Petal Forms

Petal Forms is a lightweight WordPress form builder. Unlike the free tier of most
form plugins, it does not lock common fields (Phone, Date, Time, Number) behind
a paid upgrade, and it does not cap forms, fields, or entries.

Features

• Drag-and-drop-style form builder in wp-admin
• 13 field types out of the box, including Phone, Date, and Time — free
• Entries stored in the database, viewable and exportable to CSV
• Email notifications to the site admin, with optional confirmation email to the submitter
• Honeypot spam trap + submission rate limiting, no configuration required
• Optional Google reCAPTCHA v2 integration
• Shortcode ([petal_form id="1"]) and a native Gutenberg block
• File uploads with an extension allow-list
• Clean uninstall option — leaves no orphaned database tables unless you opt in

What this is not

Petal Forms does not include payment processing (Stripe/PayPal), third-party CRM
integrations (Salesforce, HubSpot), or multi-site license management. If you need
those, a mature paid plugin will serve you better. Petal Forms is built for people
who just want a solid, unrestricted form builder.

External services

This plugin optionally integrates with Google reCAPTCHA to help block spam submissions. It only connects to Google’s servers if you enter a Site Key and Secret Key under Petal Forms → Settings; with no keys entered, no data is ever sent to Google.

When enabled, on every form submission the visitor’s reCAPTCHA response token and IP address are sent to Google’s siteverify API to confirm the submission is human. The reCAPTCHA widget script is also loaded from Google on any page showing a form.

This service is provided by Google: Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.