In today’s world, a well-designed contact form is a tool and a means of reaching out to your followers. The WordPress contact form is crucial for any WordPress website. There are various plugins for these contact forms, but among so many, it is sometimes difficult to choose the right and easy-to-use plugin.
What are the benefits of a Contact Us runner?
- Online Forms Add Professionalism.
- They Sort Out Spam Letters.
- Online Forms Add Vacuity to the Stoner Experience.
- Online Forms Save Time.
- Contact Forms Can Help You Get Further Leads.
- Growing Your Conversion Rate.
- Creating a Contact List.
- Donated Subscriptions.
Why use a contact form on a website?
It keeps callers on point. A contact form allows your prospective customer to stay on your point. Simply posting a dispatch address requires the caller to open up their dispatch, dupe/ paste or type in their dispatch address( or click the link you give), and also write their communication there.
Here we will discuss several contact forms on WordPress based on our experience and highlight their pros and cons.
As we have built many websites, we know WPForms is a very effective and powerful plugin. Moreover, it is a user-friendly form. If you want to create a simple form, then it is better to use WPForms.
How can we install a plugin for the WordPress Contact Form?
First, we need to know how to install a plugin on the WordPress site.
Go to the Plugin>> Add New Plugin>> Search The Plugin Which You need>> Install>> Active
It’s very easy to install and activate a plugin in WordPress. Now, we discuss the various WordPress contact forms that will help you create forms on your website. So let’s start
01. Default Form ( WordPress Contact Form ):
When we install the plugin Elementor Pro, we have a default form here, the contact form. It’s very easy to create a contact form.
- First, go to the edit with Elementor section & find the widget name form.
- After clicking this form, there are many fields by default, such as Name, Email, Phone number & Message. If we need many more, we add this from the add item.
- Then we customize the form as we want, such as: Color, Column Width, Text Style, Border radius, Border Style & many more as you like.
- After customizing the form, you set the email ID that will be sent to your client.
There is also another thing. If you want to set a country code beside the phone number, you need to install a plugin named ”Country Code For Elementor Form Telephone Field.” After installing & activating the plugin, the country code is auto shown beside the phone number field. You also customize the code that you want to show by default.
02. WordPress Contact Form 7 ( The More Uses WordPress Contact Form ):
The first step is to install the contact form from the Add New Plugin. After adding this plugin, a new form is added to your dashboard, like the image.
Then go to the Add New and create a form. First, you set a title and then customize the form as you want. Like that
(code)
<label> Your name [text* your-name autocomplete:name] </label> <label> Your email [email* your-email autocomplete:email] </label> <label> Subject [text* your-subject] </label> <label> Your message (optional) [textarea your-message] </label> [submit "Submit"]
<label> Your name [text* your-name autocomplete:name] </label> <label> Your email [email* your-email autocomplete:email] </label> <label> Subject [text* your-subject] </label> <label> Your message (optional) [textarea your-message] </label> [submit "Submit"]
Then go to the mail and set the mail address and message body. The WordPress Contact Form is ready. Then you go to the contact forms again & notice a shortcode is automatically created here. Copy the shortcode & put this code on the specific page where you want to show the contact form. Then update it & preview the page. The contact page is done.
03. Metform:
This form is also easy to create a contact form. Without any coding, you can create a WordPress contact form. Now follow the points step by step:
How Can You Create A Metform
- First, install & activate the plugin. Then you go to the settings & not need to change anything. Just click the next button. After completing the 5 steps, this form is ready for use.
- Then, on the dashboard, there is an option named Metform.
- Go to the Dashboard>> Click Metform>> Then Add New>> Choose the contact form demo as you want>> Then edit from>> After editing, update & close. Your form is ready to use.
Now this article helps you to use the Metform WordPress. So just follow this
How Can You Use A Metform In Your WordPress Website
- After creating a WordPress Contact Form, go to the dashboard again & click on Metform. Here you see a short code. Just copy this code.
- Then you go to the page where you want to set up a contact form. Suppose you want to set a contact form on the service page. So what can you do? Nothing, just follow the following tips
- Go to the service page >> Edit with Elementor >> Add a Section >> On the widget search Shorcode >> Drag & Drop This widget in the section >> Then Paste the shortcode.
Now see, the magical WordPress contact form comes on your page. It’s very easy to create & customize a contact form.
Here we discuss another contact form named WPform. It’s also a popular form in the WordPress sector. We know every contact form is a plugin. So it goes without saying that the plugin needs to be installed and activated first. So let’s go.
04. WPForm:
The first point is when we install the plugin, and then we see an option for Getting Pro. We don’t need any pro version. The lite version is enough for creating a form.
The second is to choose a template & edit it as you need. You can also change the field to an Elementor form.
You have 2 ways to create a WPForm. Now we discuss these ways.
- First is like a default Elementor form. Go to the Edit Elementor >> Search for the widget WPForm >> Drag & Drop it into the section >> Then customize it.
- And the second is like a Metform. Go to the Dashboard >> Then WPForm >> Add New >> There are many templates & you can choose any one as you want >> Then customize it. The contact form is ready. But it’s not shown on your page. For this, you need to follow the next step on how to set this form on the page.
- Again, go to the WPForms. Here you see a shortcode & the name of the form that the template you selected before. Copy the shortcode & paste it into the section where you want to see the form.
So the form is ready. Creating a WordPress contact form isn’t too hard. The whole process is easy to use.
Conclusion
In fine, it is needless to say a WordPress contact form is essential for any website as it helps visitors to connect and connect with you. Adding a well-managed contact form on your website will enable you to engage more customers and enhance trust and usability as well.
Now, when it comes to choosing a contact form plugin for your WordPress-based website, there are certain factors that you need to consider while selecting and implementing the contact form for your site, such as options of customizability other than reCaptcha, integration capabilities, built-in spam protection, and ease with which it can be accessed.
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