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17 Ways to Make Money Blogging on WordPress

When I launched my first WordPress blog back in 2015, I had no idea if I could turn it into a source of income. Fast forward to today, I still haven’t become a millionaire blogger (I moved onto ghostwriting and small business consultancy in my little town). That said, my experience led me to learn […]

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WPForms Hits 5,000 5-Star Reviews — Giveaway + Sneak Peek

WPForms has officially passed the 5,000 5-star review mark on WordPress.org. This is something not a lot of other WordPress plugins can claim, and we’re incredibly excited and grateful. This is an enormous milestone for us and we couldn’t have done it without your continued support. So we’re doing a few fun things to celebrate! […]

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12 Best Google Forms Alternatives: My Top Picks for 2026

Like many, I built my first ever online form using Google Forms back when I was a student. It’s free, easy to get started, and gets the job done. But when my requirements grew after launching my WordPress site, the limitations rapidly became apparent.

I painfully felt the lack of customization options and the rigid design templates. Plus, the absence of advanced features such as payment integrations and multi-layered spam protection made my forms less useful than they could be.

I needed something more dynamic and customizable. So I explored many Google Forms alternatives, found several that I loved, and many that I never wanted to use again. In this post, I’ll share my experience with the few forms that I really enjoyed using instead of Google Forms.

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The Best WordPress Drag and Drop Form Builder Plugin

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25 Best Education WordPress Themes (Free & Premium) in 2025

Are you looking for the best WordPress education themes?

There’s a WordPress theme for every niche, including education and literary websites. With hundreds of free and premium themes, it can be confusing to find the perfect education theme.

In this article, we’ll share our handpicked list of the best education WordPress themes for schools and academic websites.

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WPForms 1.5.6

Introducing Multiple File Uploads, Text Limits, and More!

The newest WPForms update is here and we couldn’t be more delighted about these amazing new features! These updates are going to make online form building and running your website even simpler. Let’s dive right in to what’s new in WPForms 1.5.6. Upload Multiple Files with Ease We teased it in our VIP Circle Group […]

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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.

Integration New Feature Payments

Mercado Pago Addon

Introducing the WPForms Mercado Pago Addon: Card Payments Built for Latin America

The Mercado Pago addon brings on-page card payments built for Latin America to your forms.

Buyers enter their card details into secure, Mercado Pago-hosted fields inside the form, choose an installment plan, and pay in ARS, BRL, CLP, COP, MXN, PEN, or UYU without leaving your page.

An approved charge fires your confirmation, notifications, and integrations at the moment money actually moves, and full or partial refunds can be issued from WPForms » Payments.

WPForms takes no transaction fee, and it works with Quantities, Coupons, multi-page forms, Conversational Forms, Lead Forms, and Form Pages.

AI New Feature

WPForms Analytics

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WPForms 2.0 adds a complete form performance tracking suite inside your WordPress dashboard.

The All Forms page now shows Views, Entries, and Conversion Rate for every form, and each form gets its own analytics dashboard with views, interactions, conversion rate, abandonments, and errors over the last 7, 30, or 90 days or a custom range.

A field-by-field table shows interactions, time spent, errors, and abandonment for every field, so you can see exactly where people give up, and you can set a conversion goal to track progress.

There’s also a built-in AI chat reads your form data and tells you what is working, what is hurting conversions, and what to fix first.