Top 10 Free WordPress Plugins to create Contact Form

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WordPress have made it quite easy to setup a Website within minutes not only for developers but for somewhat technical users also. However, when it comes to create a form then one must have the sound knowledge jQuery, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL etc. to create the form. It is said that WordPress Plugin Repository has one or more plugin(s) for your every one need. Proving the same, we will illustrate the top 10 free plugins to create Contact Form in WordPress. You can use anyone of them for your Website.

Contact Form 7

Are you looking for one of the easiest way to create a contact form? Yes, then straightaway go for Contact Form 7. You just have to install this plugin, activate it and then paste its short code in a post, page or widget to create a Contact form.

Screenshot of Contact Form created through Contact Form 7

Using Contact Form 7, you can create as many contact form as you want. You can also add other text fields, drop-down menus, Quiz, File Upload option, Submit button, checkboxes, radio buttons and CAPTCHA. You’ve to either install the Really Simple CAPTCHA or WP-reCAPTCHA plus Contact Form reCAPTCHA Extension to use CAPTCHA with Contact Form plugin. Click here to view a video and text-based tutorial to explain how to install this plugin.

Fast Secure Contact Form

This plugin allows you creating a free contact form easily with CAPTCHA and Autoresponder. You can configure this plugin to automatically send a reply to the person who has contacted you. In addition, it allows you to provide a redirect URL to which the visitor is redirected after clicking the Send/Submit button.

Screenshot of Contact form generated through Fast Secure Contact Form Plugin

Unlike Contact Form 7, there is no need to install separate plugin(s) to use CAPTCHA with Fast Secure Contact Form.

SimpleModal Contact Form

It is another contact form WordPress plugin. There is no need to create a separate page or post. You just have to install the plugin, activate it and paste the provided anchor tag anywhere in the Website. One can click this code to see the SimpleModal Contact Form in a pop-up menu.

Preview of Contact pop-up generated through SimpleModal Contact Form Plugin

If you like the pop-up based Contact Form which does not consume a complete page or post then it is the best option. However, it does not have CAPTCHA to fight against spam. On the brighter side, you can allow person, filling the form, to send a copy of contact message to his/her email address also.

Contact ColdForm

Contact ColdForm allows you to create a contact form within two to five minutes. If you are fed up of image-based CAPTCHA then it allows you to have manual text-based CAPTCHA. It also allows the visitors to send a carbon copy of the message to their email addresses as well.

Preview of Contact Form generated through Contact Cold Form

It is noteworthy that you’ve to manually insert the text-based question and its answer. However, you can make the answer case sensitive. In nutshell, the entered Anti-spam will remain static and similar for all visitors.

Slick Contact Form

Are you thinking to have a basic but floating Contact form button for your Website? You can use Slick Contact Form plugin.

Preview of dynamic contact form through Slick Contact Form Plugin

This allows you to add anyone of following two dynamic buttons in left or right sides:

1. sliding out button, which remains fix to either right or left side

2. floating ‘Contact’ button, which scrolls up and down with the scrolling and shows

Both will display a simple Contact form on click. Please note that this plugin does not feature a CAPTCHA or Anti-Spam option.

Magic Contact

Magic Contact is one more plugin to generate dynamic contact form for your Website. You can either place it on right side or left side. By default, it shows a button titled ‘Feedback’ on all of the Web pages.

Preview of Dynamic Contact Form through Magic Contact

This plugin does not offer as much customization as offered by Fast Secure Contact Form or Contact Form 7. It also does not include any CAPTCHA but saves you from creating a separate page or post for having Contact form on your Website.

Enhanced WP Contact Form

This plugin allows you to create a simple but elegant contact form for your WordPress Website within three minutes. Instead of image, it makes use of dynamic text-based CAPTCHA and presents questions like ‘The sum of 5 and 13 is =?”.

Preview of Contact option through Enhanced WP Contact Form Plugin

You just have to insert the code [wpcf] in a new post or page to create a contact form. You can also allow a visitor to send a copy of the message to its email address also.

ONW Simple Contact Form

You can simply install this plugin and use it with a short code like other Contact form plugins discussed above. By default, it displays a simple text-based Math CAPTCHA, but you can also use reCAPTCHA after entering the API keys through recaptcha.net.

Preview of Contact Form generated through ONW Simple Contact Form Plugin

Please note that this plugin is not customizable except option to change primary email address, to which the messages will be delivered. However, you can modify its CSS to tailor the plugin according to your requirements.

Contact Form by ContactMe.com

ContactMe.com provides this WordPress plugin to create a contact form. The users are required to create an account on ContactMe. One can create a free account with them also to handle unlimited users. To see other options, check out their pricing at http://www.contactme.com/pricing.

Screenshot of Contact Form generated through ContactMe Plugin

When you create a free account on ContactMe then it allows you to create a form. You can select the options, customize the form, add your location plus contact details, add a Google map and CAPTCHA to it. After installing the form, you just have to enter the email address and password of ContactMe account. This will allow you to add a dynamic contact form on your Website.

WD3K Ajax Sliding Contact Form

As the name suggests, it is a dynamic sliding Contact Form for your Website. It is a breeze to install it but it does not allow full customization. In addition, WD3K Ajax Sliding Contact Form plugin does not feature CAPTCHA, mark a carbon copy to visitor, and auto-responder.

Preview of WD3K Sliding Contact Form Plugin

Conclusion

We’ve listed the famous and easy-to-use to Contact Form plugins for a WordPress Website. You can make use of any of them for your site. As per your requirement, you can go with a plugin that creates a separate page and a plugin that adds a dynamic option onscreen. We invite our readers to provide their feedback about above plugins and also share their experience if they’re using anyone of above listed plugins.