The best WordPress contact form plugin. Drag & Drop form builder to create beautiful contact forms, payment forms, & other custom forms.
- Installs
- 5+ million
- Rating
- 4.8 (14.4K)
- Updated
- 2 days ago
Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder
The drag and drop WordPress form builder for contact forms, payment forms, calculators, quizzes, surveys, and AI-built web applications.
- Active installs
- 300,000+
- #177 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 28.1M
- 28,123,963
- Downloads, 30 days
- 219.4K
- 38.2K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,387 reviews
- Last updated
- 15 days ago
- Oct 16, 2026
- Version
- 7.0
- 142 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 16, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 6.3 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.0 or newer |
| First published | December 12, 2009 |
| Support, last two months | 1 of 1 threads resolved (100%) |
Reviews
4.8 / 5 from 1,387 reviews
| 5 stars | 1,269 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 39 |
| 3 stars | 15 |
| 2 stars | 10 |
| 1 star | 54 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Formidable Forms (https://formidableforms.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion) is a WordPress form plugin, form maker, and quiz maker for contact forms, payment forms, survey forms, quiz forms, registration forms, and calculator forms, plus complete web applications, all built with a drag and drop form builder interface. A beginner can have a working contact form running in minutes. A developer can turn the same plugin into a data-driven registration system, a front-end directory, or a calculated pricing tool. One plugin covers the ground that otherwise takes five separate contact form plugins: forms, payments, surveys, quizzes, calculators, and web apps, all inside WordPress.
Watch the video overview for the Formidable form builder, calculator, and quiz maker
Formidable Pro
This plugin is the free version of Formidable Pro, which adds email subscription forms, multi-page forms, file upload forms, quiz grading, and conditional logic. Add repeater fields, premium Stripe and PayPal payment integrations, cascading dropdowns, calculated fields, front-end editing, the AI form builder, and the web application builder. Get Formidable Pro and unlock every premium form feature.
Start with the Lite vs Pro comparison.
WordPress Form Builder for Every Type of Form
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
How do I get started with WordPress forms?
The fastest way to build a form is to use the example we built for you. After you activate Formidable, insert [formidable id=contact-form] on the WordPress page of your choice.
Go to the Formidable page and click “add new”. Choose the Contact Us form template or another free template and click “Create”.
Can I build forms with ChatGPT, Claude, or an AI agent?
Yes. The AI form builder in Formidable Pro turns a plain-text description into a working form, and you can add an AI field inside any form to show a ChatGPT-generated response based on submitted data. Built-in MCP support also lets an MCP-compatible AI client such as Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor create and edit forms, entries, styles, form actions, payments, and subscriptions directly on your site.
Why isn’t WordPress sending emails?
When you do not receive emails, try the following steps:
- Double check the email address in your Email action on the settings page. The [admin_email] shortcode uses the email address from your WordPress Settings -> General page.
- Are you receiving other emails from your site (ie comment notifications, forgot password…)? If not, notifications will not work either.
- Check your SPAM box.
What types of WordPress forms can I build?
Combined with our add-ons, Formidable supports dozens of form types. Here are some types of web forms you can create:
- Custom Contact Form
- Multi-Page Form with progress bar
- Dynamic Form (where fields change based on user’s answers)
- Request a Quote Form
- Job Application Form
- Feedback Surveys
- Make a Suggestion
- Testimonials
- Change Requests
- Online Booking
- Event Booking
- Online RSVP Form
Can I see any example online calculators?
Sure! Here are just a few examples:
* Advanced Mortgage Calculator (https://formidableforms.com/form-templates/advanced-mortgage-calculator-form/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion)
* Basic Mortgage Calculator (https://formidableforms.com/form-templates/simple-mortgage-calculator-form/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion)
How can I get access to all advanced features?
To get access to more features, integrations, and support, upgrade to Formidable Pro (https://formidableforms.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion). A Pro license gives you access to the full version of Formidable, including Formidable Views, graphs and stats, priority support, and Formidable Add-ons.
Latest changelog entry
- Security: Additional permission checks have been added to prevent unauthorized plugin installations.
- Security: Download URL validation has been hardened to prevent downloads from untrusted sources.
- New: Built-in MCP support now lets AI assistants manage forms, entries, styles, actions, payments, and subscriptions.
- New: Suspected spam can now be saved for review instead of blocking submissions.
- New: Entries can now be marked as spam or not spam, with details about failed spam checks.
- New: Autocomplete settings are now available in Lite.
Screenshots
Build a professional WP form without any code. 
Page for creating a quote form, Stripe payment form, quiz form, and many more. 
Field Options and CSS Layout Classes 
Field Options for checkbox fields
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.