Smart Forms – when you need more than just a contact form vs WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder

Smart Forms Want to see a demo? Click here Want to create a form with calculations? This is the best plugin for you And Here Is Why So you want to create a beautiful form, the problem is, you are not a developer and of course you have no time to learn any of that?, well, if that is you (or your client) this is the plugin for you. This plugin is focused in making really easy the process of creating your forms, with it you can add formulas to calculate totals (it doesn’t matter if your totals require complex calculations) or show the fields that you need just when you need them. Emailing is easy, you can even send different types of emails to different persons at the same time, again no coding needed at all since everything is configured in a friendly screen. You do know programing or web development? That’s fine!, even though it is not needed, because there is a friendly interface for everything, you can still use those skills to add custom css or javascript code into your form and tweak it as you want it. If you want to learn more keep reading, there is a list of features bellow, or even better check out the video tutorials here: http://smartforms.rednao.com/tutorials. I hope you like it =). Features: Responsive Forms– The forms adjust automatically to available space, making them look great in a pc or any device. Shortcode Forms– The forms can be easily added to any post or page using a shortcode or block. Forms Entry Screen– Easily view responses you can also edit them. Export to pdf or csv– Export the submitted information as pdf or csv. Customizable forms emails– After a form is submitted, send notification email with any information, and in any format that you need. Conditional emails– Configure a type of email to be send only when a condition is met Calculated forms fields– Formulas fill fields automatically (up to three fields per formula in the free version) Custom forms fields– The plugin currently supports these custom forms elements: name, phone, email, address, number, captcha (free version support up to 8 fields per form). File Uploader (pro)– Allows you to upload files in a form; you can configure the form to accept only one file or multiple files. Conditional Logic– Show and hide fields depending on values in other fields; allows you to have an all-in-one form all in one place, instead of in multiple pages; prevents forms from overwhelming users. Tons of icons to decorate your form– Create awesome forms with more than 200 icons; more coming soon. Style editor– Change the aspect of your form with the build-in style editor, or if you are a designer create your own css rules easily. JavaScript editor_ Create your own JavaScript code and customize your form exactly as you want it. Forms Compatible with Smart donations– – You can create paypal forms with this plugin, and also enjoy all the power of smart donations (https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-donations/, a smart donation license is required). Multiple Step Forms(pro)– Split your forms in section, making them easier to understand and submit. Smart forms quick tutorials Special thanks to Designmodo – https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/115789/trash_icon#size=16 Installing Smart Forms 1. Upload smart forms to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory 2. Activate the item named ‘smart forms’ in the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Go to Smart Forms /Add new and create a new form 4. To add the form to a widget go to widgets and drag the smart form widget 5. To add the form to a post type [sform]formid[/sform] (example:[sform]1[/sform]), you can find the formid of your form on the form list Creating a new Forms 1. Follow “Installing Smart Forms” 2. Click in smart forms 3. Click in add new 4. Drag the forms elements that you want to display 3. (Optional) If you want to do an additional action after a form is submitted. Go to the forms after submit tab, you can: a)Send a notification email with the form information b)Show an alert with the text that you want. This alert is shown after the form was successfully saved. c)Redireect the user that submitted the form to another page. 4. Save the form. 5. After the form is saved you might want to add the form to a post (Follow “Add form to a post”) or add the form to a widget (Follow “Add form to a widget”) 6. For a video tutorial please visit the smart forms tutorial screen Add the form to a post 1. Follow “Installing Smart Forms” 2. Follow “Creating a new Form” to have your new form. 3. Go to a page or post 4. Click in the smart forms button 5. A pop up will show with the list of forms that you have created in Smart Forms. Select the form that you want. 6. Save the post. 7. When you visit the post the form will show up 8. For a video tutorial please visit the smart forms tutorial screen Add the form as a widget 1. Follow “Installing Smart Forms” 2. Follow “Creating a new Form” to have your new form. 3. Go to the widget configuration 4. You will see an Smart Forms widget, drag it to wherever you want to display the form 5. The widget will contain the list of all the forms that you have created with Smart Forms. 6. Select the form that you want 7. The widget will display the form 8. For a video tutorial please visit the smart forms tutorial screen Configuring forms notification email 1. Follow “Installing Smart Forms” 2. Click in smart forms 3. Click in add new 4. Drag the forms elements that you want 5. Go to edit email (in the forms after submit tab) 6. Configure the email as you want it. You can click in the field buttons to add form values 7. Put the emails that you want to be notified of a form submission in the “Send email to” box, you can also define a form field. 8. Save the form 9. For a video tutorial please visit the smart forms tutorial screen

