Contact Form 7 vs WP User Frontend
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| Feature | Contact Form 7 v6.2.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details | WP User Frontend v4.3.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10M+ | 20,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 1, 2026 |
| Editions | Contact Form 7 | WP User Frontend · WP User Frontend 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 post, registration and profile forms; Form builder and file or image upload in the free version; Spam protection with reCAPTCHA or Turnstile |
| 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 | Conditional logic and multi-step forms are Pro only; AI form generator needs your own provider API key; Pro upgrade prompts appear in the free admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | No | Yes |
| Conditional logic | No | Paid |
| Multi-step forms | No | Paid |
| Payments | Yes | — |
| File upload | Yes | Yes |
| Calculations | No | No |
| Entries in admin | No | — |
| Spam protection | Yes | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | 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 post and page submission form shortcode, Front-end registration form, Front-end profile editing, Front-end user dashboard, User directory listing, AI form generator using your own provider key |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| Brevo (Sendinblue) | — | |
| Plugins | Akismet, Flamingo | Elementor, Advanced Custom Fields |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini |
| Requires WordPress | 7.1 | 5.0 |
| 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 | www.google.com, icanhazip.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api-m.paypal.com, wedevs.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, api.openai.com, api.anthropic.com, raw.githubusercontent.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 13 |
| Custom tables | — | 2 |