Advanced Forms for ACF vs Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You

Documentation | Purchase Pro Advanced Forms is a WordPress plugin for creating front-end forms using Advanced Custom Fields. It supports all ACF field types, including repeaters and flexible content fields, and provides the same field editing interface you are already familiar with. Advanced Forms requires ACF PRO v5.7 or later. Email notifications: Configure an unlimited number of email notifications, including support for dynamic recipients and field includes. AJAX submissions: Use AJAX for a better user experience with faster submissions and no page reloads. Entries: Save form submissions as entries with all fields. Spam protection: Every form is protected against spam using a honeypot. If you need more sophisticated spam protection, Advanced Forms Pro includes support for reCAPTCHA. Restrictions: Place limits on your form using the built-in restrictions or create your own: Limit the total number of submissions Limit your form to only logged-in users Limit the time when your form can be used User-friendly UI: Create forms either through the admin panel or programmatically for easy integration. Gutenberg support: Add forms to your site using Gutenberg blocks. Developer-friendly: Designed for developers with a large variety of hooks and helper functions and comprehensive documentation. Pro On top of that, Advanced Forms Pro offers even more features for advanced use cases. You can purchase a license through Hookturn which can be used on an unlimited number of sites. Priority support: Get direct support with an average response time of 1-2 days. Post editing: Set up forms to create and edit posts. Configure the post title, content and status and automatically map your existing ACF fields. User editing: Register new users or let people edit their user profile with automatic mapping of your user fields. Calculated fields: Give your users immediate feedback as they fill out your form. Calculated fields update live with the values from other fields. Calculated fields are also fully programmable for more complex calculations. Slack: Get a message in Slack for each form submission, including all form data. Mailchimp: Create a form to sign users up for your Mailchimp mailing list. Zapier: Connect your form to thousands of third-party services using Zapier. Google reCAPTCHA: Protect your forms against spam using an invisible captcha. Support If you need help, have a feature request, or think you’ve found a bug, don’t hesitate to reach out. Either create a ticket on the WordPress Support Forums or an issue on Github. For Pro users, please send an email to [email protected] and we’ll respond as fast as we can, most often within 1-2 days. Documentation The documentation has been moved to a new site, check it out: advancedforms.github.io

Forms that grow with your business As one of WordPress’ oldest form builders, we’re proud to serve users from around the world, from all walks of life, and from different stages of online growth. From the small businesses and local nonprofits that make up the core Ninja Forms user base to universities, hospitals, and even Fortune 500 companies, we’ll scale with you from startup to wherever you’re aiming for. We’re committed to offering as many free, open source tools as we can get away with to back you up in the extremely price-conscious early days. As you grow, pick and choose only the premium features you need as you need them. We’ll grow with you from there for as far as you want to take us. We’re also committed to respecting your privacy and time. No unsolicited emails or aggressive marketing. No paywalling basic features or scraping private data. We offer a fully staffed team of support experts and a comprehensive library of plugin documentation for all users, free and paid, to help keep you collecting the submissions that move your business forward. We look forward to seeing where you’ll take us! All the basics without the paywalls When you’re starting out, even little expenses add up quickly. That’s why Ninja Forms core will always be free and open source. It’s why we try to offer as much in core as we can to cover your basic needs at no cost. Here’s a peek at some of what core has to offer. Form Building Features – 24+ FREE drag-and-drop form fields – Customize fields with default values, specialty text, and much more – Favorite and reuse any customized field – Calculations: assign values to fields and calculate totals – Merge tag system for pre-populating fields and passing field data between forms – Configurable per-field submission storage for easy GDPR compliance – Email notifications on submission (as many as you like, free!) – Customizable success messages (supports links and downloads!) – Redirect to new page after submission – Customize callbacks to WP action hooks on submit – Spam Protection: full integration with Google reCAPTCHA & Akismet – Configurable form display settings – Form restriction settings – Unique field validation – Unlimited forms & submissions – Form Templates – Form Import / Export – Shareable forms (share the form via link without it being attached to a page) – No aggressive marketing, pushy review asks, constant popups, or unsolicited emails – Responsive and mobile friendly – SEO friendly Submission Management Features – Unlimited FREE submissions – Configurable submissions display – Search and filter by field – Search and filter by submitted value – Search and filter by submission date – Edit submitted values – Refire any email notification from any submission – Export to CSV – Bulk submissions export – Automated WordPress GDPR integration for export & delete data requests – Mark fields as PII and selectively not store specific data – All submissions stored locally on YOUR server only unless you specify otherwise – We never see or collect your field or submission data Dozens of buildable form types – Contact form – Email form – Calculation form – Lead form – Quiz form – Mortgage or Payment Calculator forms – Quote and Cost Calculator forms – Health and Fitness Calculator forms – Polling form – Survey form – Lead Magnet Download form – Event Registration form – Sales form – Appointment form – Booking form – Entry form – Order form – Lesson Plan form – Job Application form – RSVP form – Request form – Feedback form – Support form – GDPR Export or Delete Data Request forms …and many more! You get more than just a plugin – Fully documented – Regular updates – FREE technical support – Privacy and security minded – Accessibility focused – Translated into 24+ languages by the WordPress Polyglots team – Long term partners of WPML for even more translations! – Ecosystem aware: we know it’s not just you and Ninja Forms. We do our best to communicate and play nice with others. Pick and choose just what you need as you need it As you start to grow, so does what you need out of your forms. But there’s no need to dive into the deep end right away and spend more than is practical. All premium features are contained in add-ons to the core form builder and can be purchased independently. When you find yourself wanting just one or two things, you can grab just what you need without paying for extras. When you’re ready for more, our membership plans bundle popular features together in budget friendly packages. Select from 40+ add-ons across multiple categories: Advanced Form Features – Advanced Datepicker – Conditional Logic – File Uploads – Layout & Styles – Multi Step Forms – Save Progress – User Analytics – User Management Submissions Extended – Excel Export – Front End Posting – PDF Form Submissions – Scheduled Submissions Export Accept Payments – Authorize.net – Elavon – PayPal official partner – Recurly – Stripe Email Marketing – Active Campaign – AWeber – Campaign Monitor – CleverReach – Constant Contact – ConvertKit – EmailOctopus – Emma – Mailchimp – MailPoet CRMs – Capsule – CiviCRM – HubSpot *official partners – Insightly – OnePageCRM – PipelineDeals – Salesforce – Zoho CRM Notifications & Workflow – ClickSend SMS – Help Scout – Slack – Trello – Twilio SMS Automation – Webhooks – Zapier official partners The sky’s the limit on what you can build with add-on features, but here are some of the most popular forms we see in the wild: Payment forms Donation forms Signup forms User Registration form Newsletter forms CRM forms User Registration form Login forms Upload forms Google Sheets forms Post Creation forms Notes We’ve been standing by our product and our users for over a decade, working to make your experience the best it can be. We’re one of the only form builders around that offers support for all users, whether you’ve made a purchase or not. If you have any questions or suggestions, we’re always happy to hear from you. We have a dedicated support team with team members that span four continents standing by to help with technical questions every Monday to Friday. General feedback is always welcome too. It’s a big part of how we figure out what to do next, so chime in any time! You’ll always have a direct line to us right here! Additional Branding and Trademark Information Ninja Forms® is a registered trademark of Saturday Drive INC. We are a WordPress forms or WP forms builder, not to be confused with the independent WPForms brand for WordPress. All official Ninja Forms add-ons and memberships can be found on our official website, ninjaforms.com.