Write in HTML or build visually
Use the drag-and-drop field builder or drop in your own HTML — the markup you ship is exactly the markup you get.
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CFLAUNCH Build forms. Take payments. Sell digital products. One WordPress plugin.
Build visual or HTML forms, accept payments, and deliver digital products, licenses, and downloads from WordPress. Every feature is included for unlimited sites.
Built and supported by Gaurav Tiwari
Experienced WordPress Developer & Webperf Advocate 8,000+ active installs across free plugins Indie, lifetime-supported
Watch the walkthrough
See forms and commerce in action
Take the 69-second form-builder tour, then watch the complete commerce workflow from product setup and checkout to orders, licenses, and customer access.
Forms meet commerce
From first field to paid customer
Build the form, route checkout to a gateway that accepts the selected currency, create the order, issue the license or download, and give customers a dashboard. Core Forms keeps that workflow in WordPress without stacking separate add-ons.
18 accessible starter templates
Pick a starting point — contact, newsletter, RSVP, support, booking, lead capture, six payment-ready templates — and ship in under a minute.
AJAX submissions
No page reloads, no bloat. A single small JS file handles validation, submission, and success states.
Gutenberg block + shortcode
Insert forms with the native Gutenberg block, or anywhere shortcodes work with [cf_form slug="your-form"].
Form Theme Customizer
Tune the default form theme with presets, real design tokens, desktop/mobile preview, accessibility checks, and a generated cache-safe CSS asset.
Fullscreen forms (Typeform-style)
Show one question at a time, full-bleed, with smooth animations and a progress bar. No third-party redirect, no per-response pricing.
Conditional fields & actions
Show, hide, and skip fields or actions based on values with simple data-show-if attributes.
Data variables
Use {{user.email}}, [field_name], {{post.ID}} and URL params in forms, emails, redirects and webhooks.
File uploads
Let users attach files out of the box — per-field size limits, allowed types, storage controls. No add-on needed.
Spam protection stack
reCAPTCHA v3, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile, Akismet, honeypot, and math captcha. Mix and match per form.
Rate limiting & submission caps
Cap submissions per IP per hour, total submissions per form, or block duplicates within a session.
Submissions inbox
Read, reply, archive and search submissions in WordPress. New, read, replied, archived workflow.
CSV export & email logs
Export any submissions table to CSV. Track email delivery with a built-in email log.
Selective backup, restore, and migration
Move the Core Forms data you choose between WordPress sites, or bring forms across from six established form plugins.
Save & resume drafts
Long forms? Let users save progress and return via a unique link. Drafts auto-expire so they do not pile up.
Emails & auto-responders
Send rich HTML notifications and automated replies with field merges, conditional logic, and email logs.
Webhooks & REST API
Pipe form data to any external service. Manage submissions programmatically via the WordPress REST API.
Take payments on submission
Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Polar and FluentCart — connect once globally, then flip a per-form toggle.
Sell products & issue licenses
Turn WordPress into a lightweight license server: products, plans, orders, license keys, signed downloads, and a customer dashboard.
FluentCart hosted checkout
Hand a form submission off to FluentCart's checkout for products and subscriptions, on free or Pro.
Mailchimp, MailerPress, FluentCRM + 25 more
Subscribe form users to lists, push to CRMs, post to Slack/Discord, drop into Notion or Airtable, fire Zapier or Make.
Headless / REST submissions
Render and submit forms from Astro, Next.js or any non-WordPress site. Site-wide API key + drop-in widget.
Form scheduling
Open and close forms by date, day-of-week and time-of-day. Overnight windows supported.
Form analytics and drop-off
Measure views, starts, completions, conversion rate, field drop-off, and attribution without sending form data to a third party.
WCAG 2.2 accessibility
Every starter template ships WCAG-compliant — labels, fieldsets, autocomplete, aria-required. Forms work for everyone.
Built-in polls
Quick yes/no or multi-option polls with vote storage, single-vote-per-IP, and results visualization.
Plays well with others
Every integration you need, built in
Core Forms ships with first-class support for the services WordPress site owners actually use. No Zapier workarounds, no premium add-ons — wire up email, CRM and spam protection in minutes.
Email marketing
Mailchimp
Subscribe form users to any Mailchimp audience with field mapping and double opt-in.
MailerPress
Native MailerPress list subscription with tag assignment and field mapping.
ConvertKit
Send leads to a ConvertKit form or sequence with tag assignment.
Brevo
Subscribe to Brevo (Sendinblue) lists with field mapping and SMS capture.
MailerLite
Add subscribers to MailerLite groups with field mapping and double opt-in.
