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Zoho Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder for Websites – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Order Forms & More
It is a beautiful form builder that refuses to play well with others.
DecliningPoor rating
35/100
Limited compatibility and unexpected subscription requirements for basic features drive most user frustration.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
2.7★
14 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-33%
Declining fast
38 → 26 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 2.67★
- MINORdownloads down 33% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 10 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -33% in the last year
38/day a year ago→26/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayZoho Forms is generally seen as a functional but limited WordPress plugin, praised for its ease of use by a few, yet most users criticize its incompatibility with themes and page builders, lack of shortcodes or widgets, and the need for a paid subscription to fully use it.
What people like
- +Easy to use and customize, with straightforward styling and integration×2
Common complaints
- −Works only with basic Gutenberg and does not support shortcodes, widgets, or visual page builders, making it incompatible with most themes×4
- −Requires a paid subscription to save or test forms, with no advance notice of this limitation
- −Does not provide CRM integration
- −Form submissions frequently fail with error messages
- −Perceived as an unfinished or low-quality product, with ongoing frustrations
Review trustMostly organic
- 2.67★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 2.70★
- 14%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 14 total
Latest reviews · 14 analyzed
- 2025-04-15★★★★★Works as Expected – Easy Shortcode Placement using Divi thememacroplan771-shot
- 2024-12-02★★★★★Limited to Native Themes and Totally Unusableayman88
- 2023-07-01★★★★★Like Everything ZOHOprthnon
- 2023-05-18★★★★★Uslesspaulself131-shot
- 2023-04-17★★★★★You need to pay to useGabby
- 2023-04-02★★★★★Not workingmstudioIL
- 2021-10-09★★★★★Not very usableWingRider
- 2021-01-10★★★★★Doesn't Support CRM Integration or Shortcodescanderous
- 2020-01-08★★★★★Works GreatBrant Kelsey
- 2019-09-05★★★★★Easy to use, style and integratesannem
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Zoho Forms
Top Forms plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
25
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
25
Prior 7-day baseline
23
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
28
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
0.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.32
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
29%
5★ share in analyzed sample
14%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
2.71 → 2.67★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered