Formative is a professional-grade WordPress form builder that combines ease of use with powerful features. Create everything from simple contact forms to complex multi-step surveys with conditional logic, custom styling, and seamless integrations.

🎯 Key Features

Visual Form Builder
* Modern, intuitive drag-and-drop interface
* Real-time form preview
* SaaS-like admin experience
* Responsive design controls
* No coding required

Advanced Layout System
* Multi-column layouts (2, 3, 4+ columns)
* Responsive width controls
* Independent desktop, tablet, and mobile settings
* Nested field arrangements
* Drag-and-drop field positioning

Comprehensive Styling Options
* Custom colors (background, text, border, labels)
* Typography controls (font size, weight, line height)
* Spacing adjustments (padding, margin, field gaps)
* Border customization (width, radius, style)
* Box shadows and effects
* Width and alignment options
* Device-specific visibility
* Custom CSS support

Conditional Logic
* Show/hide fields based on user input
* Multiple condition types (is, contains, greater than, etc.)
* AND/OR logic operators
* Support for all field types
* Real-time condition evaluation

Multi-Step Forms
* Unlimited form steps
* Multiple progress indicator styles (bar, circles, numbers, dots)
* Custom step titles and descriptions
* Step icons (Dashicons, Font Awesome)
* Customizable navigation buttons
* Allow/prevent step jumping
* Progress tracking

Pre-Built Templates
* 9 professional form templates
* Contact forms, surveys, registrations
* Job applications, booking forms
* Newsletter signups, feedback forms
* One-click template loading
* Customizable after import

Powerful Integrations
* Email Marketing: Mailchimp, MailPoet, ConvertKit, AWeber, GetResponse, ActiveCampaign
* CRM: HubSpot
* Communication: Slack
* Automation: Zapier, Custom Webhooks, REST API
* Productivity: Google Sheets
* Connection testing built-in
* Flexible authentication options

📝 Field Types

Basic Fields
* Text, Email, Number, URL
* Telephone, Password
* Textarea (with row control)
* Date, Time
* Hidden fields

Choice Fields
* Checkbox (single and multiple)
* Radio buttons
* Select dropdown
* Multi-select

Advanced Fields
* File Upload (with size and type restrictions)
* Rating (customizable scale)
* Range Slider
* reCAPTCHA
* HTML Block
* Section Break
* Terms & Conditions

⚙️ Form Settings

Custom success messages
Email notifications to admins
Redirect after submission
Post creation from submissions
Spam protection
AJAX submission
Data validation
Entry management
CSV export

🔒 Security Features

Nonce verification
Data sanitization
SQL injection prevention
XSS protection
CSRF protection
Capability checks
Server-side validation

🚀 Developer Friendly

REST API based
PSR-4 autoloading
React component architecture
WordPress coding standards
Extensible and hookable
Well documented code

Privacy Policy

Formative stores form submission data (which may include personal information) in your WordPress database. This data is necessary for the plugin’s functionality.

What data is collected:
* Form field responses submitted by users
* Submission timestamp
* User IP address (optional)
* User agent information (optional)

How data is used:
* To display form entries in the admin dashboard
* To send email notifications
* To integrate with third-party services (if configured)
* To export data via CSV

Data retention:
* Submissions are stored indefinitely unless manually deleted
* You can disable entry storage in plugin settings
* Entries can be deleted individually or in bulk

Third-party services:
* If you enable integrations, data may be sent to external services
* Each integration is optional and requires your configuration
* Review the privacy policies of services you integrate with

Your responsibilities:
* Configure the plugin according to your privacy requirements
* Add necessary privacy disclosures to your forms
* Comply with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable regulations
* Inform users how their data will be used

Support

For support and documentation:
* Visit the plugin documentation
* Check the included docs folder (README.md, QUICK_START.md, DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md)
* Open a support topic on WordPress.org
* Report bugs on our GitHub repository

When reporting issues, please include:
* WordPress version
* PHP version
* Plugin version
* Theme name
* Steps to reproduce
* Error messages (if any)

Credits

Formative is developed with ❤️ using:
* React for the admin interface
* WordPress REST API
* PSR-4 autoloading standards
* WordPress coding standards

Special thanks to the WordPress community for their continuous support and inspiration.

Formative – A Custom Form Builder Plugin for WordPress