5 Best Contact Us Plugins for WordPress

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This article is for those who don’t aware of theirs visitors. Today, I will tell you about 5 Best Contact Us Plugins for WordPress. Before starting this tutorial, at first we know about What Contact Us Plugins is. But, for the new users who don’t know about the WordPress, for them, I have just given you the idea of WordPress.

First of all, what is WordPress?

WordPress is an online, free, open source content management system (CMS). It is based on PHP and MySQL. It is the easiest and powerful blogging in the World.

What is Contact Us Plugins?

If you visit in various websites, then you will see that most of sites have a contact form and these websites are ordered to fill up the form up the form and this form is made up by a set of questions and after filling up these questions, then it automatically sends to your email account. There is some reasons behind the contact form such as:

  • Feedback: It is used for your normal comment after visiting the website.
  • Questions: It is used for asking any questions to the blogger.
  • Service: If this website buys any product, then for the customers it is used to know more information about any product.

Some major benefits of it are:

  • Reduce Spam
  • Information Control
  • Consistency etc.

Here is a list of 5 Best Contact Us Plugins for WordPress


  1. Fast Secure Contact Us Form: Fast Secure Contact Us Form is a very popular and famous and marvellous widely used form for WordPress. It has been downloading over 5 million times from the WordsPress.org. This plugin allows to create various multiple forms and it has also the facility of confirming email. It has also Captcha code and AKISMET for anti-spam. After submitting the form, this plugin automatically redirects to the specific URL. All the main form fields are supported including text, textarea, checkbox, radio, select, attachment and date and time.

Pros:

  • Block spam Submissions: It allows you to create simple, normal form. It also uses Google reCAPTCHA and AKISMET for anti-spam.
  • Documentation is available: It is very handy because if any errors are seen and if you need an assistance, then troubleshooting comes and finds out the errors.
  • Better Support: Unlike most other plugins, you will get a quicker response if you create support form.

Cons:

  • Not Easy to Use: The interface of this plugins is very difficult. So it is not easy to use.
  • Not for Beginners: It is not for the beginners, it is suitable for technically skilled persons.
  1. Contact Form 7: “Contact Form 7” is another popular contact us plugin for the WordPress website. It is currently available over millions of sites. It has handy, simple, customization features. By using this plugin, you can customise the settings of multiple contact forms. This plugin is very clean and it has some tools such as CAPTCHA, AKISMET for anti-spam and Ajax-Power Submitting.
Contact form 7
Contact Form 7

Pros:

  • Addons are Available: It has been the most downloading contact us plugin for  WordPress. It is free and paid third party plugins that extend the built-in functionalities of Contact Form 7.
  • SPAM Filtering: Like Fast Secure Contact Us Form, it also uses CAPTCHA and AKISMET for anti-spam.
  • Extensive Documentation: If you face any problem and if you need any assistance, then you can find DOC, FAQs and more details guides on the developer’s official site.

Cons:

  • Not Easy: Like fast Secure Contact US Form, it is not simple and easy for the first time users i.e. beginners.
  • Limited to Create Contact Form: You cannot create a complex form like order form in Contact 7 Plugin.
  1. Ninja Form: Ninja Form is another popular plugin for creating the contact form. It is a freemium plugin. With drag and drop features, you can very easily create contact forms, email address form and any other types of forms within just a minute. Developers can easily build their own custom functionally with the Ninja Forms with hundreds of functions and action hooks.

Pros:

  • Free version: It is a free version and it is available on the official site of the WordPress plugin repository.
  • Form Builder: Ninja Forms offer a drag and drop form builder.

Cons:

  • Very Expensive: It is very expensive if you want to try to out many add-ons on add-ons site.
  • No pre-built form templates: Every form must be built from scratch, including adding the Submit button.
  1. WP Forms: WP Forms is a very popular plugin for the WordPress. It is very much user-friendly for the beginners. You can create any types of forms by using this plugin, such as contact form, order form, opt-in-form, survey form, and donation form without hiring developer.

Pros:

  • Easy to Use: It is very user-friendly. It is very easy to handle due to the Drop and Drag facility.
  • Free version:   It is a free version and it is available on the official site of the WordPress plugin repository.
  • Publish Anywhere: You can publish it on any places of your page or post with just some clicks.

Cons:

  • Addons are Premium: The free WPForms lite plugin is bundled with all the necessary features you’ll need to create a simple contact form. That means you may need to invest in a premium license if you’re looking to create a complex form like an order form or an opt-in form that integrates with your email marketing tool.
  1. Google Form: Google form is one of the free service provided by Google. It is available on the Google Drive. By using this form, you can ask any questions, collect information, host quizzes, accept orders, receive uploads, and almost anything else.

The results and submissions from your forms are very easy to access and are all stored in an excel sheet in the cloud as part of your Google Drive account, although you are free to download them at will. You also have the option of viewing the submissions in a Google Sheet document for advanced analysis.

For creating Google Form, you may directly visit at: https://forms.google.com  – It is 100% free and easy to use. Here is an example of Google Form.

Characteristics:

  • Create surveys, applications, registrations, questionnaires, polls, quizzes, and more.
  • Format your custom fields as text, paragraphs, multiple choice options, checkboxes, or choices from a list.
  • Collect email addresses for newsletter subscribers.
  • Drag and drop questions to easily rearrange them.
  • Add images and YouTube videos.
  • Select a visual theme design.
  • Collaborate with other Google Drive users on your forms.
  • Use page branching and question skip logic for more advanced forms.
  • Use add-ons for an even more powerful form.
  • Preview your live form.
  • Customize your Confirmation Page.
  • Manage the responses you receive.

CONCLUSION: There are also some Contact Us plugins which are not mentioned in the above. These are: 6. Gravity Forms, 7. Pirate Forms, 8. Formidable Pro, 9. Jetpack’s Contact Form Module, 10. ContactBuddy, 11. Contact Form by BestWebSoft, 12. Ninja Kick Sidebar Contact Form Plugin, 13. Visual Form Builder, 14. QUform- WordPress Form Builder, 15. FormCraft, 16: Form Maker etc.   I think, now it’s your turn to pick up the right option of Contact Us plugin. If I am at your position, I would choice Fast Secure Contact Us Form, Contact Form 7 or Google Form. Though, all of the 5 are very good “Contact us plugins“. Let’s apply it. And tell me which one is your favourite Contact Us plugin. Don’t forget to tell me. How is this tutorial? Please comment in our comment box. And please stay with us. If you stay with us, promise you, we never disappoint you. Thank you for reading my article.

Biswajit Das
"If no one responds to your call, then go your own way alone". Open thy mind thy mind walk alone walk alone We not afraid, walk alone Open thy mind, walk alone. ---------------------------------------- A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise.