Features
Everything FormSamurai does today
A form builder that takes design as seriously as data: build with drag and drop, style every field, collect entries safely and keep your visitors' data on your own site.
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Build
Drag fields onto the canvas and switch between Build, Design, Preview and Settings without leaving the builder.
Field types
Every field you need for contact, booking, quote and order forms.
- Text
- Textarea
- Email
- Phone
- Number
- URL
- Password
- Date
- Time
- Date and time
- Month
- Week
- Dropdown
- Checkboxes
- Radio buttons
- Range slider
- Colour picker
- File upload
- Calculation
Drag-and-drop canvas
Add, reorder and configure fields on a canvas that shows the form the way visitors will see it.
Fields side by side
Give fields a width and they share a row, so short fields like first and last name sit together.
Conversational forms
Turn any form into one question at a time, with auto-advance and a review step before sending.
Embed anywhere
Place a form on any page with its shortcode. The builder shows it for every form.
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Design
Forms are usually the least designed part of a site. FormSamurai gives them the same care as the rest of your pages.
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Design presets
From quiet classics to animated looks with their own light and dark variants.
- Default
- Design 1–3
- Jiro
- Kuro
- Light Saber
- Yoko
- Haruki
- Hoshi
- Nao
- Sora
- Sakura
- Cyberdeck
- Neon City
- Blacksite
Style without code
Fonts, colours, spacing, borders and 55 shadow styles, set separately for desktop, tablet and mobile.
Animated field states
Hover, focus and filled states animate in each design, so the form reacts as visitors type.
Field icons
Add an icon to any field to make long forms easier to scan.
Self-hosted fonts
The fonts and icons a form uses are downloaded once and served from your site, never from Google.
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Logic and validation
Check answers properly, work out totals and send visitors to the right place when they are done.
Live calculations
Calculation fields add up answers as visitors type and are worked out again safely on the server.
Validation on the server
Required fields, lengths, number and date ranges, formats, email addresses and duplicate answers.
Confirmations
After sending, show a message, open one of your pages or send visitors to any URL.
Form expiry
Set an end date and the form closes itself on time, even on quiet sites.
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Entries
Every answer lands in one organised place in your WordPress admin.
Inbox-style entry list
Search and filter entries, mark them read or starred, move them to spam or trash, one at a time or in bulk.
Entry view
Step through entries one by one, print a clean copy and see uploaded files as links.
Notes and notification log
Add private notes to an entry and see every email it triggered, sent or not.
Import and export
Move forms between sites as JSON, with their entries if you want them.
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Notifications
Send the right email to the right person, from an address your visitors trust.
Routing rules
Pick the recipient from the answers: is, is not, greater or less than, contains, starts with or ends with.
Merge tags
Insert any answer, all answers, user, page, form, entry and date details into subject and body.
From, Reply-To and BCC
Reply straight to the visitor and copy colleagues without exposing their addresses.
PHP mail or SMTP
Send through your own mail server and test the connection with a readable error if it fails.
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Security and privacy
Spam stays out, files stay private and visitors' data stays on your site.
Spam protection
A honeypot on by default, a limit on entries per visitor, an optional time trap and optional Cloudflare Turnstile.
Private file uploads
Allowed types, size and count per field, risky files blocked, stored where only administrators can open them.
GDPR tools
Anonymous view counts, IP and browser details left out per form, entry retention, and WordPress's export and erase tools.
Locked-down admin API
Every request the builder makes is checked for an administrator and a valid security token.
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Platform
Built for WordPress, for every visitor and every language.
Accessible
The builder and published forms work by keyboard and with screen readers, with an error summary after a failed send.
Translation ready
Every admin and form text is translatable. A complete Hungarian translation ships with the plugin.
Fits your WordPress
Requires WordPress 5.3 and PHP 7.2 or newer. Each site in a multisite network keeps its own forms.
Responsive admin
Manage forms and entries from a laptop, a tablet or a phone.
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