CRM & automation
FluentCRM
Push form leads into FluentCRM lists and tags from inside WordPress.
HubSpot
Pipe leads into HubSpot CRM with property mapping and lifecycle stage assignment.
ActiveCampaign
Sync leads into ActiveCampaign lists with tag automation triggers.
Drip
Push subscribers into Drip campaigns with workflow triggers and custom fields.
AutomatorWP
Use a Core Forms submission as an AutomatorWP trigger.
Uncanny Automator
Trigger Uncanny Automator recipes from Core Forms.
OttoKit
Send successful submissions into OttoKit automations.
Groundhogg
Create or update a Groundhogg contact and start a funnel.
Jetpack CRM
Create a Jetpack CRM contact and optional transaction.
WP-CRM System
Create a WP-CRM System contact and optional opportunity.
SureContact
Create or update SureContact records through its API.
Messaging & SMS
Twilio SMS
Send SMS notifications via Twilio when a form is submitted.
WhatsApp Cloud API
Send WhatsApp template messages and free-form replies via Meta's Cloud API. Free tier covers 1,000 conversations/month.
Twilio WhatsApp
Send WhatsApp messages via Twilio's whatsapp: channel using your existing Twilio credentials.
Click-to-WhatsApp
Redirect to a wa.me deep link with the submission pre-filled into the chat draft.
Transactional email
Spam protection
reCAPTCHA v3
Google reCAPTCHA v3 with per-form score thresholds and invisible challenges.
hCaptcha
Privacy-friendly, GDPR-aware spam protection as a reCAPTCHA alternative.
Cloudflare Turnstile
Modern, invisible-first CAPTCHA from Cloudflare — no tracking, no puzzles.
Akismet
Automattic Akismet spam filtering with configurable whitelist keywords.
Productivity & workspace
Slack
Post submissions to a Slack channel via incoming webhooks.
Telegram
Send submissions to a Telegram chat via a bot.
Notion
Save submissions as rows in any Notion database with property mapping.
Airtable
Append submissions as new records in any Airtable base.
Google Sheets
Append submissions as new rows in any Google Sheet.
Community
Discord
Post submissions to a Discord channel via webhook with formatted embeds.
Fluent Community
Push announcements to a Fluent Community space when a form is submitted.
MemberPress
Create a user and grant a MemberPress membership.
LearnDash
Enroll a form user in a LearnDash course or group.
Paid Memberships Pro
Assign a Paid Memberships Pro level after submission.
Commerce & payments
FluentCart
Hand a form submission off to FluentCart's checkout for products and subscriptions.
Stripe
Take one-time payments via Stripe Checkout when a form is submitted.
PayPal
Charge form users via PayPal — fixed amounts or donor-driven.
Razorpay
Accept INR (and 100+ currencies) via Razorpay Checkout.
Polar.sh
Sell digital products and subscriptions via Polar.sh.
WooCommerce
Create a WooCommerce order from a validated form submission.
Easy Digital Downloads
Create an EDD order and customer from submitted form data.
SureCart
Create a SureCart customer and send them to hosted checkout.
WP Simple Pay
Hand a form submission to a WP Simple Pay checkout form.
WordPress content
Advanced Custom Fields
Map form fields to ACF fields with full update_field() support — text, repeaters, relationships.
Secure Custom Fields
Same field-mapping story as ACF — works with the WordPress.org SCF fork via the same update_field() API.
Create Post / CPT
Turn form submissions into WordPress posts or any custom post type — with featured images, taxonomies and ACF.
Create WordPress User
Register WordPress users from form submissions with role assignment and custom user-meta mapping.
Bricks Builder
Insert Core Forms with a native Bricks element.
Elementor
Insert and style Core Forms with a native Elementor widget.
Migrations
Contact Form 7
One-click import of every Contact Form 7 form into Core Forms — shortcode markup converted to plain HTML, mail templates mapped to Send Email actions.
Gravity Forms Migration
Import Gravity Forms definitions into editable Core Forms markup.
WPForms Migration
Move WPForms fields and settings into Core Forms without rebuilding from zero.
Fluent Forms Migration
Convert Fluent Forms into portable Core Forms forms.
Ninja Forms Migration
Import Ninja Forms fields into plain, editable form markup.
Formidable Forms Migration
Bring Formidable Forms structures into Core Forms.
Developer tools
Headless / Astro / Next
Render and submit Core Forms from Astro, Next.js, or any non-WordPress site.
Webhooks
Send submission payloads to Zapier, Make, n8n, Slack, or any custom endpoint.
Zapier
Trigger Zaps from Core Forms via webhook — connect to 7,000+ apps.
