How the contact form category overlaps with form building
The Contact Form category spans a range of overlapping form-related labels. Its largest intersections are with form-builder (180 plugins), form (158), and forms (127).
The contact tag overlaps with 106 plugins. These shared labels show that directory listings can sit across contact forms and broader form-building topics.
The most widely installed contact form plugins
The top of the category is led by a small group with substantially higher install counts than the wider field.
- Contact Form 7: 10 million active installs; among the directory’s most widely installed plugins, rated good with many reviews, and updated this month.
- WPForms: 5 million installs; among the most widely installed, rated excellent with many reviews, and updated this month.
- Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection: 5 million installs; among the most widely installed, rated excellent with many reviews, and updated 2 months ago.
- Fluent Forms: 800,000 installs; widely installed, rated excellent with many reviews, and updated this month.
- Forminator Forms: 600,000 installs; widely installed, rated excellent with many reviews, and updated this month.
- Ninja Forms: 500,000 installs; widely installed, rated good with many reviews, and updated this month.
- SureForms: 500,000 installs; widely installed, rated excellent with a moderate number of reviews, and updated this month.
- SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle: 400,000 installs; widely installed, rated excellent with a moderate number of reviews, and updated this month.
- Formidable Forms: 300,000 installs; widely installed, rated excellent with many reviews, and updated this month.
- FormLayer: 100,000 installs; widely installed, unrated, and updated this month.
- Everest Forms: 90,000 installs; established, rated excellent with a moderate number of reviews, and updated this month.
- JetFormBuilder: 80,000 installs; established, rated good with a moderate number of reviews, and updated this month.
Related tags that can guide plugin discovery
Related tags can help narrow directory searches from broad form building to adjacent topics.
- Form building: form-builder overlaps with 180 plugins, form with 158, and forms with 127.
- Contact and email: contact overlaps with 106 plugins and email with 87.
- Plugin-specific labels: contact-form-7 overlaps with 83 plugins and CF7 with 37.
- Other adjacent topics: custom-form overlaps with 49 plugins, CRM with 41, and feedback with 29.
A large category with a small top tier and uneven update coverage
Only 10 of the category’s 685 plugins have at least 100,000 installs, while 37 reach 10,000 or more. This points to a long tail of smaller-install plugins beyond a relatively limited high-install tier.
With 59% updated in the last year, recent maintenance is not uniform across the category. Check each plugin’s update information when comparing options, alongside its install count and rating summary.