Happyforms – Form Builder for WordPress: Drag & Drop Contact Forms, Surveys, Payments & Multipurpose Forms

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271 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 248 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 20 months ago; the previous band took 19 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ fee2016

   7mo ago

   Nicht nur, dass das Plugin nicht auf den neuesten WP Stand gebracht wird, es ist wohl eins der teuersten Plguins ever – wenn man bedenkt, dass man noch nicht mal eine reCapthca Integration ohne kostenpflichtiges Update machen kann. Einfach nur Abzocke – weg mit dem Ding! Eine Unverschämtheit Sollche Programmierer sollte man nicht unterstützen!

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2. ★★★★★ ggate

   1.5y ago

   Happyforms is incredibly easy to use and works exactly as promised. The support team is quick, friendly, and always goes the extra mile. Highly recommended for anyone needing reliable forms on WordPress.

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3. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   1.6y ago

   I have had Happy Forms for a long time, but I just recently started using it. The main feature in Pro is Logic Conditions. The integration with different email providers is good.First of all, Senditblue does not exist anymore under this name and should be renamed to BREVO. The form itself has limitations when it comes to fonts and spaces (it’s all or nothing), CSS did not do the job in my case. Spaces are the same. It is default, wide or narrow, but nothing in between. For example, I add checkboxes. It is impossible to adjust the distance between Lebel name and checkboxes. I had to add another checkboxes with different Lebel name because I needed. Again, everything is now kind of stuck together and very close. You can only adjust the default, wide or narrow.I prefer closer in this case then far apart, which makes the form longer. First of all not welcome on mobile view. Please add more options or make very clear tutorial how to adjust using CSS. Please add hCapture which is more privacy friendly for EU customers.Please integrate with Elementor if possible. I would like to add popup information on submission. Redirection to another page takes a long time. Redirect information is only in English. Can this be changed?The button color set in the style does not change on the website. It just shows black background and white text. (I suspect interference from another plugin, but not sure yet. I cleared the cache and cookies, but no luck. It stays black and white.I still give 5 stars because it does what it it supposed and I highly recommend it. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by jppl. Reason: correction

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4. ★★★★★ waltergschwandner

   1.7y ago

   best support ever MANY THANKS TO LUAN!!! SIMPLY GREAT walter

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5. ★★★★★ andyclavi

   1.7y ago

   Had a functional problem with the color assignment within the form. Thanks to the very quick and extremely competent help, the problem was quickly resolved by support.Thanks at this point to the Happyforms support team,Andreas Clavadetscher, Switzerland

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6. ★★★★★ etcgroupuk

   1.8y ago

   We had a couple of queries regarding some bespoke features for Happyforms and made an enquiry during the holidays and Luan came back to us with a nice detailed response on how we can proceed with what we were looking to do. Very helpful and timely response. Thank you

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7. ★★★★★ devfirstmco

   3.2y ago

   We are very happy to use this plug-in tool on our website, we created a customer survey page with the very simple to use interface, and we have some technical difficult on how to capture the form data to feed to our in house developed API and save to DB; The supporting team are very knowledgeable and provide great details with code samples on how to extract the data as the way we wanted it. Bottom Line:Super easy to use, very powerful tool, excellent support!Thank you! This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by devfirstmco.

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8. ★★★★★ josephmidnight

   3.2y ago

   Quick support too! Thanks!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.26.15 Fixed: Unauthenticated HTML injection in email notifications via the referral link and IP address fields. Reported by minaruzzaman shovon and dyingman. May 27, 2026 1.26.15
2. — Version 1.26.14 Update: Compatibility with WordPress 7.0 Fixed: Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection vulnerability in form submission values. March 30, 2026 1.26.14
3. — Version 1.26.13 Update: Compatibility with WordPress 6.9.4. Fixed: Translation loading notice triggered on WordPress 6+. November 18, 2025 1.26.13
4. — Version 1.26.12 Update: Happyforms core functionality. November 12, 2025 1.26.12
5. — Version 1.26.11 Update: Compatibility with WordPress 6.8.3 Fixed: Local File Inclusion vulnerability. May 12, 2025 1.26.11
6. — Version 1.26.10 Update: Compatibility with WordPress 6.8.1 April 28, 2025 1.26.10

All 9 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.26.17). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 5.8 Happyforms – Form Builder for WordPress: Drag & Drop Contact Forms, Surveys, Payments & Multipurpose Forms < 1.26.15 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection ↗
   2026-10-19 CVE-2026-14556 Improper Input Validation Affects < 1.26.15 Patched in 1.26.15
2. Patched High · 7.2 Happyforms – Form Builder for WordPress: Drag & Drop Contact Forms, Surveys, Payments & Multipurpose Forms <= 1.26.15 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-09-24 CVE-2026-97065 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.26.15 Patched in 1.26.16
3. Patched Medium · 6.6 HappyForms <= 1.26.12 - Authenticated (Admin+) Local File Inclusion ↗
   2026-07-09 CVE-2025-11977 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program Affects <= 1.26.12 Patched in 1.26.13
4. Patched High · 8.1 Happyforms – Form Builder for WordPress: Drag & Drop Contact Forms, Surveys, Payments & Multipurpose Forms <= 1.26.13 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection ↗
   2026-06-04 CVE-2026-49768 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 1.26.13 Patched in 1.26.14
5. Patched Medium · 4.4 Happyforms <= 1.26.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-11-20 CVE-2024-10054 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.26.2 Patched in 1.26.3
6. Patched Medium · 6.4 Happyforms <= 1.26.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-08-29 CVE-2024-44063 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.26.0 Patched in 1.26.1
7. Patched Medium · 5.3 Happyforms <= 1.25.10 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2024-01-31 CVE-2024-23521 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.25.10 Patched in 1.25.11
8. Patched Medium · 6.1 Happyforms <= 1.25.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-11-27 CVE-2023-48752 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.25.9 Patched in 1.25.10
9. Patched Medium · 6.4 Happyforms <= 1.21.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Blocks ↗
   2023-01-13 CVE-2023-0096 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.21.1 Patched in 1.22.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 21 languages, 8 at 90% or more

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-03-08 30K+ → 20K+ down after 583 days in tier
2. 2023-08-03 40K+ → 30K+ down after 883 days in tier
3. 2021-03-03 30K+ → 40K+ up after 418 days in tier
4. 2020-01-10 20K+ → 30K+ up after 279 days in tier
5. 2019-04-06 10K+ → 20K+ up after 95 days in tier
6. 2019-01-01 8K+ → 10K+ up after 30 days in tier
7. 2018-12-02 5K+ → 8K+ up after 31 days in tier
8. 2018-11-01 3K+ → 5K+ up after 31 days in tier

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Happyforms – Form Builder for WordPress: Drag & Drop Contact Forms, Surveys, Payments & Multipurpose Forms: 20K+ active installs, 4.4★ (433 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/happyforms