Contact forms, with an inbox.
A visual builder that writes Contact Form 7 form-tags, mail and auto-reply templates with mail-tags, file uploads, honeypot, time-trap and math-question spam checks, and every message saved under Contact → Inbound Messages.
Bundled with Presscomet · Replaces Contact Form 7, Flamingo, WPForms Lite, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms
What it does, and what it doesn’t.
You get
- Contact Form 7 form-tags, mail-tags and messages
- [contact-form-7] and [wpforms] shortcodes keep rendering
- Every submission saved, with CSV export
- Spam checks that need no third-party service
Not included
- No conditional logic, multi-page forms or payment fields
- No reCAPTCHA integration (honeypot, time trap and math question instead)
- Gravity Forms and Ninja Forms forms can’t be imported
Which contact form plugin do you actually need?
For a contact page, a quote request or a newsletter-style sign-up, you need fields, validation, an email to you, maybe an auto-reply, spam protection and a record of what came in. That is what Forms does.
If your forms take payments, branch with conditional logic or span several pages, a dedicated form product is the better fit — and those sites usually aren’t a match for a move yet.
Contact form not sending email?
When a WordPress form says “sent” but nothing arrives, the form is usually fine and the email isn’t: the server sends mail without authentication and it is filtered as spam. The fix is to send through a real mail provider over SMTP.
Presscomet bundles an SMTP plugin with a test-email screen and an email log for exactly this, and Forms keeps a copy of every message in the inbox, so nothing is lost while you fix delivery.
Presscomet Forms compared
Feature by feature, including what isn’t there. Rows describe what the bundled plugin’s code does today.
| Feature | Contact Form 7 | WPForms | Presscomet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Form builder | Partly: Form-tag text editor | Included: Drag and drop | Included: Visual builder that writes form-tags |
| Email notification & auto-reply | Included: Mail and Mail (2) | Included: Yes | Included: Mail and Mail (2) |
| Saved entries | Partly: With the Flamingo plugin | Partly: Paid plans | Included: Built in, with CSV export |
| File uploads | Included: Yes | Partly: Paid plans | Included: Yes |
| Spam protection | Included: reCAPTCHA, Akismet | Included: Several options | Partly: Honeypot, time trap, math question, local antispam |
| Conditional logic | Partly: Add-on plugins | Included: Available | Not included: Not included |
| Multi-page forms, payments, surveys | Partly: Add-on plugins | Included: Available | Not included: Not included |
| Shortcodes from your old site | — | — | Included: [contact-form-7] and [wpforms] keep working |
- Included
- Partly, or on a paid plan
- Not included
- Not needed, with the reason
Third-party feature names as publicly documented; plans and add-ons change.
What moves over automatically.
Contact Form 7 forms move as they are. WPForms forms are rebuilt as form-tag forms. Flamingo messages land in the inbox.
Imported
- Contact Form 7 forms, mail templates and messages
wpcf7_contact_form_form_mail_mail_2_messages - [contact-form-7 id] shortcodes and CF7 blocks re-pointed at the imported forms
- Flamingo inbound messages, linked to their forms
flamingo_inbound - WPForms fields, first notification, confirmation message and submit text
wpforms
Not imported
- Gravity Forms and Ninja Forms keep forms in their own database tables, which a WordPress export doesn’t include
- WPForms field types without an equivalent, conditional logic and stored entries
- reCAPTCHA keys
- Contact Form 7: 3 form(s) ready.
- Contact Form 7: updated form references in 4 post(s).
- Flamingo: 212 inbound message(s) imported.
- WPForms: converted “Request a quote” into contact form #58.
How switching works.
- 01
Check your site
Run the free site check to see which of your plugins Presscomet replaces and what needs attention.
- 02
Run the migration
Connect your WordPress site. Content, users, media and plugin settings are imported into a new Presscomet site; your live site is only read.
- 03
Review and switch
Open Contact in the admin menu: Contact Forms, Add New, Inbound Messages to check the imported settings, then point your domain at the new site when you’re happy.
Where to find it: Contact in the admin menu: Contact Forms, Add New, Inbound Messages.
Forms: questions
Do my existing contact forms keep working?
Contact Form 7 forms are imported as they are and their shortcodes and blocks keep rendering. WPForms forms are converted, and [wpforms id] shortcodes keep working through an alias.
Where are submissions stored?
Under Contact → Inbound Messages, in the site’s own database. You can turn storage off per form and export messages as CSV.
How is spam stopped without reCAPTCHA?
A hidden honeypot field, a minimum time to fill the form, an optional math question, and — when the Antispam plugin is on — the same local checks used for comments. Spam is kept in a Spam view, not deleted silently.
Do forms work on a static export?
A static site has no server to receive submissions, so forms then need a hosted endpoint. On managed hosting or your own server, forms work out of the box.
Can I keep running Contact Form 7 instead?
No. Presscomet doesn’t run PHP, so WordPress plugins can’t be installed. The bundled Forms plugin does the job instead, and the migration imports the settings listed above.
Does Presscomet support WooCommerce?
Not today. Presscomet is for content sites — blogs, magazines, business and documentation sites. If your site sells through WooCommerce, it isn’t a fit yet.
Related plugins and next steps
Related
- BundledSMTPRoute all site mail through SMTP or sendmail, force the From address, send test emails and keep a 30-day log with resend.
- BundledAntispamLocal comment and form spam checks — no API key, nothing sent to third parties — with statistics and scheduled clean-up.
- AlternativeContact Form 7 alternativeSame CF7 form-tags and shortcodes, plus a visual builder, saved messages and CSV export without Flamingo.
- AlternativeWPForms alternativeConverts WPForms fields, notification and confirmation; [wpforms] shortcodes keep working; entries saved with CSV export.
Move your WordPress site in one go — content, users, media and plugin settings. Free and open source; your live site is only read.
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Contact Form 7, Flamingo, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms are trademarks of their respective owners. Presscomet is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Names are used only to describe compatibility and migration.