CP Contact Form With PayPal vs Essential Addons for Elementor
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| Feature | CP Contact Form With PayPal v1.3.68 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.8/5 Visit Details | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | September 21, 2026 | October 19, 2026 |
| Editions | CP Contact Form with PayPal · CP Contact Form with PayPal (commercial versions) ($) | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) |
| Pros | Contact, payment and donation forms in one plugin; PayPal payments with submissions stored in the database; Shortcode, block and Elementor widget placement | Large set of widgets added to Elementor; Form widgets for Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms and Ninja Forms; WooCommerce product widgets such as product compare |
| Cons | Stripe, Authorize.Net, Mollie and CRM options need the commercial versions; Deactivation survey sends data to the vendor when submitted | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Drag and drop form builder, PayPal payment forms and IPN verification, Stored submissions list, CP_CONTACT_FORM_PAYPAL shortcode, Gutenberg form block, Security code on the form, Stripe, Authorize.Net and Mollie gateways (commercial) ($) | Filterable gallery widget, Data table widget, Event calendar widget with Google Calendar source, WooCommerce product compare widget, NFT gallery widget, Twitter and Facebook feed widgets, TypeForm embed widget, Essential Addons admin menu page |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Stripe ($) | — |
| Analytics | — | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) |
| Social | — | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms |
| Other | — | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0.5 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| External services | ipnpb.paypal.com, wordpress.dwbooster.com | api.twitter.com, graph.facebook.com, send.wpinsight.com, www.googleapis.com, opensea.io, magiceden.io, api.typeform.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |