Contact Form 7 vs Quick PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Quick PayPal Payments v6.0.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 14, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | Quick PayPal Payments · Quick PayPal Payments Pro (silver, gold or platinum plan) ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | No developer or API keys needed; Unlimited forms in any PayPal currency; Shortcode, block and widget placement |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Postage, coupons and recurring payments need a paid plan; Tracks usage only if the admin opts in; Depends on PayPal's classic checkout endpoints |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | PayPal payment forms by shortcode, Payment report shortcode, Gutenberg block, Payment form widget, Redirect to PayPal checkout, Postage charges on forms ($), Coupon codes on forms ($), Donation forms with a set of amounts ($), Plan gating of form options ($), Premium licence detection ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | PayPal |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 6.0 |
| 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 | api.freemius.com, www.paypal.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 3 |