JetFormBuilder vs No Gutenberg? – Choose Where to Use the Block Editor or the Classic Editor

JetFormBuilder — Dynamic Blocks Form Builder A functional yet easy-to-use Form Builder plugin lets you create, edit, and style advanced form types in the block editor (Gutenberg). No more supplementary drag-and-drop form builders. You can now use a one-stop interface to develop fully operative custom forms. SUPPORT Please use our Github repo for the any issues/bugs/problems – https://github.com/Crocoblock/jetformbuilder/issues/ JetFormBuilder lets you build any kind of form nice and easy. Its 24+ field blocks allow creating forms from scratch or reassembling the existing ones. Throw JetStyleManager into the mix, and you’ll be able to adjust every form field’s fonts and style settings. Create form types, customize, and style – all in WordPress default blocks editor. At first, I thought this was just another free form builder for Gutenberg, but I was wrong. I wanted to share what got me so excited about it after only the first 5 minutes. – Paul Charlton from WPTuts. WORDPRESS FORMS YOU CAN CREATE JetFormBuilder is a user-friendly form creator that lets you create new forms and add them to the form page. From a simple form to multi-step form design – you can nail down any form type: Signup form User profile form Quick contact form Subscription form Online survey form Appointment form Application form Booking form Event registration form Multi-Page Form with a progress bar WordPress Post Submission Form Request a Quote Form Feedback Survey Contact Form Make a Suggestion Contact Form Change Request Forms Maintenance Request Contact Form Scholarship Application Form Make a Referral Contact Form Volunteer Registration Contact Form Credit Card Payment Make a Donation Form Product Purchase Form Newsletter Signup Form Online Petitions BASIC FEATURES VARIOUS FIELD TYPES Find inside 24+ JetFormBuilder blocks colored to stand out from the crowd. You can mix and match them freely until you achieve a unique row or column layout. POST SUBMIT ACTIONS Choose from 12 available actions and set any you want to be performed after the form is submitted on the frontend: Send Email; Insert/Update Post; Register User; Update User; Update Options; Call Hook; Call Webhook; Redirect to Page; MailChimp; ActiveCampaign; GetResponse; Save Form Record; And more. MULTI-STEP FORM & FORM BREAK BLOCK Use Form Page Break to build multi-step WordPress forms. Divide the fields and place them into separate tabs. Add a customizable “Apply” button to proceed to the next step. Enable file uploads if desired. By adding a Form Progress bar, you’ll indicate the form’s first, current, and last steps. CUSTOM FIELD STYLES We integrated JetStyleManager & Gutenberg to make it possible for you to style the form fields as desired. Style settings can be applied to anything in the text box, form description, required mark, and content label, too. BEGINNER-FRIENDLY & VISUAL No more confusing field rows and additional styling. Because Gutenberg is a visual editor, you can monitor the form creation process as if you were on the frontend. All field types can be found in the JetForm Fields block in the WordPress dashboard. STORE FORM RECORD Manage the entry submissions in the convenient Dashboard. Add Store Form Record post-submit action to save all the submitted forms in one place and check their status, basic data, and filled in fields’ data. Review the error’s details if any. PAYMENT METHODS INTEGRATION Accept all kinds of payments securely via any of your forms, be it one-off, recurring, fixed, variable fees, or user-entered amounts. JetFormBuilder supports WooCommerce, Stripe, and PayPal integrations. Check the payments basic details: status, date, amount in one place in the Dashboard. ADVANCED JETFORMBUILDER FEATURES CONDITIONAL LOGIC You can adjust the visibility conditions of any form field. Just use the corresponding JetFormBuilder block and decide which field will be shown and when. Besides that, there’s a chance to fine-tune the way Post Submit Actions perform on the backend. You set the conditions according to which the Actions will be executed or not. CALCULATED CONTENT Build dedicated Calculator and Order forms or add extra functionality to any other form type. The Calculated field type will carry out basic and complex calculations real quick. REPEATER FIELD Repeater creates an interface to add and remove a repeatable group of input elements. You can use a Repeater field to add a group of fields any number of times. Create Repeater groups to display custom data smoothly. HIDDEN FIELDS Can’t decide what to do with system fields that were not meant for users to be seen? It’s simple. Hide them. JetFormBuilder’s functionality allows you to make a form field invisible on the frontend. MAP FIELD Allows adding map coordinates, longitude and latitude, and physical address itself via form to the posts, users, taxonomies or options pages. More JetFormBuilder Features Field Value Generator Function. Three available functions help you generate the field values dynamically. Really Hidden Fields. Secure hidden fields by disabling HTML render. JetEngine Forms migration. Duplicate all the forms you created through JetEngine to Gutenberg in one click. Editable post-submit messages. Use the default message texts or input those you see fit. Spam filtering & protection. Add a Google reCAPTCHA to your form easily. File uploads. Decide which users you would authorize to attach files to your website forms: registered, not-registered, or all users. Form submit type. Choose between the page reload and AJAX options. Drag-and-drop editor. Grab the form block and place it where you want in a matter of seconds. Input mask. Three mask types are available – numeric, alphabetical, and alphanumeric. Just copy and paste the needed one to make it work. Numbers range generator. Dynamically generate a range of numbers to be used in Checkbox, Select & Radio Fields. Inline fields editing. Edit the field labels and descriptions in-place. Form validation. Check if the entered user data is correct and whether to let them proceed with the form submission or not. Form patterns. Save time while creating a form layout? It’s