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WPForms: App of the day

By Elena Alston · January 22, 2021
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What is the one thing that never sleeps? (Hint: not New York.) 

It's WordPress. The infinitely blinking dots on this live activity map confirm it.

WordPress powers more than 75 million sites, hosts more than than 60 million users, and accounts for roughly 30% of the web. Its 5.3 version, also known as "Kirk," has been downloaded more than 7 million times. In fact, every second you spend reading this, 27 new WP blog posts appear.  

If you're one of the millions who use WordPress—to attract customers, show off your services, or promote your content—you should consider adding the plugin WPForms to unleash its full potential. 

Chances are you'll need to use some kind of online form app to capture basic customer data. And that's just a simple contact form. Depending on the needs of your business, you'll probably also want to create multi-page surveys, polls, registration forms, payment forms, and even newsletter forms. 

To juggle all these moving parts, especially if you're new to the game, it helps to keep things simple. And that's exactly why WordPress built WPForms, which is targeted at beginners and requires virtually zero training and zero code. (Music to everybody's ears, apparently.

The app has a clean and clear drag-and-drop interface, so you can create your desired form within minutes, and then easily embed it onto your site. Start a form from scratch, or fill in one of the (many) pre-made templates. You can also provide users with multiple choice fields and apply conditional logic, a fancy way of saying that you can automatically send out emails to respondents based on what choices they selected, and show or hide questions in the same form based on previous answers. 

Want to know right away whenever someone submits a response? You can receive instant notifications every time a form is sent back to you, and keep track of all your leads in one place with the app's built-in database. And, when it comes to online payments, it's simple, safe, and you can let users decide which payment method to use.

As there's a 48% chance your customers will be buying your products on their mobile phones or tablets this year, it helps that it's 100% mobile responsive. 

In short, WPForms has all the essentials to make your payment processes, contact requests, and customer research a breeze. 

You can automate your forms and surveys with Zapier's WPForms integrations. Here are a few popular workflows to get you started:

Save new WPForms entries to a Google Sheets spreadsheet

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    Need to see all your form entries at a glance, or sort through all the data you receive via WPForms? With the help of Zapier, you can save time by automatically sending each new form entry to a row in a specified Google Sheets spreadsheet. Now you can easily tally survey responses, analyze customer orders, and create visualizations of your data.

    Post new WPForms entries to a Slack channel

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      Need instant notifications of your new WPForms entries? With Zapier, you can see your new WPForms entries right in the Slack channel of your choice. Now your whole team can receive them right where you work, instead of having to dig through your email inbox.

      Create Salesforce leads from new WPForms entries

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        Want to keep your sales team in the loop and capture more leads? With Zapier, you can automatically create a new lead in Salesforce whenever someone fills out your form. Now you can be sure your team will follow up and convert more leads into real opportunities.

        Save WPForms uploads to Google Drive

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          Don’t let your WPForms file uploads just sit in your WordPress Media Library! Keep them safe with Zapier by automatically saving all file uploads to your Google Drive. Now you can save time by keeping your files organized and all in one place.

          Get SMS messages for new WPForms entries

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            Follow up on new leads faster than ever with instant text notifications from WPForms. Now instead of waiting for notifications while prospects check out your competitors, you can strike while the iron is hot. Zapier makes it easy by sending SMS notifications right to your phone.

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