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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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Fix the File Type is Not Permitted error

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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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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How to Export Form Entries to CSV

How to Export Form Entries to CSV in WordPress

Do you want to export your WordPress form entries to a CSV file? Exporting to CSV lets you easily use your WordPress form data in other applications.

Having your form data in a downloadable file makes it much easier to review, share, and organize. You can sort entries, filter details, or just keep a backup on hand.

And honestly, it’s way easier than most people think. You don’t need to mess with any complicated code or plugins that do too much.

In this article, I’ll show you the easy way to export your WordPress form entries to CSV. You can also use this method to open contact form entries in Excel.

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New Feature Payments

Start Your Stripe Subscriptions With a Trial Period

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A Stripe subscription sold through WPForms can now begin with a trial period: the subscriber signs up today, and their first payment waits until the trial is over.

The card is collected and checked at signup, held by Stripe, and charged automatically on the day the trial ends.

The length is a number of days, weeks, months, or years, chosen in the form builder’s Payments tab for each Stripe subscription you sell.

Each trial shows up in WPForms » Payments with a Trialing status until that first payment lands.

Improvement

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.