Contact Form X vs Sobi Forms

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! 🙂

Build any WordPress contact form in minutes, without bloated scripts on your public site. Sobi Forms is a lightweight contact form plugin and drag and drop form builder for those who want native SMTP, webhooks, file uploads, spam protection, and a beautiful submissions inbox in one place. Perfect for: Contact forms and lead capture forms Quote request forms and support forms Registration forms and newsletter signups Job application forms and file upload forms (resumes, PDFs, images) Embed with shortcode or Gutenberg block on any page. React loads in the admin builder only — your visitors get a fast, lean front-end. Works with Elementor, Divi, Gutenberg and WooCommerce. Learn more: sobiforms.com — features, FAQ, docs, and the public roadmap. Why Sobi Forms? Lightweight — ~5 KB CSS + JS on form pages (gzipped); assets load only where a form is rendered No bloat — no jQuery, no front-end React, no Bootstrap on the public site Native SMTP — route notification and confirmation emails through your mail server Custom notification emails — edit admin and visitor subject/body per form with placeholders ({{field.*}}, {{all_fields}}, and more) Native webhooks — POST JSON to Zapier, Make, n8n, or any HTTPS endpoint Brevo & Mailchimp — sync signups to Brevo lists or Mailchimp audiences from any form; map fields, optional double opt-in, delivery logs with Retry Gmail-style submissions inbox — read, star, filter, search, spam queue, and Trashed tab; split list + detail layout to manage every contact form submission in one place File uploads — secure private storage; admin-only downloads AJAX contact forms — submit without a full page reload GDPR-friendly — inbox-only delivery, hashed IP, no tracking pixels Spam protection — honeypot, nonces, rate limit, optional Turnstile and Akismet Fast admin — drag and drop form builder (React in admin only) File Upload Forms Collect resumes, PDFs, and images on the same form as the rest of your fields — no extra plugin. You pick what to accept; files stay private on your server and download only from the admin inbox. Drag and Drop Form Builder Canvas on the left, settings on the right — build a form in minutes and save without a page reload. Start from templates (Contact, Quote, Job, Event, Support). Put fields side by side (First name | Last name). Mark each multi-checkbox option Required or Optional — mandatory terms, optional newsletter. Add inline links in paragraphs and consent checkboxes. Pause a form, close it on a date, or stop after N submissions. Text, email, phone, date, file upload, consent checkbox, and more — all in one builder. Native SMTP Stop fighting WordPress mail. Route admin notifications and visitor thank-yous through your SMTP server — configure once under Sobi Forms → Settings, test the connection, and retry failed sends from the logs. No third-party form SaaS in the middle. Custom notification emails Customize admin notification and visitor confirmation emails per form — subject and HTML body — under After submit in the builder. Open an email action → Content tab. Leave fields blank to keep the default template (existing forms unchanged until you edit). Placeholders: {{form.title}}, {{form.slug}}, {{submission.id}}, {{meta.source_page}}, {{field. }}, and {{all_fields}} (full field list). Use + Var to insert tokens. Send test email delivers a preview to your WordPress account address only — never to form recipients. Webhooks Connect Sobi Forms to Zapier, Make, n8n, or any HTTPS endpoint. Add unlimited webhook URLs per form under Automations in the builder; submissions POST as JSON in the background. Failed deliveries land in the logs with Retry — no extra connector plugin. Brevo & Mailchimp Sync newsletter and lead-capture signups to Brevo or Mailchimp without a separate connector plugin. Add your API key under Settings → Integrations, then + Brevo or + Mailchimp on any form: pick list/audience, map the email field and custom attributes or merge fields, optionally enable Require double opt-in. Skipped, warning, and failed API runs appear in each connector’s Logs tab with Retry. Submissions Inbox Manage every lead like email: read/unread, star, search, filter, spam queue, and Trashed with restore. Split list + detail, admin notes, and a dashboard widget for unread submissions. See which page a submission came from. Export to CSV or JSON when you need a report or backup. Embed Anywhere Shortcode or Gutenberg block — one click to Embed, paste on any page. Works with Elementor, Divi, WooCommerce, and any builder that supports shortcodes or blocks. ~5 KB on pages with a form; zero weight everywhere else. Security & Privacy Honeypot, nonces, and server-side validation on every submission. Optional Akismet and Cloudflare Turnstile. Rate limiting against abuse. Data stays on your server — no tracking pixels, inbox-only mode when you want zero email. Privacy Policy Sobi Forms processes data submitted through your forms. Per form you choose how submissions are delivered: Email notifications – when the admin notification action is enabled with valid recipient addresses, field values are sent via wp_mail() or SMTP. Custom subject/body templates (when configured) are resolved with placeholders at send time. Visitor confirmation – when Send user confirmation is enabled under After submit, the submitter may receive a thank-you email at the address from the selected email field. Custom templates may include their own submitted field values via placeholders; the default template is a simple thank-you without field values. Database storage – when Save to inbox is enabled (default for new forms), submissions are saved in custom tables on your site (wp_sobiforms_submissions, wp_sobiforms_forms). Retention / auto-purge is configured on that action. You can use inbox-only delivery with no email. Hashed IP – when storage is enabled, a one-way SHA-256 hash of the visitor IP is stored with each submission for abuse prevention. Raw IP addresses are not stored. Rate limiting – configurable under Settings → Spam protection (default 10 submissions per hashed IP per hour; set to 0 to disable). Transients expire automatically. Admin notes – internal notes on submissions are stored in your database and never shown on the front-end or included in emails. No tracking – Sobi Forms does not connect to third-party analytics or advertising when processing form submissions. Optional Akismet – if you enable Akismet spam filtering under Settings → Spam protection and the Akismet plugin is active, submission content may be sent to Akismet’s service for spam checks. Optional Cloudflare Turnstile – if you enable Turnstile under Settings → Spam protection, the browser loads Cloudflare’s Turnstile script and may send a verification token to Cloudflare when a form is submitted. Optional Webhooks – if you add Trigger webhook under After submit, submission data (and file URLs when applicable) are POSTed to the URL you provide. Optional Brevo – if you add an API key under Settings → Integrations → Brevo and add a Brevo automation on a form, the visitor email and mapped field values are sent to Brevo’s API (api.brevo.com) to create or update a contact in the list you select. Brevo is a third-party processor; review Brevo’s terms and your lawful basis for list signup. Optional Mailchimp – if you add an API key under Settings → Integrations → Mailchimp and add a Mailchimp automation on a form, the visitor email and mapped merge fields are sent to Mailchimp’s Marketing API (*.api.mailchimp.com) to create or update an audience member. Mailchimp is a third-party processor; review Mailchimp’s terms and your lawful basis for list signup. No data sent to the plugin author – form submissions stay on your server and mail server. The Feedback settings tab links to the WordPress.org support forum and sobiforms.com/roadmap only if you choose to open them. Site owners are responsible for their privacy policy and lawful basis for collecting visitor data. Licenses for Third-Party Resources This plugin bundled resources covered by their own respective licenses: * Lucide Icons – https://lucide.dev License: ISC (https://lucide.dev/license) Copyright (c) Lucide Contributors Blocks This plugin provides 1 block. Sobi Forms Insert a Sobi Forms contact form on any page or post. Select a form in the block sidebar.