Fluent Forms vs WP-Polls
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| Feature | Fluent Forms v6.2.16 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WP-Polls v3.0.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | 40,000+ |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | September 1, 2026 |
| Editions | Fluent Forms · Fluent Forms Pro ($) | WP-Polls |
| Pros | Conditional fields in the free version; reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile spam protection; Entries and reports kept in wp-admin | AJAX voting without page reloads; Shortcode, block and widget placement; Several answers and automatic closing dates |
| Cons | Payments need the Pro add-on; Calculation fields are shown as Pro features; Tracking is an opt-in notice on first use | Needs WordPress 6.8 and PHP 8.2 or later; A custom look needs template or CSS overrides; Extra statistics come through the WP-Stats plugin |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Conditional field logic, Entries list in wp-admin, Form reports page, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha and Turnstile modules, Payment module (Pro) ($) | AJAX voting for logged-in and visitor users, poll and page_polls shortcodes, Poll and page polls blocks, Sidebar poll widget, Polls close automatically by schedule, REST API routes for polls, Manage, add and settings admin screens |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe ($) | — |
| Mailchimp | — | |
| Plugins | — | WP-Stats |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 8.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | hooks.slack.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, www.google.com, js.hcaptcha.com, ipinfo.io, apip.cc, api.cleantalk.org, moderate.cleantalk.org, fluentform.com | — |
| Blocks | 1 | 2 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 2 |