WordPress is one of the platforms used to create websites, both for commercial websites, such as blogs and any other type of page.
Therefore, this content management system has managed to position itself among the most popular and be the favorite of thousands of users. And in case you are one of them, Learn How to Do It brings you this article to help you create contact forms in WordPress with or without a plugin.
How to create a contact form in WORDPRESS with or without a plugin?
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- How do I add a contact form inside the old editor?
- Loading it from your computer
- Look for it in ‘add new plugin’
- How do you add plugins in the new version of WordPress Gutenberg?
- What is the ideal way to customize a contact form on my website?
- Where should a contact form be placed?
- Should the contact form be in Index or not Index and why?
How do I add a contact form inside the old editor?
Adding a contact form is extremely important when creating a WordPress account , because it will allow you to be in contact with those who use your website or are already customers of it. In addition to being useful for this reason, it is very easy to add it to your website and you can do it in two different ways that we present below:
Loading it from your computer
Since there is no plugin that meets all the needs of a contact form, resorting to them is not the most recommended option.
But if using a plugin to add the form to your website is not among your possibilities or preferences, it is not a reason to worry. Now you can add contact forms to your pages from your computer , using and sharing files in Google Drive .
The main thing is to have a Google Drive account, which is of course linked to your WordPress account, once you log in . When entering it you will have to select the New button, locate yourself at the end of the menu and choose the Google Forms option .
From there you can add a name and the fields that you want present in your form, such as names, surnames, email address , among others, in addition to choosing the data validation if you wish.
Next, you can customize the message that will validate the sending of the data of your clients or users , then click on send form and that’s it. This will automatically appear on your website and you can make changes to it, if you think it is necessary, whenever you want.
Look for it in ‘add new plugin’
While plugins, as we just mentioned, don’t meet all the needs you might have when creating your contact form, there are some that come close enough to make using them an option .
Contact Form 7 is quite a useful plugin and we highly recommend using it. To do so, you must select the plugins button in the side menu to the right of your WordPress and then add new.
You will have to write the name Contact Form 7 in the search engine and when it appears, press install in the upper right corner of this plugin. When you have activated it, the contact option will appear in the menu on the left and then the contact form.
A default form with the fields name, email message will be available to facilitate the creation , but in case you want to add more fields, at the top of the form, the buttons that this plugin includes will appear.
In the same way, next to the form space, you will see a box with email where you will have to add the address to which you expect all messages to arrive . Later, go back to contact, select the plugin code and paste it on the page where you want the form to appear.
How do you add plugins in the new version of WordPress Gutenberg?
Adding plugins in the new version is just as we explained a moment ago. In the side menu on the left, click on plugins, then add new and find the one you want through the search engine. Finally, you download it, activate it and it will be ready to use.
What is the ideal way to customize a contact form on my website?
When creating and adding the contact form using Contact Form 7, you must follow certain steps to customize it as you see fit , with which you can modify your form with fields that do not appear among the options provided by the plugin.
If, for example, you want to add a field that allows you to see the last name of those who visit your page, you must write below the first name field (or wherever you want to place it), the following: <label>Surname </label>
So that the space where the user must enter the text also appears, you must place yourself at the end of the word Surname and select the text option located above the form . This will bring up the code that will provide the text box to this data.
Likewise, you will have to proceed with the others, selecting the option assigned to the data you want to know. You should also keep in mind that you must repeat this process in the section where your email is entered , or else the new data will not be added to the form.
Where should a contact form be placed?
In general, it is recommended that the contact form be placed above the content or in an area of the page that is in plain view, since this way it will have a better chance of being seen , compared to those that are placed at the bottom. of the page.
Should the contact form be in Index or not Index and why?
Indexing any content is extremely necessary if you want it to be seen , since doing so will give it priority. For that reason, it is important to index your web pages and the content you want to share on them, as well as your contact forms to get more people to access it.