Contact Form 7 vs Blacklist Manager
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | Blacklist Manager v2.4.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 2,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | Blacklist Manager · Blacklist Manager Premium ($) |
| Pros | Completely free, with no upsells in the code; Several spam options: Akismet, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile, quiz, disallowed list; Stripe payment field and Brevo contact sync built in | Blocklists for phone, email, IP and email domain; Checkout, registration and comment checks; Activity log of blocked attempts |
| Cons | No visual drag-and-drop builder; forms are markup; No conditional logic or multi-step forms without add-ons; Does not store submissions without Flamingo | Global network and Premium add-on need a separate subscription; Upgrade prompts appear in the free admin; Customer identity data is sent to the Global Blacklist network once it is activated |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | — |
| Conditional logic | No | — |
| Multi-step forms | No | — |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | — |
| Calculations | No | — |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Form-tag markup editor for fields and mail templates, Block editor contact form selector, REST API for forms and submission feedback, Quiz and Really Simple CAPTCHA tags, Spam check against the WordPress disallowed comment keys, Saves submissions to Flamingo when that plugin is active | Blocklist rules for phone, email, IP and email domain, Block blocklisted customers at classic and block checkout, Block blocklisted registrations and comments, Checkout verification step, Activity log of blocked attempts, WPForms submission checks, Global Blacklist network reports and checks ($), Tier sync webhook from the vendor ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | WPForms |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Global Blacklist network ($), ip-api.com |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| 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 | globalblacklist.org, ip-api.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |