by bestwebsoft 4 (291 reviews)

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress

Name: Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress
Rating: 4.0 (291 reviews)
Author: bestwebsoft

The most powerful and user-friendly WordPress contact form plugin. Create beautiful contact forms, widgets and pages using shortcodes.

Contact Form by BestWebSoft ranks #939 among WordPress.org plugins with 30,000+ active installations, is #57 of 2,578 in the Contact Forms category, a 4/5 rating from 291 reviews, and was last updated May 16, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.4 (Current: 7.1)

v4.3.9 Current Version v4.3.9

Updated 4 months ago Last Update on 16 May, 2026

Refreshed 12 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#57 of 2,578 in Contact Forms Top 5% by installs Downloads -35% this week

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Rank

#939

+2 this week

Active Installs

30K+

-22%

KW Avg Position

10.8

— No change

Downloads

5.3M

+94 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

80%

Review 4 out of 5

4 (291 reviews)

Next Milestone 40K

Total Progress 85.8%

30K+ 40K+

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Growth Needed

8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.0

291 reviews

Overall 80%

200 (69%)

15 (5%)

9 (3%)

11 (4%)

56 (19%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

17 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Dec 7, 2025

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress [contact-form-plugin] < 4.3.7

CVE-2025-63056 · Fixed in v4.3.7
Mar 13, 2024

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress [contact-form-plugin] < 4.2.9

CVE-2024-2198 · Fixed in v4.2.9
Mar 13, 2024

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress [contact-form-plugin] < 4.2.9

CVE-2024-2200 · Fixed in v4.2.9
Apr 5, 2023

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress [contact-form-plugin] < 3.52

CVE-2013-10022 · Fixed in v3.52
Aug 13, 2019

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress [contact-form-plugin] < 4.0.2

CVE-2016-10869 · Fixed in v4.0.2
May 16, 2017

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress [contact-form-plugin] < 4.0.6

CVE-2017-2171 · Fixed in v4.0.6
Apr 12, 2017

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress [contact-form-plugin] < 3.96

CVE-2015-9295 · Fixed in v3.96
Apr 12, 2017

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress [contact-form-plugin] < 4.0.6

CVE-2017-18491 · Fixed in v4.0.6
Nov 27, 2015

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress [contact-form-plugin] < 3.82

Fixed in v3.82
Nov 27, 2015

Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress [contact-form-plugin] < 3.83

Fixed in v3.83

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.3.9
Last Updated: May 16, 2026
Requires WP: 6.5+
Tested Up To: 7.0.4
PHP Version: N/A
Author: bestwebsoft

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 291
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

contact button contact page contact widget shortcode contact form wp contact form

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to add contact forms to pages, posts, or widgets without coding. It solves the problem of collecting and managing visitor messages by providing customizable, spam-protected forms that route submissions to email or a database.

Shortcode form insertion
GDPR compliance tools
CAPTCHA and reCaptcha spam protection
File attachments support
Custom email templates
Multi-language translation support
Database storage of submissions
Gutenberg block support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress

You can add the contact form in three ways: 1. Use shortcode [bestwebsoft_contact_form] in any post or page 2. Add the form as a widget through Appearance > Widgets 3. Use PHP code in your template files

While our plugin is a great alternative to Contact Form 7, it uses its own styling system. However, you can easily customize the form appearance to match your existing Contact Form 7 designs through our intuitive settings panel.

Yes, with our Contact Form Multi add-on, you can create unlimited forms with different fields, settings, and email recipients. Each form will have its own unique shortcode.

Our plugin includes built-in GDPR compliance features: 1. Enable privacy checkbox 2. Add custom privacy policy text 3. Include data processing information

We offer multiple spam protection methods: 1. Integration with Google reCaptcha 2. Built-in Captcha support 3. Custom validation rules 4. Email filtering options 5. Honeypot fields

Yes, you can customize: 1. Email recipients 2. Subject line 3. Message format 4. Reply-to address 5. Copy (CC) recipients 6. Auto-response messages 7. Email templates

Yes, our contact form works seamlessly with popular page builders including: - Elementor - Divi Builder - WPBakery Page Builder - Gutenberg - Beaver Builder

You can customize your form appearance through: 1. Built-in style settings 2. Custom CSS classes 3. Color picker for form elements 4. Field layout options 5. Responsive design settings

You can find the link to the Settings Page in the Plugin menu.

The address specified during WordPress installation will be used by the Contact Form plugin as the default one. I chose a user via the plugin settings and got this error: "Please enter a valid email address. Settings are not saved." This means that you made a syntax error.