EP024 – What are the best #WordPress forms in 2016? – #WPblab

This week on WPblab Jason Tucker, Bridget Willard speak with James Laws and Josh Pollock about their WordPress Form Plugins. They share a brief history about each and compare and contrast on the features each provides. We spend some time discussing the other players in this space and breakdown the pricing models and what lead them to go with the fremium model (Free core plugin, paid addons).

Form plugins we talk about on this episode:

• Gravity Forms
• Ninja Forms
• Caldera Forms
• Formidable Forms
• Jetpack Forms
• Contact Form 7

Link List:

• WordPress Forms Plugin – Ninja Forms WordPress Form Creation Plugin
• Caldera Forms – Drag and drop responsive form builder — WordPress Plugins
• Downloads Archive – Ninja Forms
• Caldera Forms Add-Ons – CalderaWP
• Sending Email with Mailgun – WP Ninjas
• wpMandrill — WordPress Plugins
• Stud or Dud? 4 Ways to Spot Quality WordPress.org Plugins – WP Ninjas
• Easy WordPress Contact Form Plugin – WPForms Lite — WordPress Plugins
• Build and Analyze: Please, Go to Starbucks – Marco.org
• Instapaper Set to Be the Free Starbucks ‘App Pick of the Week’ | iPhone in Canada Blog – Canada’s #1 iPhone Resource
• Freemius – Monetization for WordPress Plugin Developers
• Ninja Demo – The only complete demo solution for WordPress!
• Front-End Posting – Ninja Forms
• Front-End Editor – Ninja Forms
• Caldera Forms Custom Fields – CalderaWP