Contact Form 7 vs Strong Testimonials
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Strong Testimonials v3.3.15 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 80,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | Strong Testimonials · Strong Testimonials Pro ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Front-end submission form with moderation; Views, slideshows, widget, block and shortcodes; Average rating and count shortcodes |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Video testimonials, extra templates and imports need the paid version; Pulls remote notices and upsells from a vendor feed; Multiple overlapping views and templates to learn |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Front-end testimonial submission form, View shortcode to display testimonials, Gutenberg block for testimonial views, Testimonial view widget, Average rating and count shortcodes, Email notifications sent through a mail queue, Privacy hooks for stored testimonial data, Pro extensions unlocked with a licence key ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Polylang, WPML |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.2 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | license.wpchill.com, wp-modula.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |