Frequently asked questions

Coding your forms brings greater flexibility, control, and scalability compared to relying on a visual builder.

While visual builders may seem easier at first, they quickly reveal their limitations, becoming less flexible and slower to use.

Defining your forms in text gives you complete control over their content. You can insert custom elements wherever you need, copy and paste only the parts you want, and easily share your form code with others.

By contrast, visual builders force you to work within a graphical interface and restrict you to the actions they support. As a result, even a simple task like duplicating one or multiple fields depends on whether the editor includes a specific control for it.

In short, a text-based editor offers a level of freedom and efficiency that visual builders simply cannot match.

BBForms is designed to build multipurpose forms, which means that you can build almost any kind of form you need. Here are some types of WordPress forms you can create:

  • Contact Forms
  • Job Application Forms
  • File Upload Forms
  • Quiz Forms
  • Lead Forms
  • Feedback Forms
  • Polling & Survey Forms
  • Appointment Forms
  • Booking Forms
  • Event Registration Forms
  • RSVP Forms
  • Newsletter Signup Forms
  • CRM Forms
  • Email Forms
  • Support Ticket Forms
  • Request Forms
  • Sales Forms
  • Questionnaire Forms
  • Export or Delete Data Request Forms

With our premium add-ons you can build even more advanced forms:

  • Calculation Forms
  • Multi-Step Forms
  • Signature Contract Forms
  • Conditional Forms
  • Repeatable Fields Forms
  • Address Autocomplete Forms
  • Payment Calculator Forms
  • Quote & Cost Calculator Forms
  • Health & Fitness Calculator Forms

… and many more!

Yes. We are the authors of AutomatorWP, an automation plugin that can connect your forms with +200 plugins & platforms like OpenAI, HubSpot, Learndash & WooCommerce.

In addition, you can create custom workflows like:

  • Enroll in a LifterLMS course after submit a form
  • Update a Google Sheets with the submitted data
  • Register as contact in WPFusion after submit a form
  • Send a webhook to Zapier with the submitted data
  • Register as affiliate in AffiliateWP after submit a form

The possibilities are unlimited!

We have tested BBForms with the most popular WordPress themes and since it uses HTML5 inputs, almost all themes should display them correctly.

If your theme does not display a field correctly, just let us know to fix it as soon as possible.

Yes, BBForms includes anti-bot & anti-spam protection through honeypot which is enabled on all forms by default in the form options.

Additionally, there are premium integrations with Google reCaptcha (v2 & v3), hCaptcha, & Cloudflare Turnstile.

Lastly, you can add a custom Captcha using the Quiz field to create math or question-based captcha for your forms.

Absolutely not. BBForms was built carefully with performance in mind to make BBForms run smoothly & fast with just 4kb CSS & 9kb JS.

In addition, BBForms only loads styles & scripts in the pages where you place a form.

  • [text] – Text
  • [textarea] – Text Area
  • [email] -Email
  • [tel] – Phone
  • [url] – URL
  • [password] – Password
  • [date] – Date
  • [time] – Time
  • [file] – File
  • [number] – Number
  • [range] – Range
  • [check] – Checkbox
  • [radio] – Radio
  • [select] – Select
  • [country] – Country
  • [quiz] – Quiz
  • [hidden] – Hidden
  • [honeypot] – Honeypot
  • [submit] – Submit
  • [reset] – Reset

Documentation about fields can be found here.

  • [record] – Records the submission in the database.
  • [email] – Sends an email.
  • [redirect] – Redirects user to the URL of your choice.
  • [message] – Shows a message in the form.
  • [export_request] – Registers an email in the WP personal data export tool.
  • [delete_request] – Registers an email in the WP personal data deletion tool.

Documentation about actions can be found here.

Yes, BBForms is stored in the official WordPress plugins repository where you (and anyone) are able to submit your own translations.

Yes. All user submitted data is stored locally on your server only, unless you expressly configure BBForms to send it elsewhere, for example via an email action.

We never see or collect any user submitted data and we do not act as Data Controllers or Data Processors per GDPR Article 4.

If you collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) using BBForms, here is a guide to make your forms GDPR compliant and also you can automate export and deletion data requests.