Contact Form 7 vs WP Job Openings
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | WP Job Openings v4.1.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 30,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 14, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | HireZoot · PRO Pack ($) · User Access Control ($) · Job Alerts ($) |
| 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 | Free core with job listings, careers page and application form; Shortcode, block and Elementor options for placing listings; Captcha choice for applications: reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha or Turnstile; Expiry handling and a daily email digest |
| 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 | Form builder, job alerts and access control need paid add-ons; Applications are managed inside WordPress, with no separate applicant tracking system; Captcha and Akismet checks call third-party services |
| 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 | Job listings shortcode, Block editor job listings block, Elementor job listings widget, Built-in application form with captcha options, Job listing filters, Hourly expiry of old job listings, Daily email digest, Customizable notification emails, Recent jobs widget, Akismet spam check for applications |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Akismet, Polylang, WPML, Elementor |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 8.3 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.stripe.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.sendinblue.com | www.google.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, hcaptcha.com, js.hcaptcha.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |