As a non-WordPress developer, is there some place I can quickly reference to see the most modern, popular, ideally open source plugins for various common plugin requirements?

To be honest going on the WordPress plugin page is like a step back in time.

I’m looking to do a number of what I assume are incredibly common things:

1. Create a contact form with invisible reCAPTCHA enabled
2. Create a custom form for collecting some user information that is IDEALLY saved in a database table somewhere that can be exported from the WP admin as a CSV or similar

That’s about it. I am wondering if there is some “secret”, spam free place where a list of current, well written plugins are stored that are ideally open source and kept up to date for the good of the WP dev community?

I’m not looking for something with additional paid features, trying to upsell me other modules, etc.

I _could_ likely do something like this myself but forms can be really tricky to get right, especially with validation rules, etc, and I really don’t want to spend the time.

I feel compelled to point out that although I don’t work with wordpress, I’m a professional software developer and am not trying to undervalue the work required for plugin development, HOWEVER in the world I live any super common functionality is likely going to have an open source project or two that are provide the best quality because again it’s in the interest of the development community.

Thanks for any advice!