Advanced Forms for ACF vs Manfi FormFlow Engine

Documentation | Purchase Pro Advanced Forms is a WordPress plugin for creating front-end forms using Advanced Custom Fields. It supports all ACF field types, including repeaters and flexible content fields, and provides the same field editing interface you are already familiar with. Advanced Forms requires ACF PRO v5.7 or later. Email notifications: Configure an unlimited number of email notifications, including support for dynamic recipients and field includes. AJAX submissions: Use AJAX for a better user experience with faster submissions and no page reloads. Entries: Save form submissions as entries with all fields. Spam protection: Every form is protected against spam using a honeypot. If you need more sophisticated spam protection, Advanced Forms Pro includes support for reCAPTCHA. Restrictions: Place limits on your form using the built-in restrictions or create your own: Limit the total number of submissions Limit your form to only logged-in users Limit the time when your form can be used User-friendly UI: Create forms either through the admin panel or programmatically for easy integration. Gutenberg support: Add forms to your site using Gutenberg blocks. Developer-friendly: Designed for developers with a large variety of hooks and helper functions and comprehensive documentation. Pro On top of that, Advanced Forms Pro offers even more features for advanced use cases. You can purchase a license through Hookturn which can be used on an unlimited number of sites. Priority support: Get direct support with an average response time of 1-2 days. Post editing: Set up forms to create and edit posts. Configure the post title, content and status and automatically map your existing ACF fields. User editing: Register new users or let people edit their user profile with automatic mapping of your user fields. Calculated fields: Give your users immediate feedback as they fill out your form. Calculated fields update live with the values from other fields. Calculated fields are also fully programmable for more complex calculations. Slack: Get a message in Slack for each form submission, including all form data. Mailchimp: Create a form to sign users up for your Mailchimp mailing list. Zapier: Connect your form to thousands of third-party services using Zapier. Google reCAPTCHA: Protect your forms against spam using an invisible captcha. Support If you need help, have a feature request, or think you’ve found a bug, don’t hesitate to reach out. Either create a ticket on the WordPress Support Forums or an issue on Github. For Pro users, please send an email to [email protected] and we’ll respond as fast as we can, most often within 1-2 days. Documentation The documentation has been moved to a new site, check it out: advancedforms.github.io

Manfi FormFlow Engine is a powerful and flexible visual form builder plugin that helps you create and manage custom forms in WordPress without any coding knowledge. Whether you need a simple contact form or a complex multi-step survey, Manfi FormFlow Engine gives you a robust step-based builder experience inside your WordPress admin dashboard. You can create forms, manage submissions, and embed them anywhere using a simple shortcode. Key Features: Visual Drag-and-Drop Builder: Easily build forms with a modern, intuitive interface. Multi-Step Forms: Create better user experiences by breaking long forms into logical steps. Comprehensive Field Types: Support for text, email, select, radio, checkboxes, file uploads, date/time pickers, range sliders, rating stars, silent query parameters, signatures, dynamic repeater rows, and presentation-only instruction blocks. Description / Instructions Field: Allow adding a presentation-only block (like a section divider with heading + paragraph) between any two fields without submitting data. Date/Time Picker: Multi-mode input supporting standard date, time, datetime-local, month, and week modes, complete with strict past/future validations and custom error messages. Premium Range Slider: Visual slider tracks with customizable min/max steps and real-time value bubble displays. Accessible Star Rating: Focusable interactive SVG stars that fill and scale dynamically on hover/select via native CSS. Interactive Signature Pad: Allows users to draw signatures on an interactive HTML5 canvas on touch and desktop devices, stored cleanly as base64 images. Dynamic Repeater Fields: Group and repeat multiple fields in rows natively with automatic spawner templates and active index reindexing. Custom Email Templates: Build custom email layout templates using Gutenberg block editor or page builders with dynamic field placeholders. Custom SMTP Setup: Deliver your notification emails reliably using outgoing SMTP mail servers with WP Mail SMTP auto-discovery. White Labeling: Rebrand the plugin completely by custom plugin naming, custom menu titles, logo uploads, and stripping author details. Multiple Page Builder Support for Templates: Full programmatic editing support inside Elementor, Beaver Builder, and Divi editors. Custom Form Actions: Choose Redirect, Add Post, Place WooCommerce Order, or Send Email action triggers dynamically upon submission. Admin Form Management: Full control over your forms and submissions from the WordPress dashboard. Interactive Submission View: Dashicon visibility triggers to inspect form entries with structured details, file attachments, and collapsible raw JSON output. Live Inline Form Preview: Preview forms in a beautiful popup modal containing backdrop blur glassmorphism and elastic zoom animations straight from the dashboard. Native Gutenberg Block: Visually select, preview, and embed forms directly inside the Block Editor with block inspector controls and live canvas rendering. Dedicated Elementor Widget: Easily embed forms in Elementor with custom form pickers and full control over wrapper alignment, background colors, padding, borders, and box shadows. Dedicated Bricks Builder Element: Native drag-and-drop element integration for Bricks Builder with dynamic form selection dropdown, title/description toggles, and live editor canvas preview. Frontend Shortcode: Embed your forms easily with a shortcode like [manffoen_form id="123"]. Submission Handling: View and manage all form entries directly in the admin area. WordPress Multisite Compatibility: Dynamically provisions tables on network activation, automatically hooks new site initializations, and sweeps all sub-site data during uninstall.