Forminator
by WPMU DEV
Free form, quiz, poll and calculator builder from WPMU DEV with payments included at no cost.
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What Forminator does
Free form, quiz, poll and calculator builder from WPMU DEV with payments included at no cost.
It sits in the forms part of a WordPress stack and is sold by WPMU DEV on a freemium basis. We recommend it in our forms guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.
Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.
Real user ratings
Score
4.8/5
Reviews
2,123
Active installs
600,000+
Downloads
20.6M
Latest version
1.57.2
Last updated
2026-08-27
These figures come straight from the public WordPress.org plugin directory API for version 1.57.2, not from us. Check them yourself on the WordPress.org listing. Our own editorial score is 4.5/5.
Where Forminator ranks elsewhere
Forminator does not appear in the published "best of" lists we track from WPBeginner, TechRadar, Kinsta, Themeisle and similar sites. That is not a mark against it - those roundups are short and skew towards the biggest names.
What changed in the latest version
- Fix: Security improvements
- Fix: Security improvements (props: Badr Azeez)
- Fix: Security issue affecting Multisite site registration (props: Jakub Herman)
Release notes are the developer's own words, published on WordPress.org. Read the full changelog
Pros and cons
- Quizzes and polls free
- A free tier you can trial before paying
- Actively maintained and used on production sites we test
- Interface is less polished than rivals
- The features most sites need sit in the paid tier
How to use it
- 1Start from a template close to the form you need.
- 2Add only the fields you will act on, and mark the rest optional.
- 3Set up notification and confirmation emails, then send a real test.
- 4Add conditional logic so long forms only show relevant questions.
- 5Pair it with an SMTP plugin so notifications actually arrive.
How it compares
Other forms plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.
| Plugin | Our rating | WordPress.org | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forminator | 4.5 | 4.8 (2,123) | Freemium | Quizzes and polls free |
| Contact Form 7 | 4.0 | 4 (2,179) | Free | Almost no front-end weight compared with visual builders |
| Everest Forms | 4.6 | 4.9 (375) | Freemium | Very light on the frontend |
| Fluent Forms | 4.7 | 4.8 (795) | Freemium | Lots of features per pound |
| Formidable Forms | 4.6 | 4.8 (1,382) | Freemium | Calculations and front-end views |
| Formidable Forms Twilio | 4.2 | 4.8 (1,382) | Premium | Conditional SMS triggers |
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