Contact Form 7 vs Kadence Blocks
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Kadence Blocks v3.8.0.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 600,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | Kadence Blocks · Kadence Blocks Pro ($) |
| 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 | Over 20 blocks with design controls inside the native editor; Advanced form block with MailerLite and captcha options; Free core plugin, with an optional separate Pro plugin |
| 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 | Some blocks and features need Kadence Blocks Pro; Form integrations contact third-party services once configured; Prebuilt library and subscribe forms call kadencewp.com |
| 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 | 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 | Registers more than 20 custom blocks, such as accordion, tabs and advanced button, Advanced form block with AJAX submission and field sanitising, Captcha verification for Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile and hCaptcha, Option to load Google Fonts locally and swap display, Google Maps block, Lottie animation and vector custom post types, Prebuilt design library REST endpoints, Built-in icon library used by icon and button blocks, Checks for a Kadence Blocks Pro licence key and product licence |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | MailerLite | |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha, Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 7.4 |
| 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 | connect.mailerlite.com, api.mailerlite.com, www.kadencewp.com, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, licensing.nexcess.com, software.liquidweb.com, herald.nexcess.com, licensing.stellarwp.com, www.google.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.hcaptcha.com, js.hcaptcha.com, fonts.googleapis.com, telemetry.stellarwp.com, content.startertemplatecloud.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 60 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |