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How to Optimize Forms for Better Conversions: 15 Research-Backed Tips

Wondering how to optimize forms for better conversions? I’ve spent years building and tweaking forms, and from what I’ve seen, the difference between a form that converts and one that doesn’t usually comes down to a handful of small details. So in this article, I’ll share research-based form conversion best practices you can use to […]

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110+ Good Poll Questions to Ask for Better Engagement

Staring at an empty poll form, trying to think of a question that people will actually want to answer? It’s harder than it looks, and the wrong question gets you crickets instead of feedback. So I’ve put together 110+ good poll questions you can borrow, organized into 15 categories. Whether you want quick icebreakers, office […]

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How to Fix the ‘File Type Not Allowed’ Error in WordPress

You finally find the perfect SVG icon for your blog post header, drag it into the WordPress media library, and WordPress slaps you with an error.

Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons. Same scene happens with CSV files, HEIC photos straight off an iPhone, AI files from your designer, and a dozen other formats people work with every day.

I’ve run into this enough times across client sites and my own projects that I stopped treating it like a problem and started treating it like a checkbox setting WordPress just hides from you by default.

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How to Create a Dropdown List With Multiple Selections

Multi select dropdowns make big lists in forms easier to work with. It’s not the only way to add a long list with multiple selectable options in a form, but it’s the most concise approach. And when it comes to designing forms that people actually want to complete, you need something that doesn’t stretch your […]

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The Best WordPress Drag and Drop Form Builder Plugin

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How to Start an Online Store

How to Start an Online Store in 2026 (Step by Step)

Starting an online store is a big undertaking, but pretty much anyone can do it. In this complete guide, we’ll walk you through the process from beginning to end. You’ll be able to set up your website, add products to it, and even kick off your marketing strategy with an email list.

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Weekly Email Summary

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The weekly summary WPForms emails you now opens with stat tiles for entries, views, and spam, each marked with how it moved against the previous week.

Beneath them, a table gives every form its own line, and when the data earns it the headline changes to call out a best week, a milestone, or a form that has gone quiet.

A single button takes you from the email back into WPForms, so the thing worth checking is one click away.

Integration New Feature Payments

Paystack Addon

Introducing the WPForms Paystack Addon: Accept Payments in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya

The Paystack addon brings card, bank transfer, and mobile money payments to your forms for buyers in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya.

Buyers click submit and pay in the Paystack popup in naira, cedis, rand, or Kenyan shillings, with no new field to add to your form.

Bank transfer and mobile money payments are saved as Pending, and WPForms can hold your notification emails until Paystack confirms the payment, then completes the order on its own.

Every Paystack payment shows up in WPForms » Payments, and full refunds can be issued without leaving WordPress.

New Feature

WPForms Dashboard

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The WPForms Dashboard is a new home screen that opens the moment you click WPForms in your admin menu. Stat cards across the top total up your forms, entries, payments, views, and spam across the whole site.

An Entries widget charts activity over your chosen date range with a per-form table of entries, views, interactions, and conversion rate, and a payments widget totals everything collected once a gateway is connected.

With the Geolocation addon active, Top Locations ranks the countries your visitors come from, and a Suggested Next Steps panel points to features worth turning on.

Nothing to install, as it comes with every plan, including Lite!

New Feature

WPForms QR Code

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Every form now has its own built-in QR code generator, with nothing extra to install or buy.

Open a form’s General settings, choose the page the form lives on or paste its URL, and click Generate QR Code to copy it or download it as a PNG or a print-ready SVG.

Put it on menus, packaging, event badges, or business cards, and every scan opens your form instead of a page that only hands people something to read.

Included with every plan, including Lite; Pro and Elite plans can keep, remove, or replace the WPForms logo in the center with their own.

New Feature

Ranking Field for Surveys & Polls

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The Surveys & Polls addon gains a Ranking field!

Instead of scoring each option separately, respondents drag options (or tap arrow buttons on a phone) into the order they prefer, so one option always has to come first.

WPForms tallies every response into a “Times at #1” count and an average rank for each option, with a chart that makes the winner obvious.

Lay options out as a vertical list or a grid, and use Image Choices or Icon Choices in place of plain text labels.