Description
Flex Forms is a modular and flexible form builder plugin for WordPress, designed to be lightweight yet feature-rich. It allows you to quickly build forms with various field types, manage submissions, and integrate with your theme and workflow easily.
Key Features:
- Easy form creation via WordPress admin
- Drag-and-drop field ordering
- Email notifications on submission
- Submission storage in database
- Google reCAPTCHA v2/v3 support
- Custom shortcode per form
- SMTP email sending support with test email
- Force “From” email override (site-wide)
- Full integration with Flex Fields
- Developer-friendly hooks and filters
External Services
Flex Forms may interact with third-party services depending on your configuration:
Email Sending
Flex Forms supports custom SMTP configuration for reliable email delivery.
- What data is sent: Form submission content (user input).
- When data is sent: When a user submits a form or when a notification is triggered.
- Where data is sent: To the configured email recipient(s) via your selected email service provider.
- Privacy & Terms: Email service providers’ policies apply (e.g., SendGrid, Mailgun, custom SMTP).
- Example terms:
- SendGrid: https://sendgrid.com/policies/tos/
- Mailgun: https://www.mailgun.com/legal/
Google reCAPTCHA
Used to prevent spam form submissions.
- What the service is and what it is used for:
Verifies that a user is human when submitting a form. - What data is sent and when:
The user’s IP address and browser information are sent to Google when the user interacts with a reCAPTCHA-enabled form. - Where data is sent:
Google servers. - Privacy & Terms:
- https://policies.google.com/terms
- https://policies.google.com/privacy
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/flex-formsdirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugin screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Navigate to Flex Forms > Add New to create your first form.
- Use the generated shortcode to embed the form into any page or post.
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Contributors and Developers
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Change Log
2.1.6
- Added global SMTP configuration option.
- Added “Force From Email” and “From Email” override.
- Improved PHPMailer integration and compatibility.
- Improved test email feature.
- Minor fixes and improvements.