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Creating the Perfect Contact Form

Here at Gravity Forms, we proudly help websites build forms for a multitude of purposes. Of those various purposes, the most common use for any WordPress form plugin is to create a contact form. Contact forms are a staple for any website, and nearly every website on the planet has at least one (we’d even be willing to bet that if other planets have websites, they probably have contact forms on them too). Well, we’ve seen quite a few contact forms over the years on all kinds of WordPress sites, and we can say without a doubt that they’re not all made equally. Thanks to our experience with powering forms on millions of WordPress sites, we’ve become a bit of an expert in the field of making efficient and beautiful contact forms. So what goes into making a contact form that drives high conversions and is a pleasure for the user? Keep reading and we’ll show you exactly how to make the perfect contact form!

Gravity Forms v2.3.2 Released

By Carl Hancock

Gravity Forms v2.3.2 is now available via automatic update and the downloads page. For complete details on what is new in Gravity Forms v2.3.2 see the changelog below. If you have not already upgraded to v2.3, be sure to read the Gravity Forms v2.3 release announcement before upgrading.

Stop Making These Form Design Mistakes If You Want Conversions

Are these common form mistakes hurting your conversions? Here’s what to do about it.

Gravity Forms v2.3.1 Released

By Carl Hancock

Gravity Forms v2.3.1 is now available via automatic update and the downloads page. For complete details on what is new in Gravity Forms v2.3.1 see the changelog below. If you have not already upgraded to Gravity Forms v2.3, be sure to read the release announcement before upgrading.

Here’s When to Worry About Your Form Conversion Rates

Do you have a good conversion rate or is it just good enough? Here’s how to calculate the true value of a form conversion.

How UF Health Uses Gravity Forms for Critical Data

By Jeff Matson

These days, hospitals have just as many online as they do offline. With multiple hospitals, clinics, colleges and research institutes, as well as over 22,000 employees, UF Health is no exception. Combine that with over 1,500 sites across a multiple WordPress Multisite installations, and you have quite the technological challenge to keep everything moving smoothly. We always love to hear about how people are using Gravity Forms in large-scale, mission-critical environments. Today, I had the pleasure of chatting with one of the University of Florida Health‘s senior developers: Chris Wiegman to get a better understanding of the unique challenges they face every day, and how UF Health uses Gravity Forms to solve those problems.

Gravity Forms v2.3 Released

By Carl Hancock

Gravity Forms v2.3 is now available via automatic update and the downloads page. Version 2.3 is a feature release that includes a variety of enhancements and improvements. A complete rundown of the features, enhancements, and changes can be found below.

How to Reduce Customer Fears Around Checkout Forms

Are you experiencing too many abandoned carts? Here’s how to fix your forms to stop it from happening.

A Non-Developer’s Guide to Creating WordPress Forms

Want to create WordPress forms but not sure where to start? This is the guide for you.

5 Cool Things Sites are Doing With Gravity Forms

Here are a few really cool Gravity Forms examples from other designers and developers out there.

Uploading Files to Google Drive from WordPress

By Jeff Matson

If you frequently handle user-submitted file uploads on your WordPress site, you’ll likely want to place them on a cloud storage provider like Google Drive. By sending your file uploads to a cloud storage provider such as Google Drive, you will not only have a backup in the event of a disaster, but your web host will likely be much happier with them off of your server. In this article, we’ll show you how to easily send any file uploads from your WordPress form directly to Google Drive.

Add-On Developers: We Want to Hear from You!

By Jeff Matson

Part of what makes Gravity Forms the top choice in WordPress form plugins is our extensive developer community, whose devotion and hard work producing top-notch Gravity Forms add-ons enriches the utility of our own product in ways we never imagined. We want to help our ingenious users find your amazing add-ons! What We’re Working On In the coming weeks, we’ll be launching a brand new section of the site to highlight developers like you and the add-ons you produce. From this area users will be able to browse or search a directory of third party add-ons, see a little bit of detail about the add-on, as well as some information on the developers behind them. If a user then wants more information, or to download or purchase, we will send them directly to your website so you can ensure that all necessary information is presented just as you intended. We hope that these changes will not only allow developers everywhere to bring new attention to their Gravity Forms add-ons, but also help our users better identify high-quality add-ons to fit their needs. Want In? If you want to get a jump-start and be among the third party Gravity Forms add-ons… READ MORE

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