Content Upgrades by Audience Ops vs Contact Form 7
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| Feature | Content Upgrades by Audience Ops v1.5.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 10M+ |
| Last updated | — | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Content Upgrades by Audience Ops ($) | Contact Form 7 |
| Pros | Opt-in box on any post or page through shortcodes; Entries screen with CSV export; Connections to Mailchimp, Drip and Zapier | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in |
| Cons | Licence key needed for updates; Subscriber sync needs an account with a supported email tool; Facebook conversion event only useful with the pixel installed | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | — | No |
| Conditional logic | — | No |
| Multi-step forms | — | No |
| Payments | — | Yes |
| File upload | — | Yes |
| Calculations | — | No |
| Entries in admin | — | No |
| Spam protection | — | Yes |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Content upgrade opt-in box through shortcodes ($), Content upgrade records stored as a custom post type ($), Entry capture by AJAX for logged-in and anonymous visitors ($), Entries admin screen ($), CSV export of entries ($), Optional Facebook conversion event on form submit ($) | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe |
| Mailchimp ($), Drip ($) | Brevo (Sendinblue) | |
| Analytics | Meta Pixel ($) | — |
| Plugins | Audience Ops store ($) | Akismet, Flamingo |
| Other | Zapier ($) | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | — | 8.3 |
| Tested up to | 4.2.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | shop.audienceops.com, tag.getdrip.com | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 2 |