How to Create a Contact Form Page in WordPress?

Follow the below steps to add a contact form to your WordPress website

1. Choose The Best Contact Form Plugin  

   Firstly, you must choose the contact form plugin you wish to install. For now, let’s consider WPForms, one of the best contact form plugins on WordPress. 

2. Install The Plugin To Your WordPress

   For this, you will have to log in to your WordPress dashboard. From there, go to Plugins > Add New and search for WPForms.

   Click the Install Now button and then the Activate button to install and activate the plugin. 

   

   Now, you’ll get WPForms Lite, which allows you to create simple contact forms. You can upgrade to WPForms Pro, the paid version with enhanced features if needed. 

   Now you are all set to create a contact form in WordPress.

3. Create a Contact Form using WPForms

   You can now find the WPForms menu in the dashboard. Navigate to WPForms and click on Add New.

   

   You will now be brought to the WPForms drag-and-drop form builder template library.

   

   Proceed by naming your contact form and selecting the desired template. You can either start with a pre-built template or a blank form. Simply click on the Use Template button to start creating your contact form.

   

   Clicking on the Use Template button will lead you to the corresponding template, along with a Field Options panel on the left, which can be used to edit and make changes.

   

   You can make changes to the form by either dragging and dropping or just clicking on the desired fields available in the Field Options. You can choose from various field types like dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons, etc. You can even use your mouse to drag and drop and change the order of the fields in the form. 

   

   Add the necessary fields and customize each by clicking on them and modifying the settings on the left side. Once done, click on the Save button to save your changes. 

   Now that your contact form is ready, it’s recommended to set up a confirmation message for website visitors who submit the form.

4. Create A Confirmation Message

   A confirmation message can be a thank-you message to acknowledge the form submission. 
   To create this, click on the Settings tab in the Form Builder and click on the Confirmation tab in the options shown.

   You will get three options in the Confirmation Type drop-down: “Message,” “Show Page,” and “Go to URL.”

   The message box might already display a default message, but you can customize it as per your preferences. The “Show Page” option is exclusively available in WPForms Pro, and selecting this option will let you display a chosen page that includes an appropriate thank-you message or any additional information you wish to show. 

   Additionally, you can redirect visitors to a specific page without displaying any message by using the URL option in the drop-down menu.

   

   

   Make sure that you save the changes after custom

5. Set Up Form Notification

   After a visitor submits the form, setting up notifications is crucial to staying alert and responding promptly to inquiries, leads, or important form submissions.

   To create this, click on the Settings tab in the Form Builder and click on the Notification tab in the options shown.

   By default, there will already be a notification set up for the admin email. Either click on it to edit it or click the “Add New Notification” button to create a new notification and do the necessary customization.

   

   You can modify various aspects of the email notification, including the email subject, recipient(s), message content, and other options. You can even include or exclude form field values in the email notification by clicking on the “Show Smart Tags” button and choosing the desired form fields to be included in the email message.

   You can also customize various other settings for the email notification, such as the “From Name” and “Reply-To” email addresses.

   

   Once you have completed the email notification settings, click on the Save button to save the form. Now, WPForms will send an email notification to the specified recipient(s) whenever a user submits the contact form.

6. Add The Contact Form To Your Website

   You are almost there! Now, to embed the contact form on a page or post, create a new page or edit an existing one. 

   To create a separate contact form page, go to the Pages option in the dashboard and choose Add New. Then, click the plus icon on the new page and search for WPForms.

   

   

   You will now see the WPForms block with a drop-down menu in the content area of your page. Choose the form you previously created from the available options, then update the page.

   

   Preview your website or visit the page where you embedded the form to see it in action. It may look something like this:

   

   Wow! You’ve now created a contact form page!

   You can also add a WPForms contact form widget by simply adding it to the desired post by clicking the Plus icon > Widgets > WPForms and selecting the preferred form from the drop-down menu.