a collaborator? We’re on GitHub as well!