Advanced Forms for ACF vs Omusubi

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

Omusubi is a powerful WordPress form plugin with a visual builder right in the admin screen. With just clicks and drag-and-drop, you can build the variety of forms a business actually needs: contact forms, lead capture forms, surveys, prize entries, recruitment applications and more. Submissions are managed from a tabular view in the admin and can be exported as CSV. Slack notifications, Google Sheets integration, reCAPTCHA, time-limited acceptance windows — everything you need for day-to-day operation is bundled in a single plugin. Key features Form building Drag-and-drop visual builder — 15+ field types (text, email, phone, postal code, textarea, select, radio, checkbox, number, date, time, URL, file, heading, separator, hidden) 12 templates — contact / lead capture / survey / event signup / recruitment / reservation / prize entry / quote request / free consultation / trial lesson / product order / press inquiry 2-column layout — place two fields on the same row Conditional display — show/hide fields based on the value of other fields Shortcode support — paste [omusubi id="1"] into any post or page Notifications & integrations Admin notification + auto-reply emails — customizable subject and body Slack notification — push submissions to a specified channel in real time via Incoming Webhooks (v1.1) Google Sheets integration — append each submission as a new row via Apps Script Web App, just like Google Forms (v1.1) SMTP support — reliable delivery via Gmail / SendGrid / any SMTP server Google reCAPTCHA v2 / v3 — spam protection built in, with score thresholds adjustable from the admin Operation Tabular submission management — status workflow (Unread / Read / Replied / Archived), CSV download (opt-in, disabled by default) Time-limited acceptance — for campaigns like prize giveaways, reject submissions outside a configured window Auto-generated preview page — verify the actual layout before publishing Privacy policy consent — custom text, URL link, or inline body accordion Japanese form optimizations Half-width input enforcement — automatically convert full-width to half-width on email, phone and postal-code fields Postal-code → address autofill — enter a 7-digit postal code and click to populate the address (uses the Zipcloud API; see “External services” below) Full Japanese support — UI, templates, and error messages all available in Japanese via the bundled omusubi-ja.mo Design customization Design tokens — 9 structured tokens for radius / field style / label position / button shape / spacing / font / required marker etc. (v1.2) Theme color picker — 8 presets plus a freeform color picker omusubi_form_inline_css filter — extend CSS dynamically from your theme or a site-specific plugin (developer-oriented) Simple workflow Click “Create new form” from the Omusubi menu Pick a template or start from blank Drag and drop fields into place Configure mail notifications and design Save, copy the shortcode, and paste it into any page Browser support All modern browsers (latest Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge). Internet Explorer is not supported.