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Most site owners spend months worrying about traffic, but when the traffic actually arrives, the contact form sits there, and the leads never show up. After working on a lot of WordPress forms, for my own projects and for clients, I've found the form itself is almost always what's holding things back. Small changes to how your form looks, asks, and follows up can move a 2 percent conversion rate into double digits, and you don't need a CRO specialist to pull it off. In this beginner's guide, you'll learn what form conversion optimization actually is, why most forms quietly lose leads, and the five practical pillars you can use to start fixing yours today. A Beginner’s Guide to Form Conversion Optimization appeared first on WPForms.
If you're running a WordPress site with any kind of form, there's a good chance you're collecting personal data. Names, email addresses, payment details, feedback responses. And if even one of those visitors lives in the European Union, GDPR applies to you. I've seen too many site owners treat GDPR as a vague checkbox exercise, something you deal with by slapping a cookie banner on your homepage and calling it done. But forms are where the real data collection happens, and that's exactly where regulators are paying attention. Making your WordPress forms GDPR compliant doesn't have to be painful. In this guide, I'll walk you through everything you need to know, from what the regulation actually requires to how you can set up compliant forms in WPForms. A Complete Guide on WordPress GDPR Compliance for Forms appeared first on WPForms.
Survey data is only as powerful as your ability to understand it. And here's the hard truth: if you're staring at rows of raw responses trying to make sense of what your audience is actually telling you, you're wasting time you DON’T have. That's exactly why we built the original Surveys & Polls addon. And today, we're making it dramatically better, so you can get better insights, faster! WPForms Surveys & Polls Just Got a Massive Upgrade – Here’s What’s New appeared first on WPForms.
Someone lands on your website, finds your contact form, and starts typing their name into the first field. Then their phone buzzes, or their boss pings them, or they just close the tab thinking they'll come back later. Studies show that over 80% of people who start filling out a form never submit it. That's traffic and interest lost because there was no way to capture what they'd already typed. The good news is that WPForms has a way to capture that data before it disappears. The Form Abandonment addon saves partial entries in real time. Follow the steps in this guide to set it up! How to Use WordPress Form Abandonment Recovery to Save Leads appeared first on WPForms.
Buy Online, Pick Up In-Store (BOPIS) isn't just for big retailers anymore. Local shops, restaurants, bakeries, and even florists are offering it because customers expect it. And the good news is you don't need a full eCommerce platform to make it work. With WPForms and the Geolocation addon, you can add an interactive store pickup selector to any of your WordPress order forms. Let's go! How to Add a Store Pickup Selector to Your WordPress Order Form appeared first on WPForms.
If you've been searching for a way to accept PayPal payments on your WordPress site, you've probably noticed that most guides point you toward WooCommerce or an expensive plugin. The good news is WPForms Lite now includes PayPal Commerce as a built-in feature. It's a free plugin, and you can use it to collect one-time or recurring PayPal payments directly through your WordPress forms. I'll walk you through the full setup in this guide. From plugin install to a live payment form, the whole thing takes about 10 minutes. How to Accept PayPal Payments in WordPress for Free appeared first on WPForms.
Contact Form 7 just announced a feature freeze. At a recent WordCamp event, the CF7 team confirmed that version 6.2 will be the final major update. After that, the plugin will only receive bug fixes and security patches. The developer explicitly stated they're moving on to the next project. If you're one of the 10 million+ site owners running CF7, your first thought is probably "my forms work fine, so why should I care?" That's fair. But a plugin in feature freeze isn't just missing new features. It's a plugin that will slowly fall behind as WordPress itself keeps evolving. I've been watching CF7's development pace slow down for a while now, and this announcement confirms what many of us suspected. The good news is that switching is faster and easier than you'd expect, and there's a free alternative that already does more than CF7 ever did. 11 Reasons to Switch From Contact Form 7 to WPForms appeared first on WPForms.
Instead of dumping your entire catalog on a visitor and hoping they figure it out, a quiz asks a few quick questions and points them toward the right product. It's like having a helpful sales associate built into your website. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through how to create a product recommendation quiz in WordPress using WPForms. You don't need to write any code, and the whole thing can be set up in an afternoon. How to Create a Product Recommendation Quiz for Your Online Store appeared first on WPForms.
