Ninja Forms – Submission Limit Cookie
Limit form submission per user for your Ninja Forms
Consider an alternative
Ninja Forms shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 70+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (70+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 9 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.8 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Ninja Forms stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| contact form | >100 |
| form | >100 |
| NinjaForms | #29 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About Ninja Forms – Submission Limit Cookie
From the official readme · v3.0Description
Simply limit form submissions per user
You can set a timeout for submissions per user so you can make sure a user doesn\’t submit a form too often. This is especially useful if you use NinjaForms for any kind of votings for example when you create a photo contest with Ninja Forms Multimedia Fields.
No need to register users
Of course a cookie is not as save as validating logged in users but it is fast and simple and you don\’t force your visitors to create an account.
For all kind of votings and polls
Check out the image voting demo here
More NinjaForms add-ons
- NinjaForms Excel Export
- NinjaForms CleverReach: Connect your form to your CleverReach E-Mail Marketing Account
- NinjaForms Multimedia Field: Add votings and star ratings for images, videos and music to your forms
- WP HTML Mail: create beautiful emails for your form submissions
Installation
Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.
For developers
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FAQ
Ninja Forms: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 5, 2026
Is Ninja Forms free?
Yes. Ninja Forms is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Ninja Forms safe to use in 2026?
Ninja Forms shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 70+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Ninja Forms?
Ninja Forms is active on 70+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 9,189 times since it launched in August 2017. It was downloaded 59 times in the last 30 days.
Does Ninja Forms work with WordPress 7.1?
Ninja Forms is officially tested up to WordPress 4.8.32, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Ninja Forms last updated?
The latest version, 3.0, was released on August 10, 2017 (9 years ago).
Who makes Ninja Forms?
Ninja Forms is developed and maintained by Hannes Etzelstorfer.
What are the best alternatives to Ninja Forms?
The most popular alternatives to Ninja Forms are Contact Form 7 (10M+ installs), Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Pro… (5M+ installs) and WPForms (5M+ installs).
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