This seems to be a straight forward question and it should have a straight forward answer, but I have seen some blogs not having a way to contact the webmaster/owner.

Some themes already come with a contact form which makes it easier for all. Some say it’s better to use a WordPress plugin for this, but there are so many that it becomes a bit confusing now and then. I’m currently using Enhanced WP-ContactForm and am happy with the results. You can see it in action via my contact page.

Although it is plain and simple, it provides some additional information that tells me where they came from or what they looked at before contacting me.

Information about the contact form are:

• Your name
• Your email address
• Your website
• Your message
• A quick sum is asked (adding numbers together)
• You can CC yourself so that you have a copy of the message sent
• Adds your IP address in the email it sends out
• Adds your last few pages you visited

Admin settings for the contact form:

• Email address where the message must be sent
• Subject of the email
• Success message
• Error message
• You can edit the text wording
• Allow message to be CC

Other WordPress plugins for contact forms:

• WP Contact Form – WP Contact Form is a drop in form for users to contact you. It can be implemented on a page or a post.
• Contact Form 7 – Contact Form 7 can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form and the mail contents flexibly with simple markup. The form supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and so on.
• WP Contact Form III – WP Contact Form III is a simple contactform based on Ryan Duff’s WP Contact Form and Doug Karr’s challenge (antispam) mod for Ryan’s original form. What I’ve added (here’s where the “III” comes in..) is giving your visitors the option to specify the subject of their email, and proper, valid xhtml.
• SimpleModal Contact Form (SMCF) – SimpleModal Contact Form (SMCF) is an Ajax powered modal contact form. It utilizes the jQuery JavaScript library and the SimpleModal jQuery plugin. SMCF has options to include certain contact form elements, like a Subject field and “Send me a copy” option for the sender.
• Cool Contact Form – Easy to use contact form. Displays nice looking validation errors and success messages on respective failure and success while sending the mail.
• Contact Form Captcha – Easy to use contact form with captcha enabled. Displays nice looking validation errors and success messages on respective failure and success while sending the mail. The contact form can also have content of your own. The content which will be displayed at the begining of the form and then the form itself.
• SF Contact Form – SF Contact Form is a contact form that integrates with the SalesForce Web-2-Lead function. It can be implemented on a page or a post. This plugin is based heavily on the original WP Contact Form.
• Fast and Secure Contact Form – Fast and Secure Contact Form for WordPress. This contact form lets your visitors send you a quick E-mail message. Blocks all common spammer tactics. Spam is no longer a problem. Includes a CAPTCHA and Akismet support. Does not require JavaScript. Easy and Quick 3 step install.
• Spam-Free Contact Form – Spam Free Contact Form. On errors, displays elegant error messages and confirmation messages on successful mail delivery.

If I have forgotten some plugin, then please let me know and I will add it to the list.

Final Thought

I would love to know what you are using on your blog/site. Let me know and we can see what is being used by others and which ones are easier than others.

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