Elementor Form has comprehensive features that allow you to create and customize forms for your website. Here are the key features of Elementor Form:
You can easily add form fields, rearrange their order, and customize their settings without writing any code.
Multiple Field Types
It includes text fields, email fields, dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons, file uploads, date pickers, and more. This gives you flexibility in capturing different types of data from users.
Conditional Logic
Show or hide form fields based on user selections or conditions. This feature allows you to create dynamic and interactive forms that adapt to user input.
It includes built-in validation options for fields like email, URL, number, and more. You can set required fields and define custom validation rules to ensure data accuracy.
Customizable Messages
You can customize the error messages that appear when users submit a form with invalid or missing information. Additionally, you can customize success messages that are displayed upon successful form submission
Email Notification
It enables you to configure email notifications to be sent to specified recipients when a form is submitted. You can customize the email subject, sender, and content, and include form field values in the email body.
Anti-Spam Protection
It provides built-in protection against spam submissions or automated form submissions by bots using reCAPTCHA integration.
It offers extensive styling options for forms, allowing you to customize the appearance of form fields, buttons, labels, and more. You can adjust colors, fonts, sizes, and spacing to match your website's design.
It has a submissions management system where you can view and export form submissions. This allows you to access, review, and export the collected form data for further analysis or integration with other systems.
Responsive Design
It ensures that the forms you create are responsive and mobile-friendly. The forms will adapt to different screen sizes and devices, providing a consistent and user-friendly experience for visitors accessing your website from desktops, tablets, or smartphones.
What is Google Sheets?
As part of its Google Drive family of productivity tools, Google offers Google Sheets, a cloud-based spreadsheet program. Users can use it to create, edit, and collaborate online on spreadsheets. Similar to conventional spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets provides a number of features and functionalities.
Connecting an Elementor form to Google Sheets offers several benefits:
Data Organization
By connecting your Elementor form to a Google Sheet, you can automatically capture form submissions in a structured manner. This allows you to keep all your form data organized and easily accessible in one central location.
Synchronize Updates
Whenever a form submission occurs, the data is immediately recorded in the connected Google Sheet. This provides real-time updates on form responses, allowing you to monitor and analyze the data in real time.
Data Analysis
Google Sheets offers powerful data analysis and visualization tools. By connecting your Elementor form, you can leverage these features to perform calculations, generate reports, and create charts or graphs based on the collected form data.
Data Backup
Storing form submissions in a Google Sheet provides an additional backup of your data. Even if you encounter issues with your website or form plugin, the form data will still be safely stored in Google Sheets.
Collaboration
Google Sheets supports collaboration, allowing multiple team members to access and work on the same spreadsheet simultaneously. This makes it easier to share and collaborate on form data analysis, making it a convenient choice for team-based projects.
Easy Integrations
It integrates with popular email marketing services, CRM systems, and other third-party apps and tools as well as WordPress plugins and add-ons, You can set up further automation by connecting your Google Sheet to other tools such as Google Analytics, email marketing platforms, or project management tools, allowing you to streamline your workflows and processes.
With Elementor, you can create various types of forms that can be connected to Google Sheets. Here are some common Elementor Form types you can create and integrate with Google Sheets:
Contact forms are widely used on websites to allow visitors to send messages or inquiries. You can create contact forms with fields like name, email, subject, and message. Connecting these forms to a Google Sheet helps you capture and manage contact information.
If you have an event or offer that requires user registration, you can create registration forms with fields such as name, email, phone number, and any other necessary details. By connecting these forms to Google Sheets, you can easily track and manage participant information.
Newsletter signup forms are used to collect email addresses from visitors interested in subscribing to your newsletter or receiving updates. By integrating these forms with Google Sheets, you can automatically capture and store email addresses for your mailing list.
Feedback forms allow users to provide their opinions, suggestions, or reviews about your products, services, or website. You can include fields for rating, comments, and other relevant information. Connecting feedback forms to Google Sheets enables you to compile and analyze user feedback efficiently.
If you want to conduct surveys or collect user data for research purposes, Elementor forms can be used to create survey forms. You can include various question types, such as multiple-choice, checkboxes, or open-ended questions. By connecting these forms to Google Sheets, you can gather and analyze survey responses in a structured format.
Elementor forms can be used to create application forms, if you are hiring and want to collect job applications directly from your website. These forms can include fields for personal information, education, work experience, and attachments like resumes. Integrating job application forms with Google Sheets allows you to manage and review applications efficiently.
If you are running an e-commerce website or offering products/services, you can create order forms with fields for product selection, quantities, customer details, and payment information. By connecting these forms to Google Sheets, you can keep track of orders and customer information for further processing.
