BeepMate – Forms to your messaging app vs WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder

BeepMate connects your WordPress site’s forms directly to WhatsApp. Whenever a visitor submits a form on your website, you’ll receive an instant WhatsApp message with their information. Key Benefits Instant Notifications: Get form submissions delivered to your WhatsApp in real-time Better Response Times: Reply to inquiries directly from your phone, wherever you are Works With Any Form: Compatible with all WordPress form plugins that use the mail system No Complex Setup: Works automatically with your existing forms Attachment Support: Receives files submitted through forms How It Works The plugin integrates with WordPress’s email system to capture form submissions and redirect them to WhatsApp using the BeepMate API. It works alongside your existing email notifications, ensuring you never miss an important message. You do not need to configure SMTP or any mailer settings (unless you want to) – it works even without a mailer. Features Works with all WordPress form plugins (Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Ninja Forms, Forminator etc.) Simple configuration with your BeepMate API key Multiple API connection methods for compatibility with all hosting environments Preserves special characters and emoji Debug mode for troubleshooting Maintains your existing email workflow External services This plugin connects to BeepMate API (beepmate.io) to send form submission data to WhatsApp. It sends form submissions including text content and any attachments to the BeepMate service whenever a form is submitted on your site. This service is provided by BeepMate: Privacy Policy. Requirements WordPress 5.0 or higher PHP 7.0 or higher A BeepMate account (get your FREE account and FREE API key at beepmate.io) A WhatsApp account External services This plugin connects to BeepMate API (beepmate.io) to send form submission data to WhatsApp. It sends form submissions including text content and any attachments to the BeepMate service whenever a form is submitted on your site. This service is provided by BeepMate: Privacy Policy. Technical Details How It Works Technically BeepMate intercepts WordPress emails at the PHPMailer level, right before they’re sent. When a form is submitted: The plugin hooks into phpmailer_init to capture the email content It extracts the recipient, subject, message body, and any attachments The information is formatted for WhatsApp The plugin connects to the BeepMate API using one of two methods (wp_removew or file_get_contents) The message is delivered to your configured WhatsApp number All of this happens without modifying your existing forms or email system. Configuration Options BeepMate API Key: Your unique API key from BeepMate that authorizes the connection. User ID: The phone number (with country code, no spaces or symbols) that will receive the WhatsApp messages. Redirect All Forms: When set to “Yes,” all form submissions will be sent to WhatsApp. When “No,” the plugin remains inactive. API Method: The technical approach used to connect to the BeepMate API: – wp_remote: The recommended method, works on most servers. – file_get_contents: An alternative if wp_remote is disabled on your server. Debug Mode: Enables detailed logging for troubleshooting. Debugging If you’re experiencing issues with the plugin, you can enable Debug Mode in the settings. This will log detailed information about: – Form interceptions – Message preparation – API calls – Response codes and errors Logs can be found in your WordPress debug log (if WP_DEBUG is enabled) or in your server’s PHP error log. API Structure The plugin uses BeepMate’s API with the following structure: – For text-only messages: https://beepmate.io/send?key=YOUR_KEY&id=YOUR_ID&msg=MESSAGE – For messages with attachments: A POST request to https://beepmate.io/send with multipart/form-data Security Considerations The plugin: – Sanitizes all user input – Uses WordPress nonces for form submissions – Checks user capabilities before allowing settings changes – Hides the API key in logs – Properly escapes all output Extending the Plugin Developers can hook into the plugin’s functionality using these functions: – beepmate_whatsapp_forms_prepare_message: Formats message content for WhatsApp – beepmate_whatsapp_forms_send_to_beepmate: Handles the API connection – beepmate_whatsapp_forms_debug: Controls debug logging Known Limitations Currently supports sending to a single WhatsApp number Depends on the standard WordPress email system being used by forms Some form plugins that implement custom email sending may not be compatible

Create Professional, Mobile-Friendly, Accessible Forms for WordPress – For Free! WS Form LITE is a powerful, feature-rich form builder that lets you create fully styled, responsive, and accessible forms. Unlike other plugins, WS Form LITE includes premium-quality features at no cost, such as unlimited forms, customizable styling, submission exporting, and robust anti-spam protection. Perfect for websites of all sizes, WS Form LITE empowers you to build smarter forms with ease. Choose from single-click templates or build your own form for WordPress using the unique drag and drop form editor. Create Beautiful Forms with Ease WS Form LITE includes an incredibly powerful and intuitive form styler, enabling you to design stunning forms directly within WordPress. Whether you’re matching your site’s branding or building custom layouts from scratch, WS Form’s Styler gives you full control over the appearance of your forms, no coding required. 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PRO Custom Field Plugin Compatibility ACF ACPT JetEngine Meta Box Pods Toolset Theme / Framework Support WS Form is compatible with all WordPress themes, and also outputs native HTML for the following front-end frameworks: Bootstrap 5+ Bootstrap 4.1-4.5.x Bootstrap 4.0 Bootstrap 3.x Foundation 6.4+ Foundation 6.0-6.3.1 Foundation 5.x Performance WS Form was built with enterprise level performance in mind. WS Form does not interfere with the loading of other page or post content on your website and isolates submission records to ensure as your website grows your page load speed is not affected. All form code is HTML 5 compliant and if your website theme uses a framework such as Bootstrap or Foundation WS Form automatically outputs code to suit that framework. This means your form loads as fast as possible without any unnecessary overhead typically found in other form plugins for WordPress. Click here to learn more about the WSForm performance features. 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Select2 – Used for AJAX select dropdowns CanIUse.com – Used for linking to field and field attribute compatibility pages Coloris – Used for the color picker in the styler External Services WS Form uses the following API endpoints to provide services within the plugin: Google reCaptcha https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify This endpoint is called when a form is submitted to validate a reCaptcha field. Terms of Use / Privacy Policy hCaptcha https://hcaptcha.com/siteverify This endpoint is called when a form is submitted to validate an hCaptcha field. Terms of Use / Privacy Policy Turnstile https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify This endpoint is called when a form is submitted to validate a Turnstile field. Terms of Use / Privacy Policy WS Form – Knowledge base popular articles https://wsform.com/plugin-support/knowledgebase_content.php This endpoint is called when the support sidebar is opened to show popular knowledge base articles. Terms of Use / Privacy Policy WS Form – Knowledge base search https://wsform.com/plugin-support/knowledgebase_search.php This endpoint is called when a knowledge base search is performed in the support sidebar to return knowledge article results. Terms of Use / Privacy Policy WS Form – Support ticket requests https://wsform.com/plugin-support/contact.php This endpoint is called when a support ticket request is submitted in the support sidebar to create the support ticket and return the ticket ID. Terms of Use / Privacy Policy WS Form – Deactivation feedback requests https://wsform.com/plugin-support/deactivate_feedback.php This endpoint is called when deactivation feedback is submitted to provide your feedback to WS Form. Terms of Use / Privacy Policy WS Form – Select, checkbox and radio presets https://cdn.wsform.com/plugin-support/preset.json This endpoint is called when the preset option is selected for a select, checkbox or radio field to return the available presets and preset data (e.g. List of countries). Terms of Use / Privacy Policy Support Need help? Check out our extensive knowledge base. For support, please visit the WS Form LITE support forum.