Make
Drive Make scenarios with Core Forms submissions over webhook.
REST API
GET, PATCH and DELETE submissions programmatically via the WordPress REST API.
Gutenberg Block
Drop a form into any post, page or template with the native core-forms/form block.
Shortcode
Use [cf_form slug="your-form"] anywhere WordPress accepts a shortcode.
CSV Export
Export any submissions table as a CSV — with filters and selected columns.
Email Logs
Built-in delivery log for every email Core Forms sends — with status and retry.
Plus anything else via webhooks and the REST API — Zapier, Make, n8n, Slack, Discord, Airtable, Notion, your custom Laravel app. If it speaks HTTP, Core Forms can talk to it.
Product tour
Designed to feel like WordPress itself
No unfamiliar dashboards, no second login. Core Forms drops into your WordPress admin and uses the UI patterns you already know.
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What’s new
Shipping in the open
Core Forms ships small, focused releases — most weeks. Every release is free for existing license holders, forever. Here’s what landed recently.
Per-form Skeleton CSS control without forcing a visual theme
- Added a per-form Skeleton CSS control with options to inherit the global setting, always load forms.css, or always skip it.
- The form-editor preview now follows the same resolved Skeleton CSS and default form-theme settings as the frontend.
- Existing forms keep their current behavior unless a per-form Skeleton CSS override is selected.
Standalone and fullscreen forms keep their complete responsive design baseline
- Fixed standalone and fullscreen form pages rendering browser-default controls when the global or per-form built-in theme was disabled.
- Standalone routes now always load the Core Forms design baseline and generated theme-token overrides because the active WordPress theme is not rendered on those pages.
- Made the default form theme depend on the core form stylesheet and added regression coverage for standalone asset loading.
A calmer admin, a real theme workflow, portable data, and a complete Core Commerce customer workspace
- Unified Core Forms, Submissions, Core Commerce, and Settings under one compact product navigation, with contextual actions, responsive controls, persistent save bars, and a searchable action library.
- Added a dedicated Form Theme Customizer with four presets, live desktop/mobile preview, accessibility checks, copyable CSS, and automatic regeneration of a cache-versioned frontend CSS asset.
- Added selective portable JSON export and import for forms, submissions and replies, polls and votes, settings and theme tokens, activity and analytics, and all Core Commerce records with destination-safe relationship remapping.
- Rebuilt Core Commerce around operational next actions, product readiness, store totals, recent activity, guided product setup, and a task-oriented Storefront workspace.
- Added a case-insensitive Customers view that combines each buyer’s orders, licenses, active sites, and latest activity.
- Added product-specific Block Editor and shortcode guidance, copy controls, and clear instructions for creating a single-product page when and where the site owner chooses.
- Replaced the all-submissions card grid with a searchable, sortable table and improved form lists, selects, checkboxes, settings screens, and narrow-screen builder behavior.
- Fixed starter-template previews resolving as unknown, aligned the Warm preset with frontend output, corrected LTR select arrows, and prevented host themes from enlarging Core Forms help text.
More reliable validation, licensing, headless submissions, and clearer Core Forms administration
- Renamed the Forms dashboard to Core Forms, added the installed version beside the heading, and renamed Products & Licensing to Core Commerce across the admin workspace.
- Fixed required and email validation for schema and legacy forms, repaired same-name choice groups and empty select placeholders, and stopped invalid submissions from reaching the inbox or consuming the successful-submission rate limit.
- Fixed headless REST errors returning HTTP 200, restored submissions when nonce enforcement is enabled, normalized array fields, and preserved canonical field descriptions and grouped options.
- Fixed Emailit v2 sends and contact subscriptions being marked as failed when the API correctly returns HTTP 200.
- Made license activation records self-healing during normal heartbeats, added canonical site and runtime metadata, retried transient activation failures, and kept the local key when remote deactivation fails.
- Removed the redundant one-page Core Commerce table footer and its misplaced card treatment while preserving real multi-page navigation.
Simple pricing
Two ways to buy. Both unlimited.
Same plugin, same features, same support — pick the cadence that suits you. Every plan covers unlimited sites, every premium feature, and a 14-day no-questions refund.
20% off Public launch offer — apply code
CFLAUNCH at checkout.
