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

Gravity Forms Agent Skills

Agent skills are files you install into your AI assistant to teach it how to work with Gravity Forms and Gravity Flow. Learn what they are and how to install them.

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.

A Solutions Guide to Spam Prevention

This article explains how to catch 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.

The Advanced Honeypot

This article explains how the Advanced Honeypot detects and handles spam submissions, and links to related developer filters and troubleshooting resources.

Submission Speed Check

This article explains how the Submission Speed Check, part of Gravity Forms’ Advanced Honeypot, detects spam based on submission timing, and how to choose a threshold and mode that fit your forms.

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.

Troubleshooting Entries Marked as Spam

If entries are being marked as spam but don’t appear to be spam, the steps below can help identify the cause and resolve it.

Reviewing Spam Submissions

The following features are available on the Entries List and Entry Detail pages when entries have been marked as spam by a compatible anti-spam plugin.

Akismet Anti-Spam

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