Forminator
★ 4.8The most feature-rich free WordPress form plugin — with payments, quizzes, and polls built in.
Pricing
Features
| Feature | Forminator |
|---|---|
| Drag & Drop Builder | ✓ |
| Conditional Logic | ✓ |
| Multi-Step Forms | ✓ |
| File Uploads | ✓ |
| Payment Forms | ✓ |
| Calculated Fields | ✓ |
| User Registration | ✓ |
| Frontend Post Submission | ✓ |
| Conversational Forms | ✗ |
| Gutenberg Block | ✓ |
| Gutenberg-Native | ✗ |
| AI Form Builder | ✗ |
| Digital Signatures | ✓ |
| Surveys & Polls | ✓ |
| Quizzes | ✓ |
| Scheduling / Date Limits | ✗ |
| Entry Management | ✓ |
| Export Entries | ✓ |
| Partial Entries | ✓ |
| Geolocation | ✓ |
| Webhooks | ✓ |
| Custom CSS | ✓ |
| Responsive Design | ✓ |
| Ajax Submission | ✓ |
| Anti-Spam | ✓ |
| reCAPTCHA | ✓ |
| hCaptcha | ✓ |
| Cloudflare Turnstile | ✓ |
| Honeypot | ✓ |
Integrations
payment
automation
other
Pros
- ✓Exceptionally generous free version — payments, calculations, conditional logic, and quizzes included at no cost
- ✓Stripe and PayPal payment integrations available for free (most competitors charge for this)
- ✓Built-in polls and quizzes alongside forms — three tools in one plugin
- ✓Strong anti-spam: honeypot, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, and Turnstile all included free
- ✓WPMU DEV membership includes the entire plugin suite (Smush, Hummingbird, Defender, etc.)
Cons
- ✗Pro version requires a full WPMU DEV membership — cannot buy Forminator Pro standalone
- ✗No conversational forms or AI form builder
- ✗Heavier frontend footprint (~130KB CSS+JS) compared to lighter alternatives
- ✗Native integrations are limited — HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho require third-party connectors
- ✗Renewal pricing reportedly higher than advertised introductory rates
Best For
Budget-conscious site owners who want an incredibly feature-rich free form plugin with payments, quizzes, and polls built in.
Our Verdict
Forminator is the Swiss Army Knife of free WordPress form plugins. Its free version punches well above its weight with Stripe/PayPal payments, calculated fields, conditional logic, quizzes, polls, and solid integrations — features that most competitors lock behind $99+/year plans. The trade-off is that upgrading to Pro means committing to the full WPMU DEV membership ecosystem, which is excellent value for agencies but potentially overkill for a single site. For the price of free, nothing else comes close to what Forminator offers out of the box.