Yearly
Lower entry price · renews annually
$59 / year
$59 $47/yr with code CFLAUNCH
- Unlimited sites — personal & client
- Every premium feature included — no add-ons
- All integrations: Mailchimp, MailerPress, FluentCRM, Emailit, HubSpot…
- Submissions inbox, replies, exports, email logs
- reCAPTCHA v3, hCaptcha, Turnstile, Akismet
- Updates and priority email support while subscribed
- 14-day money-back guarantee
per year · renews annually
Lifetime
One payment, every update, forever
$249 one-time
$249 $199 once with code CFLAUNCH
- Unlimited sites — personal & client
- Everything in Yearly — exact same plugin
- Lifetime updates — every release, forever
- No annual renewal, no surprise bills
- Priority email support, lifetime
- 14-day money-back guarantee
- Pays for itself after ~4 years vs. Yearly
one-time payment · lifetime updates
Both plans include every integration on this site, every premium feature, and unlimited sites. Switching plans later? Email us — we’ll prorate.
Built by Gaurav Tiwari
An indie developer and web performance advocate.
I’m Gaurav — I’ve been building with WordPress since 2008, shipping free plugins used on 8,000+ active sites, and obsessing over web performance the whole way. I’ve worked with companies like IBM, Adobe, HubSpot, Monday and Canva on content and developer tooling, but my favorite thing is still sitting down and shipping small, fast, honest software.
Core Forms is a forms plugin I wanted for myself: no add-on upsells, no bloat, a codebase I’d be happy to read, and an admin UI that feels like WordPress. Buy it and you’re supporting indie software — and you’ll always reach me personally for support at gaurav@gauravtiwari.org.
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Questions?
Frequently asked
Do I have to buy add-ons for file uploads, webhooks or Mailchimp?
No. Every premium feature — file uploads, webhooks, Mailchimp, MailerPress, Emailit, submission limits, logged-in forms, data management — is bundled with your purchase. One price, everything included.
How many sites can I use it on?
Unlimited. Both the Yearly and the Lifetime plan cover every personal and client site, with no per-site activation count.
What’s the difference between Yearly and Lifetime?
Both plans give you the exact same plugin, every premium feature, every integration, and unlimited sites. Yearly ($59/year) renews annually and is the lower-friction way to start. Lifetime ($249 one-time) is a single payment, every update forever, no renewals — it pays for itself after about four years vs. Yearly. Pick whichever fits your cashflow.
Is there a discount?
Yes — use code CFLAUNCH at checkout for 20% off either plan. That brings Yearly to $47/year and Lifetime to $199 once.
What’s your refund policy?
14 days, no questions asked. If Core Forms isn’t the right fit, email us and we’ll refund you — no forms to fill out.
Can my forms take payments?
Yes. Connect Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Polar.sh, or FluentCart under Settings → Payments. A form can charge a fixed or customer-entered amount, while product checkout can route each currency to one or more compatible gateways. Paid actions run only after the gateway confirms payment.
Can Core Forms replace WooCommerce?
Core Forms can replace a larger store plugin when you sell paid submissions, digital downloads, plugins, themes, or software licenses. Use WooCommerce for physical inventory, shipping, complex tax rules, marketplaces, or a large retail catalog. Core Forms can also hand a submission to WooCommerce or FluentCart when those systems are the better fit.
Does Core Forms work with FluentCart?
Yes — Core Forms hands form submissions off to FluentCart’s checkout for any product variation, free or Pro, one-time or subscription. Address fields collected on the form prefill the FluentCart checkout (and feed its tax engine), and paid orders flip the submission to <em>paid</em> automatically through fluent_cart/order_paid_done.
Can I use Core Forms on Astro, Next.js or a non-WordPress site?
Yes. Set a site-wide API key under Settings → Headless, flip the per-form Headless toggle, and copy a snippet — drop-in vanilla JS widget, native fetch, or cURL. The form renders on your headless front-end and submissions run through the same validation, captcha and action loop server-side in WordPress.
What version is Core Forms on right now?
Core Forms 4.7.2 (August 4, 2026) is the latest release. It adds per-form control over the Skeleton CSS baseline while keeping form-theme styling separate, so embedded forms can inherit the active WordPress theme. The 4.7 line also introduced a unified admin workspace, Form Theme Customizer, portable data migration, redesigned Core Commerce experience, and customer workspace. Full release notes are on the Changelog page.
What are the WordPress requirements?
WordPress 6.4 or higher and PHP 8.1 or higher. Core Forms is built to be lightweight and is tested on the latest WordPress release.
Does it work with block themes and the site editor?
Yes. Core Forms ships a native Gutenberg block, works anywhere shortcodes are allowed, and plays nicely with FSE, Bricks, GenerateBlocks and classic themes.
Build the form and sell the product.
Forms, payments, product checkout, orders, software licenses, and every integration are included for unlimited sites at $59 a year, or $249 once.
Use code CFLAUNCH at checkout for 20% off.