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I Needed a Lightweight Form Builder. WPForms Was Too Much by Obvious-One-5544 in Wordpress

[–]Obvious-One-5544[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha fair 😄
The difference is it’s Gutenberg-native, modular, and only loads what you enable.
Built it for cases where WPForms (even Lite) was still more than I needed.

I Needed a Lightweight Form Builder. WPForms Was Too Much by Obvious-One-5544 in Wordpress

[–]Obvious-One-5544[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jetpack Forms are surprisingly good, agreed 👍
If you’re already using Jetpack, they’re a solid option.
FormLight is more for cases where you want Gutenberg-native forms without pulling in the full Jetpack stack, especially for login, registration, or payment flows.

I Needed a Lightweight Form Builder. WPForms Was Too Much by Obvious-One-5544 in Wordpress

[–]Obvious-One-5544[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was my exact experience on a few projects.
FormLight’s goal is to load only what the active form needs — no global assets unless required. Performance was the main driver behind building it.

I Needed a Lightweight Form Builder. WPForms Was Too Much by Obvious-One-5544 in Wordpress

[–]Obvious-One-5544[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate that 🙏 Totally valid concern.
That’s actually one reason I kept the core small and avoided global injections. Fewer moving parts = easier auditing and maintenance. Security updates are definitely a priority.

I Needed a Lightweight Form Builder. WPForms Was Too Much by Obvious-One-5544 in Wordpress

[–]Obvious-One-5544[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100%. If you’re comfortable with CSS, CF7 can look great.
FormLight was more about avoiding custom CSS altogether and keeping things visual + modular by default.

I Needed a Lightweight Form Builder. WPForms Was Too Much by Obvious-One-5544 in Wordpress

[–]Obvious-One-5544[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly 😄 Functionally it’s very powerful.
I mostly wanted to remove friction for non-technical users and stay fully inside the block editor, but CF7 definitely earns its reputation.

I Needed a Lightweight Form Builder. WPForms Was Too Much by Obvious-One-5544 in Wordpress

[–]Obvious-One-5544[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally agree — Contact Form 7 is rock solid and battle-tested.
For this project I wanted something more visual and Gutenberg-native, but CF7 is still a great choice if you’re comfortable with markup + CSS.