User Guides

  • Installation

    Installing Gravity Forms is a breeze. Here you’ll find everything you need to get Gravity Forms installed within seconds.

  • Creating a Form

    Gravity Forms has been built from the ground up to be as simple to use as it is powerful. Creating a form has never been easier!

  • Configuring Notifications

    Keep track of every form submission, notify your users that their submission was successful, and more.

  • Embedding a Form

    Forms are only useful when someone can use them. Embed your forms directly into your content with ease.

  • Reviewing Form Submissions

    Easily review every submission to your forms in an easy to use interface.

All Categories

Standard Fields

Explore the Standard Fields available in the Form Editor, such as the Drop Down and Radio Button fields.

Advanced Fields

Advanced Fields offer more complex field types that can provide specific functionality, such as email, address or password fields, polls, surveys, and more.

Pricing Fields

Discover the different Pricing Fields, such as Product, Option, Total, and Shipping.

Post Fields

Learn about the different Post Fields available, such as Post Body, Post Title, and several others.

Field Settings

User Guides related to Field Properties, such as how to use calculations and conditional logic.

Entries

Learn how Gravity Forms shows form submissions, which we call "Entries". These are what your form was built for!

Conditional Logic

Conditional logic allows you to build interactive forms that can show or hide fields based on user selections. Additionally, conditional logic is available to control other elements like buttons, confirmations, notifications and feeds.

Merge Tags

Articles explaining the different Merge Tags available, such as {admin_email} and {all_fields}.

Confirmations

A "confirmation" is the response shown immediately after a successful form submission. They can display a specific message on your page ("Thank you for your inquiry. We respond within 24 hours."), or redirect the the submitter to another page or URL.

Notifications

Notifications are a way to send information after a form submission.

Add-Ons

Learn the basics of using Add-Ons, such as downloading and installing.

Add-On Feeds

In Gravity Forms terminology a feed is like a notification that communicates information to an add-on or to an external service that the add-on integrates with, each time a visitor successfully submits your form.

Spam Detection and Protection

Protect your forms from spam and abuse. Find official add-ons, certified developers add-ons, third-party plugins, and other strategies to reduce unwanted submissions and keep your forms secure.

Design and Layout

Need to style your forms to match your existing WordPress theme? Gravity Forms provides form themes and plenty of CSS selectors to beautify your forms.

MCP for AI Agents

Configure how AI assistants connect to your Gravity Forms installation. Manage tools, permissions, and endpoint settings for the MCP Server integration.

Settings Reference

Reference articles for the different settings available in Gravity Forms.

Articles

Recommendations FAQ

This article explains how to match different types of spam, such as bots, disposable email addresses, and gibberish content, with the Gravity Forms features and add-ons best suited to detect or block them.

Gravity Forms MCP Server Overview

This article explains what the Gravity Forms MCP Server is, how it enables AI assistants to read and manage your forms and entries, why you’d use it and how the connection and permission system works.

Connecting to the MCP Server

This article explains how to connect your AI assistant to Gravity Forms by enabling MCP in WordPress, creating an Application Password, and configuring your AI client.

Creating a User for MCP Access

This article covers how to set up dedicated, least-privilege accounts for AI agents using the MCP, so each has only the access required by its task.

MCP Server Settings Reference

This quick reference guide lists all settings related to the MCP Server and briefly describes their purpose.

Gravity Forms MCP Sample Prompts

This article shows what an AI assistant can do once it is connected via your Gravity Forms MCP Server.

First Steps

Spam is a problem which impacts all publicly accessible forms eventually but there are steps you can take to reduce the amount of spam which is successfully submitted.

Akismet Anti-Spam

Gravity Forms now includes support for the Akismet Anti-Spam plugin within the official Gravity Forms Akismet Add-On

Integrations And Plugins

This article explains the spam protection and validation options available for Gravity Forms, from official add-ons to third-party plugins.

Resources

This article presents additional complementary solutions for protecting forms from spam beyond dedicated add-ons and plugins.