Contact Form 7 vs CP Contact Form With PayPal
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | CP Contact Form With PayPal v1.3.68 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 800+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | CP Contact Form with PayPal · CP Contact Form with PayPal (commercial versions) ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Contact, payment and donation forms in one plugin; PayPal payments with submissions stored in the database; Shortcode, block and Elementor widget placement |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Stripe, Authorize.Net, Mollie and CRM options need the commercial versions; Deactivation survey sends data to the vendor when submitted |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Drag and drop form builder, PayPal payment forms and IPN verification, Stored submissions list, CP_CONTACT_FORM_PAYPAL shortcode, Gutenberg form block, Security code on the form, Stripe, Authorize.Net and Mollie gateways (commercial) ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | PayPal, Stripe ($) |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Elementor |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 3.0.5 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | ipnpb.paypal.com, wordpress.dwbooster.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |