# Eliminating The Contact Form Plugin Forever
Every now and often a contact form plugin for WordPress is in the news for a new vulnerability. And almost every WordPress website has one installed.
The utility of such a plugin in 99% of the cases is to create just one form for just one Contact Us page.
I think it could be and should be eliminated.
Remove the contact form plugin, make a contact form on a third-party form maker like formaloo, jotform, typeform, etc, and embed that on your contact page.
**Benefits of using a third-party form builder**
* No need to manage spam
Spam protection is built in these Saas-based form builders, so you do not need even more plugins to fight contact form spam.
* Makes WordPress much more secure.
Contact forms are often the largest reason a WordPress website is hacked because it has user-supplied input fields that can be exploited. Having a third-party form reduces this risk by 100%
* Reduces page load times of all pages.
Even though you use the form plugin on a single page, be default it adds to a lot of bloat to all WordPress pages and posts, making your website slower. The third-party form would only affect the page speed of the page where the javascript is embedded.
* The same form can be embedded on unlimited websites with a one-time setup.
Once you design a beautiful Contact Us form using a third-party form builder, it can be embedded on any page of any website, WordPress or not.
* Easy to set up notification emails.
People often complain about no notification emails when someone contacts them. They need an SMTP service provider and an SMTP plugin to increase deliverability. While third-party form builder makes this setup more intuitive and automatic.
I wrote about this in a couple of my comments so I thought of creating a new separate thread about it.
What are your views on it? Do you have major disadvantages of this method in mind? Please share your thoughts.
Also, what third-party form builder do you use?
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There’s a hidden gem of a barebones form builder I’ve literally been using for almost two decades now. They charge $10/year and handle the builder and sending.
Right now I’m using Breakdance and it has a built in form builder. No need for a third party form tool. But now you have me questioning if even those forms by Breakdance might be susceptible. I just don’t know enough about forms. Maybe I should go back to the form builder I was using.