Flavonto Forms documentation

Build accessible forms visually: steps, conditional logic, calculations, uploads, payments, saved drafts and a complete entries workspace.

Getting started

• Install and build your first formRequirements, installation, the first form and adding it to a page.
• Embedding formsThe block, shortcodes, popups, menu links, widgets, Elementor, WPBakery and PHP.

Building forms

• The builderLibrary, canvas, outline, inspector, drafts, versions, previews and keyboard shortcuts.
• Checking answersRequired fields, lengths, numbers, patterns, unique answers, dates, available hours, choices, matching fields, and the messages visitors see.
• Layout, steps and saving for laterColumns, sections, repeating groups, steps with a progress bar, and save and continue later.
• Conditional logicShow and hide fields, sections and steps, make fields required on a condition, and route emails and integrations.
• CalculationsTotals, quotes and scores with formulas that are checked again on the server.
• File uploadsPrivate storage, file checks, size limits, links in emails, attachments and the Media Library.
• Limits, schedules and accessOpen and close a form on a schedule with a countdown, limit entries with an optional waiting list, limit entries per person, and choose who can use a form.
• Spam protectionThe checks that run on every form, challenges, Akismet, and what happens to entries that look like spam.
• Design and stylingDesigns, colours, dark mode, label positions, spacing, and custom CSS with design tokens.
• Multilingual sites and RTLTranslating forms with WPML or Polylang, form languages, and right to left forms.
• AccessibilityWhat the forms and the builder do for people using keyboards, screen readers, zoom and touch, and what you need to do as the author.

After sending

• EmailsNotifications to your team and copies to visitors, recipients chosen by rules, merge tags, attachments and delivery checks.
• ConfirmationsWhat visitors see after sending: a message, a page or an address, chosen by rules.
• PaymentsOne time payments through Stripe Checkout and PayPal, test mode, webhooks and payment states.
• IntegrationsWebhooks, email marketing services, Zoho CRM, Telegram, WordPress users and posts, database rows, analytics events, campaign values and address suggestions.

Managing entries

• EntriesViews, search, filters, labels, statuses, notes, the timeline, editing, resending and exports.
• Privacy and dataEncryption, IP addresses, keeping less data, retention, consent records and the WordPress personal data tools.
• Import, export and moving from QuformExport and import forms, import entries from a CSV file, move forms and entries from Quform, and undo an import.
• How forms are protectedWhat the plugin checks on the server, how files, links, integrations and staff permissions are protected, and what you should still do on your site.

Help

• TroubleshootingEmails not arriving, forms not sending, uploads, background jobs, payments, caching and conflicts.
• Licence and updatesActivating the licence key, how updates arrive, and what happens when a licence expires.
• Questions and answersShort answers to the questions people ask most.
• PerformanceWhat loads on which pages, measured speeds with 10,000 entries, background work, caching and settings for busy sites.
• Backups, updates and removalWhat to back up, how updates change the database, restoring, deactivating, and deleting the plugin with or without its data.
• Known limitationsWhat Flavonto Forms does not do in this version, and what has and has not been tested.
• Getting supportWhere to look first, what to send, how to reach Flavonto support, and how to report a security problem.

Reference

• Field referenceEvery element and every setting.
• Form settingsEvery setting of a form.
• Global settingsEvery setting on the Settings screen.
• TemplatesThe forms you can start from.

Developers

• How Flavonto Forms worksStorage, form versions, the submission pipeline, background jobs and where to extend.
• PHP functions and constantsFunctions for themes and plugins, wp-config.php constants and capabilities.
• JavaScript eventsEvents forms dispatch in the browser, cancelling a submission, and the FlavontoForms object.
• REST APIThe public routes the visitor runtime uses, the payment webhooks, and the admin routes.
• The form documentThe JSON structure of a form, as exported, imported and passed to hooks.
• RecipesVerify webhook signatures, send entries to Google Sheets, connect Zoho CRM, add merge tags, validation and integrations.
• Building, testing and releasingFor the people who work on the plugin itself: the source layout, build commands, test suites, database migrations and the release procedure.
• Actions and filtersEvery hook with its arguments.