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. Included Features Unlimited Forms Unlimited Submissions Unlimited Styles Accessibility Friendly CaptchaFox Clean HTML 5 Code Cloudflare Turnstile Captcha Data Sources Drag and Drop Layout Editor Elementor Angie Integration Framework Friendly (Bootstrap, Foundation) GDPR Ready Google reCAPTCHA hCaptcha MCP Server Mobile Friendly Multiple Tab Forms Responsive Forms Section Library Send Unlimited Emails Single Click Templates Styler Translation Variables How to Create a Form in WordPress Go to WS Form > Add New. Choose a template or start from a blank form. Use the drag-and-drop editor to add fields. Click “Publish” and embed the form using your preferred page builder. Page Builders Add forms to your website using your favorite WordPress page builder: Beaver Builder Block Editor (Gutenberg) Breakdance Bricks Classic Editor Divi 4 Divi 5 Elementor Etch Oxygen For other builders simply use the WS Form shortcode! Spam Protection WS Form includes a powerful, multi-layer spam protection system to block unwanted submissions automatically. You get both built-in defenses and integrations with leading anti-spam services. Built-in Defenses Honeypot to silently trap bots WordPress NONCE validation Field validation (client-side and server-side) Duplicate submission detection and blocking IP rate limiting and throttling Keyword, domain, user agent, and IP blocking rules Optional server-side custom validation hooks Anti-Spam Fields and Integrations AbuseIPDB Akismet CaptchaFox Clearout Cloudflare Turnstile Google reCAPTCHA hCaptcha Works alongside third-party services such as CleanTalk and OOPSpam Multilingual Forms and Translation Translate your forms using your favorite multilingual plugin, or create different forms per language: Polylang TranslatePress Weglot WPML Manual translation Upgrade to PRO This plugin is the free LITE edition of WS Form PRO. The PRO edition comes with unrivaled additional features: 65+ Feature Rich Field Types Calculated Fields Cascading Select, Checkbox and Radio Fields Conditional Logic Conversational Forms Data Encryption Debug Console E-Commerce Repeatable Sections Save Progress Signatures Statistics Track Visitors … and more! Upgrade to WS Form PRO. PRO Integrations Airtable Akismet Amazon S3 AutomatorWP ActiveCampaign Authorize.Net Accept AWeber Bento Brevo (Sendinblue) Campaign Monitor Clearout Constant Contact ConvertKit dotdigital Drip Dropbox Fluent CRM Freshdesk GetResponse Google Address Google Drive Google Map Google Sheets Groundhogg HighLevel HubSpot iContact InstaWP Klaviyo Laposta LeadConnector Mailchimp MailerLite MailPoet Mailster Make Modula Mollie Moosend Notion OpenAI PayPal Checkout PDF Pipedrive Post Management Salesforce Slack Stripe Elements Twilio User Management Webex WooCommerce WP Fusion Zapier Zendesk Zoho CRM …. or use the Webhook action to integrate with your own custom APIs or external systems. 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. Extensive Field Types WS Form comes complete with all the field types you need to build a contact form. Upgrade to WS Form PRO to take advantage of all the form field types available, including: Color Picker Date / Time File Upload Google Address Google Map Google Routing hCaptcha HTML Legal Media Capture (Includes QR code reader) Message Previous Tab / Next Tab Price Progress Bar Range Slider Rating reCAPTCHA Save Signature Validation … and more! For Developers WS Form PRO comes with a unique debug console that provides you with rapid, form population capabilities (perfect for form testing!), as well as comprehensive event and error logging. 3rd Party Use WS Form includes the following third party components: Date Format by Jacob Wright – Used for formatting server and post dates on the public JavaScript interface. Intl-Tel-Input – Used for international telephone input 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: AbuseIPDB https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2/ This endpoint is called when AbuseIPDB spam protection is enabled to check the submitter IP address, and optionally to report an IP when a submission is marked as spam. Terms of Use / Privacy Policy CaptchaFox https://api.captchafox.com/siteverify This endpoint is called when a form is submitted to validate a CaptchaFox field. Terms of Use / Privacy Policy 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.