by Syed Balkhi 4.7 (223 reviews)

Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms

Name: Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms
Rating: 4.7 (223 reviews)
Author: Syed Balkhi

A simple and effective WordPress contact form & SMTP plugin. Compatible with best themes out there, is both a secure and responsive contact form p …

Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms ranks #1,031 among WordPress.org plugins with 30,000+ active installations, is #57 of 2,578 in the Contact Forms category, a 4.7/5 rating from 223 reviews, and was last updated Jan 20, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.7.7 (Current: 7.1)

v2.6.1 Current Version v2.6.1

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 20 Jan, 2025

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#57 of 2,578 in Contact Forms Top 5% by installs Downloads -23.6% this week No update in over a year

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Rank

#1,031

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Active Installs

30K+

-12.7%

KW Avg Position

57.3

— No change

Downloads

3.8M

+79 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (223 reviews)

Next Milestone 40K

Total Progress 35.5%

30K+ 40K+

118

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7

223 reviews

Overall 94%

188 (84%)

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3 (1%)

7 (3%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

7 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Mar 3, 2025

Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms [pirate-forms] < 2.6.0

CVE-2024-11273 · Fixed in v2.6.0
Mar 3, 2025

Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms [pirate-forms] < 2.6.0

CVE-2024-11272 · Fixed in v2.6.0
Jan 29, 2025

Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms [pirate-forms] < 2.6.1

CVE-2024-13453 · Fixed in v2.6.1
Jun 7, 2023

Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms [pirate-forms] < 2.5.2

CVE-2019-25145 · Fixed in v2.5.2
Jul 29, 2019

Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms [pirate-forms] < 1.5.2

Fixed in v1.5.2
Jul 29, 2019

Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms [pirate-forms] < 1.5.2

Fixed in v1.5.2
Jul 27, 2019

Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms [pirate-forms] < 2.5.2

CVE-2019-25145 · Fixed in v2.5.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.6.1
Last Updated: Jan 20, 2025
Requires WP: 5.5+
Tested Up To: 6.7.7
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: Syed Balkhi

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 223
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

contact form feedback form forms smtp subscribe form

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who need a simple contact form on their site. It solves the problem of collecting visitor messages via a shortcode-based form with spam protection and basic email delivery, though the plugin is no longer actively developed.

[pirate_forms] shortcode
Contact form widget
Customizable field labels
Custom required fields
reCaptcha spam protection
Basic SMTP email delivery
Contact database storage
AJAX form submission

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms

We have retired Pirate Forms. We recommend switching to the free WPForms plugin for a more user friendly and powerful WordPress form plugin.

In Sep 2018, Pirate Forms was acquired by WPForms. We're retiring Pirate Forms in favor of the modern form builder by WPForms, so users can have access to best user experience and more powerful WordPress form features. This means that there will be no new feature updates. We will continue to maintain the Pirate Forms plugin for any major security issues for the next 6 months.

Yes, we created a 2-step migration wizard to make it easy for all Pirate Form users to switch to WPForms. You can see the step by step instructions in this guide.