Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 41% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

12 of the last 28 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review, and 6 of those landed between 2018-08-17 and 2018-09-11.

Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.

1. ★★★★★ lukeatbytestoriescom

   6.6y ago

   About a month ago, contact form entries stopped coming in via email and I just checked the system and it displayed “Mail sending failed! (Could not instantiate mail function.)” in the Mail Status page on ‘edit.php?post_type=pf_contact’ I haven’t changed any settings and wasn’t sure of where I could get any support from so I can keep using it. Thanks, Luke

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2. ★★★★★ estradalberto

   6.9y ago

   It works fine as it does what it is supposed to.

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3. ★★★★★ dcolanduno

   7.2y ago

   This is a great little add-on to get feedback, or other sorts of forms to your WordPress based sites.

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4. ★★★★★ JorgeAlarconR

   7.4y ago

   Ha funcionado perfectamente, gracias

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5. ★★★★★ bradleylawson

   7.4y ago

   Very easy to use and install. A great plugin!

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6. ★★★★★ Art X

   7.7y ago

   Плагин был действительно крутым, простым, готовым решением как для новичков так и для профессионалов. Очень жаль что закрылся и так жидкое пустил в души подписчикам PRO версии, неприлично врать. Обещанной PRO версии от WPForms мы так и не получили. Поддержка тупо не отвечает.

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7. ★★★★★ MadAsApples

   7.8y ago

   Pirate Forms is very easy to use, almost out of the box. It works very well and is beiing used by a lot of website visitors

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8. ★★★★★ mabuda19

   7.9y ago

   works perfectly

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2025-01-20 Version 2.6.1 Fixed throwing deprecation errors in PHP 8.2+. 2.6.1
2. 2024-12-19 Version 2.6.0 The minimum required WordPress version is now 5.5. The minimum required PHP version is now 5.6. Security fixes 2.6.0
3. 2019-07-26 Version 2.5.2 Improved security of notification emails. 2.5.2
4. 2019-01-17 Version 2.5.1 Remove third party library not needed, from composer (mailin-api). 2.5.1
5. 2018-09-18 Version 2.5.0 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. Added migrati 2.5.0
6. 2018-07-13 Version 2.4.4 Fixed compatibility with All in One SEO Pack plugin Fixed problem with form not working with the ajax option Option to save the attachments files Improved recaptcha button layout on mobile devices 2.4.4

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.4 Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms <= 2.5.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-03-03 CVE-2024-11272 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.2 Patched in 2.6.0
2. Medium · 4.4 Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms <= 2.5.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-03-03 CVE-2024-11273 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.2 Patched in 2.6.0
3. High · 7.3 Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms <= 2.6.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution ↗
   2025-01-29 CVE-2024-13453 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Affects <= 2.6.0 Patched in 2.6.1
4. High · 7.2 Contact Form & SMTP Plugin by PirateForms <= 2.5.1 - Unauthenticated HTML injection ↗
   2019-07-27 CVE-2019-25145 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 2.5.2 Patched in 2.5.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1

Translated into 67 languages, 13 at 90% or more

Plus 43 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-12-08 40K+ → 30K+ down after 354 days in tier
2. 2024-12-19 50K+ → 40K+ down after 261 days in tier
3. 2024-04-02 60K+ → 50K+ down after 203 days in tier
4. 2023-09-12 70K+ → 60K+ down after 163 days in tier
5. 2023-04-02 80K+ → 70K+ down after 143 days in tier
6. 2022-11-10 90K+ → 80K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You 600K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 500K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Formidable Forms – WordPress Form Builder for Contact Forms, Calculators, Quizzes & More 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A

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Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms: 30K+ active installs, 4.7★ (223 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/pirate-forms