Essential Form – The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam
The lightest contact form for WordPress. It's so essential you'll either love it or hate it. Ultra lightweight and no spam.
4.9(19 reviews)
·500 active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, Essential Form is a WordPress email plugin with 500 active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 19 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most….
4.9/519 reviews
500active installs
0%resolved
3 yearssince 2023
Overview
Looking for a no-fuss, ultra-lightweight contact form that just works? Essential Form gives you exactly what you need — no more, no less.
Use the shortcode [essential_form] wherever you want a simple contact form with the following fields:
- Name
- Message
- Agreement checkbox
That’s it. No extra fluff, no performance hit.
⚡ Zero Bloat. Zero Requests. Zero Spam.
Essential Form adds no HTTP requests, loads no external libraries, and runs on pure Vanilla JavaScript — only 1 kB of inline script, injected only on pages with a form. When we say it’s the lightest contact form ever made, we mean it. The entire plugin zip is just 14 kB.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.919 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.2
- Added: filter hook ‘essential_form_include_source_in_email’ to include or not the source page info in the email.
- Fix: mispelled words in the text before the main message.
Contributors
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