Venmo has over 78 million users in the US, and it's especially popular with younger buyers. The good news: WPForms lets you accept Venmo directly on your WordPress forms. And you don't need WooCommerce, or a Venmo business account, or paid plugin plan required. How to Accept Venmo on Your WordPress Forms appeared first on WPForms.
Imagine an interactive map right inside your form, with your sites pinned as custom labeled icons. The user taps the one nearest them, the pin bounces to confirm, and their selection is captured cleanly in your entry. It's done in seconds and without ever leaving the page. That's the WPForms Map field in action! How to Add an Interactive Location Picker to Any WordPress Form appeared first on WPForms.
Someone lands on your site, finds exactly what they want, heads to checkout... and then hesitates. Not because they don't want it, but because the total feels like a lot to hand over all at once. That's the moment Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) was made for. In this guide, I'll break down what that actually is, why it works so well for higher-priced items, and exactly how to turn it on in WPForms. How to Add Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) to Your WordPress Forms appeared first on WPForms.
WPForms turns 10! Here's a look at everything we shipped this year, from the Quiz addon and PDF generation to eight new integrations, a Camera field, interactive maps, Form Themes for everyone, and payments for every user. Plus a look back at where a decade of form building has taken us. WPForms Turns 10: A Decade In, and We’re Just Getting Started appeared first on WPForms.
PayPall is now available to ALL WPForms users! Easily add PayPal to any WordPress forms and start accepting payments by PayPal, Pay Later, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Venmo, Fastlane, and regional payment methods for international users. More Ways to Pay, More Reasons to Stay: PayPal for All WPForms Users appeared first on WPForms.
In this guide, we'll cover the difference between fillable PDFs and online forms, the pros and cons of each, when to use each one, and how to get the best of both. Let's go! Online Forms vs Fillable PDFs: Which Is Better for Your Website? appeared first on WPForms.
Managing bookings across multiple locations can be a nightmare without the right tools, especially when customers need to see where you're located before they book. With WPForms and the Geolocation addon, you can create a multi location booking form WordPress that displays all your locations on an interactive map and lets visitors pick their preferred spot. This guide walks you through building a booking form that shows multiple offices, service centers, or event venues on a single map, making it easy for customers to find and book at their nearest location. How to Create a Multi-Location WordPress Booking Form appeared first on WPForms.
The Geolocation addon just got a major upgrade. The new Map field lets you pin your locations on an interactive map right inside your forms, so visitors can see where you are and pick a location in seconds. Drop a Pin: The Map Field is Here appeared first on WPForms.
With the Quiz addon, you can build any of three quiz types: Personality, Graded, or Weighted, and turn each one into a lead-capture machine. In this guide, I'll show you exactly how to do it for all three quiz formats, along with some quiz-building tips and tricks as we go. How to Create a Lead-Generation Quiz in WordPress appeared first on WPForms.
Have you ever taken a quiz where some questions just felt more important than others? That's the idea behind weighted quizzes, which assigns different point values based on how much each question matters. This lets you measure things like preferences, priorities, or tendencies with way more accuracy than a standard quiz. However, most quiz plugins force you into rigid formats like personality types or pass/fail grading. With WPForms’ Quiz addon, you don't have to worry about this at all. You just set your point values, and the plugin does the rest automatically. Let me show you exactly how to set one up. How to Create a Weighted Quiz in WordPress appeared first on WPForms.
Before you can obsess over open rates and A/B test subject lines, you actually need people to email! And not just any people: the right people who want to hear from you. So aside from emailing platforms, let's talk about the other stuff that can make or break your email marketing success. The Email Marketing Tools You Actually Need appeared first on WPForms.
Need to test someone's knowledge? Graded quizzes give you a simple way to see who understands the material and who needs more help! The problem is, building a quiz from scratch means figuring out scoring logic, setting up answer validation, and designing a results page. That's a lot of work before you even write your first question. With WPForms' Quiz addon, you can skip all that. It handles the scoring, shows correct answers, and generates grade reports automatically. Let me show you exactly how to set one up. How to Create a Graded Quiz in WordPress appeared first on WPForms.
Which type of bread are you? If you've ever wondered if you lean more sourdough than wheat, I guarantee there's a quiz somewhere that can tell you. Or -- as I'm going to show you -- you can just make one! Personality quizzes are everywhere for good reason. They're fun, they get shared, and you can make one with WPForms in less than 10 minutes. How to Build a Personality Quiz for Your WordPress Website in Under 10 Minutes appeared first on WPForms.