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Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms

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

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Tested up to WordPress 6.7
Current version2.6.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.7
Minimum stackWP 5.5 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update22 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations30K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.7 / 5 from 223 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms version 2.6.1 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.7.

Overview

About this plugin

Pirate Forms is no longer under active development. We recommend using WPForms because it is the most beginner-friendly WordPress contact form plugin in the market.

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.

Stay in touch with your visitors very easily. Pirate Contact Forms offers you a great and friendly contact form for your website.

This is an easy-to-use WordPress contact form with captcha plugin. To create a contact form you just need to use the [pirate_forms] shortcode or use the WordPress contact form widget.

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Time-saving features available in the FULL WPForms version:

  • Unlimited Forms
  • Email Marketing Integrations (MailChimp, AWeber, Constant Contact, and more)
  • Payment Integrations (PayPal and Stripe)
  • Surveys & Polls Addon
  • Conditional Logic
  • User Registration, Geo-location, File Uploads, Multi-Page Forms, and a whole lot more.

Learn more about WPForms Pro

Why use our responsive WordPress Contact Form:

  • It’s easy to use

This Contact Form 7 or any form builder alternative is very easy to set up. You can quickly create an engaging contact form by using a shortcode and copying it where you want it to appear.

  • It’s fully customizable

This WordPress Contact Form plugin allows you to customize everything you want. You can change the field labels and decide what message to tell your visitors when an error shows up. You can also decide which fields are required and which are not.

  • Provides reCaptcha

Avoid spam messages and make sure the e-mails you receive are entirely addressed to you.

  • Comes with SMTP

Pirate Form comes with basic SMTP options, so you won’t miss any email from your visitors. The messages will be safely delivered from the source to your personal e-mail address.

However for a more reliable SMTP solution, we recommend using WP Mail SMTP by WPForms which is the most popular WordPress SMTP solution being used by over 1 million websites.

  • Stores contacts in special databases

You can keep all the contacts in an archive by saving their e-mail addresses. Pirate Contact Form allows you to do that by providing contact databases.

A simple to use contact form plugin for creating a clean contact form using the [pirate_forms] shortcode or the ‘Pirate Forms’ form widget.

  • Provides option to allow submitting the form using AJAX

Standard contact forms work just fine, but you can make them nicer by using AJAX to submit the form data in the background.

Pirate Forms allows you to take advantage of this great feature using the [pirate_forms ajax=”yes”] shortcode or the ‘Submit form using Ajax’ option in the Pirate Forms widget.

  • What PirateForms isn’t for now

This is not a form maker or drag & drop builder plugin nor “the best contact form plugin”. You cannot add new fields or create multiple forms (subscription forms, payment, order, feedback or quote) with Pirate Forms.

This is why we recommend using WPForms which is the most beginner friendly drag & drop WordPress form builder in the market.

Pirate Forms is no longer under active development

Pirate Forms is no longer under active development. We recommend using WPForms because it is the most beginner-friendly WordPress contact form plugin in the market.

In Sep 2018, Pirate Forms was acquired by WPForms. We’re retiring Pirate Forms in favor of the moden form builder by WPForms, so users can have access to best user experience and more powerful WordPress form features.

What’s Next

You may also want to consider checking out our other projects:

  • WPForms – Best WordPress Contact Form Plugin
  • OptinMonster – Get More Email Subscribers
  • MonsterInsights – Best Google Analytics Plugin for WordPress

Visit WPBeginner to learn from our WordPress Tutorials and find out about other best WordPress plugins, best WordPress hosting solutions, and see our step by step guide on how to start a blog.

Notes

Pirate Forms was acquired by WPForms and is no longer being actively maintained.

WPForms is absolutely, positively the most beginner friendly WordPress contact form plugin on the market. It is both easy and powerful.

We took the pain out of creating online forms and made it easy. Check out all WPForms features.

Also, I’m the founder of WPBeginner, the largest WordPress resource site for beginners. It was a huge priority for me to make a WordPress contact form plugin that beginners can use without any training.

I feel that we have done that here. I hope you enjoy using WPForms.

Thank you

Syed Balkhi

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • contact form
  • feedback form
  • subscribe form
  • forms
  • smtp
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.7

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.7.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.7
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.5 · PHP 5.6
Update activity22 Sept 20261mo ago

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WordPress compatibility6.7.76.7.8
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