possible! JetFormBuilder grants access to Form Patterns, which you can use to build contact, login & register, application, profile, booking, and subscription forms. Read more about all JetFormBuilder features here JETFORMBUILDER PRO ADDONS — GO FARTHER, GET MORE JetFormBuilder PRO version allows you to go far beyond the ordinary forms. Its pack of mighty addons gives a second-to-none form-building experience. Buy the PRO addons and see how easy it will be to: automate marketing campaigns; optimize lead generation process; enjoy the autocomplete functionality; integrate payment methods; and much more. Please note: Our server will be contacted for updating any Pro add-on you have installed on your website. More info you can find on the Privacy Policy page FORM FEATURES Build a form easily, be it simple or complex. Such specific features as autocomplete fields, form availability setup, form responses limitation, and form progress saving will improve the user experience. Save Form Progress. This addon autosaves the form progress and data provided by the user whenever the filling process went wrong. Address Autocomplete. Once the user starts typing in the Address field, this addon can suggest up to 5 places to auto-fill the field. Limit Form Responses. This addon controls the general number of form submissions and impedes the same user from submitting repeatedly. Select Field Autocomplete. Use this addon for the Select field type; it allows you to auto-fill it dynamically. Schedule Forms. This functionality allows you to set up the form availability by indicating its open and close dates. User Login. This addon allows you to configure the Login User post-submit action. Add it to the login form and let users log in with their credentials. Advanced Color Picker. Use this addon to activate the advanced color picker feature and fine-tune the color opacity in the frontend form fields. Hierarchical Select. This addon allows you to pull the taxonomy term data into Select fields in the front-end form putting them in a level-wise hierarchy. EMAIL MARKETING Create contact forms for collecting user data and managing it the way you like. Garner more subscribers and add them to your mailing lists using the right email marketing tool. MailerLite Action. Use this extension to manage subscriber groups and add a handy “autoresponder” that’ll cover newsletters. MailPoet. This addon allows you to generate new leads, manage subscriber data, and automate email notification sending. ConvertKit. Install this email marketing addon to grow your audience reach and generate more income from subscription lists. MARKETING AUTOMATION Want to automate email marketing campaigns? Select the most convenient integration that is sure to facilitate subscriber management. Moosend. This addon creates a connection between your WordPress site and Moosend email marketing software. Thanks to it, you will be able to collect email addresses and manage subscribers to the fullest. CRM & SALES Integrate JetFormBuilder-created forms and the mighty CRMs. It will help you boost lead gen tremendously. Obtain the necessary visitor data and manipulate it in a database using numerous options. HubSpot. Use this mailing list addon to collect leads, create new contacts, edit the existing subscribers, and send email notifications centrally. It supports authorization by API key and OAuth 2.0. PAYMENTS Get your site eCommerce-ready. Choose the preferred payment method, add its gateway to the form, and decide which actions will be executed before/after the payment is processed. Stripe Payments. With the help of this addon, you add a Stripe payment gateway to the JetFormBuilder forms, which allows you to carry out payments. WooCommerce Cart & Checkout Action. This addon allows adding one product to the cart and redirecting users to WooCommerce checkout once they submit the form. PayPal Recurring Payments. It allows you to create recurring subscriptions for your customers and accept payments via the form. Demo Check out the JetFormBuilder demo page and figure out what functionality you get. Explore the demo now. Integrations JetEngine Use the JetEngine potential when setting up a form. You can add meta fields and custom taxonomies to the JetFormBuilder fields, generate the field values dynamically and put the JetEngine-built custom post types into the dynamic settings. JetStyleManager We added the opportunity to change the way Gutenberg Form blocks will look on the frontend. You can style up every component separately. Hit the brush icon on the WordPress admin panel and do the necessary styling in the Block Style section. JetBooking Create a user-friendly booking form with the JetFormBuilder. Extend your form with advanced features, as calculated content, smart notifications, etc. Add page breakers to make the multi-step form for your users. JetAppointment Combine the JetAppointment features with JetFormBuilder to create a fully-fledged appointment website for any needs. More third-party plugin integrations are in the works. Documentation Learn every little thing about the JetFormBuilder WordPress plugin & put theory to practice: JetFormBuilder tutorials JetFormBuilder documentation

The most configurable way to leave the block editor behind. Activate it and everything block related is gone: the block editor, Global Styles, patterns, block widgets, the Site Editor and the block CSS and JavaScript that every page loads. From there you decide the scope: everywhere, or only for the post types, roles, templates and entries you choose. What this plugin removes: Core Gutenberg Features Gutenberg Block Editor (completely disabled) Full Site Editing (FSE) Global Styles and inline CSS Block-based Widget Editor (reverts to Classic Widgets) Block Patterns and Pattern Directory Theme.json support and processing Block Directory integration Site Editor functionality Performance Optimizations The block library CSS and JavaScript that every page loads The Global Styles inline CSS, which dequeuing the handle never reaches The block assets of any other plugin that registers blocks, on pages where no block appears The block editor assets in the admin, wherever the Classic Editor is the one opening WooCommerce