Installation and basic configuration of Gravity Forms – .com

In this tutorial we are going to see how to install and configure the basic options of the form creation plugin par excellence, Gravity Forms.

Why Gravity Forms?

Gravity Forms is a very versatile plugin that allows you to easily and visually create forms in WordPress.

We can create from basic forms, such as the contact form, to more advanced ones with all kinds of functionalities. In fact, it gives us the possibility to add conditional logic, create tests, surveys, or even integrate it with PayPal or Stripe to make payments, and create a small eCommerce in a simple way.

In addition, the forms that we make using this tool come already prepared as standard to be seen correctly on a wide variety of mobile devices.

These are just some of the advantages and possibilities of using this powerful plugin. If you want to know more about it and some of its accessories, we have a tool available with which you can take advantage of this extension.

Installation and basic configuration of Gravity Forms

As it is a premium plugin, we will not find it in the WordPress repository, but we have it for sale at . Or if you are a subscriber you can download it from the “Downloads” section of the .

Once we have downloaded the file, we can start the installation. To do it we simply have to go to our WordPress desktop, and access “Plugin / Add new / Upload plugin”.

Next we select the compressed file and click on “Install now”. As soon as it’s done, we activate it.

At the end of the process, a new menu option will appear in the WordPress administration panel called “Forms”, and which in turn has several options to choose from. At this point, the execution of the plugin configuration wizard will also begin.

Before starting with the wizard, we are going to see a brief summary of what we will find in the new “Forms” section, from which we will manage everything related to Gravity Forms.

Let’s review one by one all the options of this new menu that we have in our administration panel:

• Forms: By clicking on this option, the forms that we have created on our website with Gravity Forms will be listed. By placing ourselves on top of any of them, we can see the options available for each one:
  • Edit: To access the form editing page.
  • Settings: Where we can configure its settings.
  • Tickets: Useful when we want to see the entries/messages sent from this form.
  • preview: It will show us a preview (it will be different from the one we can see if we add the form to a page).
  • Double: Allows you to duplicate the form in question.
  • Paper bin: To discard the form.
• New form: If we want to create a new form we must go to this section. The design of the forms in Gravity Forms is very intuitive. The fields are added by clicking on a list of predefined fields. In addition, each one of them has many options available, making it simple and at the same time offering many functionalities.
• Tickets: From here we can see all the entries/messages filtered according to the form that we have selected.
• Settings: In this section we can configure some additional general settings, in addition to those that we have configured in the installation/configuration wizard.
• Import Export: This option is very practical, it allows us to export the entries of each form, and export or import forms created with this plugin.
• Add-ons: It shows us a wide variety of available extensions.
• System status: From here we can see technical information of the system. This can be useful for us to solve any problem.
• Aid: In this section we will find documentation for users and developers.

Once the sections have been summarized, we can start with the installation/configuration wizard.

installation wizard

We will see that on the first screen they welcome us, and ask us to enter the license in the corresponding field.

We also have the option of marking the bottom check. In such a case, we are indicating that we understand the risks of not entering a valid license.

Once the license has been entered, or the checkbox has been marked, click on Next to continue with the installation.

In this step we are going to look at setting up automatic updates that will allow Gravity Forms to download and install plugin updates in the background. The options are:

• Keep background updates on: It means that we allow Gravity Forms to install automatic updates that fix bugs and security holes.
• Disable background updates: When we prefer to disable automatic updates.

The functionality of this section is only available if we have entered a valid license. If not, we must do the .

Again click on Next, in this case we will see the Global Settings. On this screen we can configure:

• Currency: Here we will choose the currency we want, normally according to our location. This data will be used in the price fields, and also in some others.
• Conflict-free mode: By default it is disabled. If we activate it we can reduce the conflicts between the scripts or styles of third party plugins and the styles and functionalities of Gravity Forms.
• Toolbar menu: Shows the Forms menu in the WordPress toolbar, it is enabled by default.

Click on next, and we have finished the installation. The Gravity Forms team congratulates us on completing the installation and gives us the option to create a new form. Look how good 🙂

With this we already have the basic configuration of the plugin done, and we will simply have to go on to create the forms that we want to include in our pages. These forms will, in turn, have their own settings and fields that we can see in the aforementioned course.

And we are ready to create our first form with Gravity Forms and get the most out of this plugin!

Summary and conclusion

Gravity Forms is a very powerful and flexible plugin with which we can create all kinds of forms, from the most basic to the most advanced.

To start using it we have to install it, activate it and configure some simple options that are carried out in a few steps.

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