Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 vs Essential Addons for Elementor
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| Feature | Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 v2.8.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 · Conditional Fields PRO ($) | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) |
| Pros | Show or hide field groups based on other field values; Hidden fields skip validation and are left out of emails; Configured from the existing CF7 form editor | Large set of widgets added to Elementor; Form widgets for Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms and Ninja Forms; WooCommerce product widgets such as product compare |
| Cons | Requires Contact Form 7; Advanced features sit in the paid PRO version | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | Yes | — |
| Payments | No | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | No | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Conditional fields group tag in CF7, Skip validation for hidden fields, Remove hidden fields from notification emails, Conditions editor screen | Filterable gallery widget, Data table widget, Event calendar widget with Google Calendar source, WooCommerce product compare widget, NFT gallery widget, Twitter and Facebook feed widgets, TypeForm embed widget, Essential Addons admin menu page |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) |
| Social | — | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7 | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms |
| Other | — | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea |
| Requires WordPress | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | api.twitter.com, graph.facebook.com, send.wpinsight.com, www.googleapis.com, opensea.io, magiceden.io, api.typeform.com |