Integration The block based product editor, which follows the same rules as any other post type The WooCommerce block styles and scripts, removed along with the rest of the block assets Nothing else: leave blocks on for products and the block product editor keeps working Admin Experience Removes the welcome panel that promotes the block editor Removes the Patterns submenu from the Appearance menu (WP 6.5+) Removes the Fonts submenu from the Appearance menu (WP 7.0+) Blocks access to Site Editor pages Shows activation success notice Warns you when a block theme is active Adds settings and support links to plugin actions A default that asks nothing, and a settings page for everything else – Activating the plugin disables the block editor and every block feature across the site, which is what most people install it for. The rest of this page is about wanting less than that. Full control when you need it – The settings page lives under Settings > No Gutenberg?, built around one master switch. Leave it on and the whole site keeps the complete disable. Turn it off and you decide where the block editor goes away: by post type, by user role, by page template or by individual entry. The site wide pieces (classic widgets, block patterns, frontend block assets, theme.json and the Site Editor) are then yours to keep or remove one by one. Every checkbox means the same thing, so no setting ever undoes another one. Switch editors entry by entry, where it makes sense – Editor switching is chosen per post type, right next to the rule that disables the block editor. Enable it for pages, for instance, and every page gets “Edit (Classic)” and “Edit (Blocks)” links in the list plus a switch inside both editors, while your posts stay untouched. Each entry remembers the editor chosen for it, and that choice beats the rules in both directions: one landing page can stay on the Classic Editor while the rest keep blocks, or the other way around. It tells you what it is doing – The settings screen opens with a status panel for your particular site: how many block patterns are being blocked, how much weight is off every page, whether your theme is a block theme, and how much of your published content is really built with blocks. That last number is the one that should decide whether you strip the block styles from the frontend or not, and no other plugin tells you. Built for agencies and managed sites – The whole configuration can be fixed from wp-config.php, and the settings screen locked as read only or hidden altogether, so a site you deliver keeps the setup you left behind. A whole network configured in one file – This is where the plugin stands alone. Every single setting it has, and not just which editor opens, can be written in wp-config.php, the same file every site of a multisite network reads. A network of a hundred sites is set up once, all of them with the same rules, all of them with the same block CSS gone, and none of them able to drift away from it. The plugin can also be network activated and left alone, because settings are stored per site, so a network can equally let each site decide for itself. Same mechanism as the locking above, and this is how it is written. One configuration for a whole network, or for a site you deliver Everything the settings screen does can also be written in wp-config.php, where nobody changes it by accident, and what you write there wins over whatever is stored in the database. It is the same file for every site of a multisite network, so it is also how you set up a network without repeating the configuration site by site. Add the lines you need above the comment that says “That’s all, stop editing! Happy publishing.” To disable Gutenberg everywhere and leave no settings screen for anyone to touch, which is the usual setup both for a network and for a site you hand over to a client: define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS', array( 'complete' => true ) ); define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_HIDE_SETTINGS', true ); Drop that second line and the settings page is still there, showing the configuration the site is really running, but read only. And if all you want is to lock the screen, leaving the configuration as each site has it stored: define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_LOCK_SETTINGS', true ); NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS takes any of the settings on the screen, so a selective setup is written the same way: define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS', array( 'complete' => false, 'disable_post_types' => array( 'post', 'page' ), 'disable_roles' => array( 'editor', 'author' ), 'frontend_css' => false, ) ); The keys are the settings on the screen. complete, widgets, patterns, frontend_css, theme_json, site_editor and fse_notices take true or false, while disable_post_types, disable_roles, disable_templates and switch_post_types take an array of slugs, and disable_ids an array of entry IDs. Any key you leave out keeps the value stored on the site. Note that defining NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS already turns the whole screen read only, so NO_GUTENBERG_LOCK_SETTINGS is not needed on top of it. It fits sites that: – Work better in the Classic Editor and want it back – Run classic themes and plugins that were never built around blocks – Are paying for block CSS and JavaScript on pages with no blocks in them – Need the Classic Editor for everyone except a few post types, roles or people – Are a multisite network that wants the same editing experience on every site Support Need private support or custom development? Do you need one-on-one help, priority troubleshooting, or a custom feature, integration, or tweak built specifically for your site? I offer private support and custom development. Just contact me and tell me what you need. Need help or have suggestions? Official website WordPress support forum YouTube channel Documentation and tutorials Love the plugin? Please leave us a 5-star review and help spread the word! About AyudaWP We are specialists in WordPress security, SEO, and performance optimization plugins. 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