Description

Lavender Form is a drag-and-drop form builder for WordPress. Build a form visually, embed it anywhere with a shortcode or your favorite page builder, and see every submission land in your dashboard — no coding required.

Build forms visually

A real drag-and-drop editor: drag fields onto your form, reorder them, and configure each one’s label, name, and required status from a live settings panel. Nine field types are included free — Single Line Text, Email, Phone, Number, Paragraph Text, Dropdown, Checkboxes, Multiple Choice, and Hidden — with more advanced field types (Signature, Date/Time, Address, Number Slider, File Upload, and more) visible in the builder as a preview of what Lavender Form Pro unlocks.

Real email notifications

Modeled on the notification pattern millions of WordPress users already know from Contact Form 7: an admin notification and an optional auto-reply to whoever filled out the form, both using {tag} placeholders ({full_name}, {email}, {all_fields}, and any of your own field names) to pull submitted values into the subject and message. Insert a tag by dragging it straight into the field, or click it — no memorizing tag syntax.

Embed anywhere

Every form gets a [lavender_form id="123"] shortcode. If you build pages with Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, or WPBakery, Lavender Form adds a native widget/module/element to each one — pick your form from a dropdown, no shortcodes needed. Every embed method renders through the exact same code path, so a form looks and behaves identically no matter how it’s placed.

Track your submissions

The Entries screen shows every submission in a clean inbox-style list — unread ones stand out, click one to see every field that was submitted, mark it read or unread, or delete it. Two built-in charts show submissions over time and a breakdown of answers for your Dropdown/Checkboxes/Multiple Choice fields, so you can see response patterns at a glance without exporting anything.

Accessible by default

Every rendered form uses proper labels (including <fieldset>/<legend> grouping for Multiple Choice and Checkboxes fields), announces validation errors to screen readers, and moves keyboard focus to the first invalid field on a failed submission. The admin builder is fully keyboard-operable, not just mouse/drag-driven.

Free vs. Pro

Lavender Form’s core — everything described above — is free, forever, on WordPress.org, including unlimited entry storage with no retention window. Lavender Form Pro (sold separately, not on WordPress.org) adds advanced charts with date-range filtering and period comparison, CSV/PDF export, premium field types (Signature, Date & Time picker, Address autocomplete, Number Slider, File Upload, Payment/UPI QR), conditional logic, and marketing integrations. Every Pro field type is visible in the free builder with a clearly-marked “Pro” badge — nothing is hidden, and nothing free ever stops working if you don’t upgrade.

Installation

Upload the lavender-form folder to /wp-content/plugins/, or install directly from the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Activate Lavender Form through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
Go to Lavender Form Add New Form in your admin sidebar to build your first form.
Copy the shortcode shown at the top of the builder, or use the Elementor/Divi/Beaver Builder/WPBakery widget if you use one of those page builders.
(Optional) Install Lavender Form Pro for premium fields, advanced charts, export, and more.

FAQ

Do I need Lavender Form Pro to use this plugin?: No. Every feature described above works fully in the free version. Pro only adds the items listed in “Free vs. Pro.”
How many form submissions can I store?: There’s no limit — every submission to every form is kept indefinitely in the free version.
Which page builders does this work with?: Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, and WPBakery each get a native widget/module/element. Every other page builder and every classic theme can use the [lavender_form id="123"] shortcode, which works anywhere shortcodes are supported.
Is spam protection included?: A honeypot field and per-IP rate limiting are built in and active by default. reCAPTCHA/hCaptcha support requires your own site key from Google or hCaptcha and is planned for a future release.
Can I get email notifications when someone submits my form?: Yes — every form has a built-in “Notify me” notification (to your admin email by default, customizable) and an optional auto-reply to the person who submitted the form.
I’m not receiving notification emails at all — what’s wrong?: By far the most common cause is not the plugin itself but how your WordPress host sends mail. WordPress’ built-in wp_mail() function falls back to PHP’s raw mail() when no SMTP plugin is configured, and a lot of hosts either don’t wire that up to a real outgoing mail server at all, or send it in a way that Gmail/Outlook flag as spam or reject outright (no SPF/DKIM alignment with your sending domain). If notifications aren’t arriving, first check your Settings -> Notifications “Send to” address is correct and current, then install a free SMTP plugin (such as WP Mail SMTP) and connect it to a real mail provider (your own Gmail/Google Workspace account, or a transactional service like SendGrid, Mailgun, or Brevo) — that’s the standard, reliable fix on any WordPress site, not something specific to Lavender Form.
Is this plugin accessible?: Rendered forms use semantic labels and fieldsets, announce errors to screen readers, and support full keyboard navigation. The admin form builder is also fully keyboard-operable. See the plugin’s changelog for ongoing accessibility work.

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Changelog

0.1.15

Removed the free version’s 10-entry/7-day cap on stored form submissions — every submission is now kept indefinitely, with no restriction tied to Lavender Form Pro. Also removed the now-unneeded load_plugin_textdomain() call, since WordPress.org loads this plugin’s translations automatically.

0.1.14

A Signature, Drawing/Sketch Canvas, or Photo Capture field now shows as an actual image in notification emails, instead of the “[Large value omitted…]” placeholder text — the image is attached as a real inline (Content-ID) attachment, since most inboxes (Gmail included) strip a data: URI placed directly in an <img> tag. Larger files (over ~2MB decoded) still fall back to the placeholder rather than bloating the email.

0.1.13

Notification emails now render the submitted fields as a real table (label / value rows) instead of a plain text dump, for a genuinely clearer, more attractive layout in the inbox.
If you’re not receiving notification emails at all, that’s almost always a hosting/mail-transport issue (WordPress’ default mail() sending), not something the plugin’s own code controls — see the FAQ entry “I’m not receiving notification emails at all” for the fix (an SMTP plugin).

0.1.12

Notification emails (the admin “Notify me” alert and the optional auto-reply) are now sent as clean, branded HTML instead of a raw plain-text dump — a readable title bar, padded body, and light footer instead of a wall of “Label: value” lines.
A Signature, Drawing/Sketch Canvas, or File Upload field’s value (a long data: URI) is no longer dumped into the email verbatim — it’s replaced with a short note pointing to the Entries screen, where the full value is still there untouched.
Fixed: an unused {tag} in a notification’s subject or message (for example {full_name} on a form with no field literally named full_name) no longer shows up as literal text in the email a customer receives — it’s silently removed instead.

0.1.11

Builder fix: the “Add Fields” panel and the live form preview now scroll independently of each other and of the page. Previously, scrolling down through the (now 77-type) field catalog carried the form preview off screen with it, making it hard to browse fields and edit the form at the same time.

0.1.10

The final 22 Pro catalog entries are now real — Age/DOB Verification, Two-Factor OTP (email-based), Email Verification, Geolocation Auto-Detect, Map Location Picker, Photo Capture, Video/Audio Recording, QR/Barcode Scanner, Voice-to-Text, Drawing/Sketch Canvas, Image Annotation, Appointment Booking, Delivery/Pickup Time Slot, Fundraising Progress Bar, Seat/Room Selection Map, Product/Item Selector, Save & Resume Later, and Multi-Signer Approval Chain, plus CAPTCHA, ID Document Scan + OCR, Autocomplete Lookup, and Resume/CV Parser. The Pro field catalog no longer has any “Soon” entries.
The 4 field types that need a third-party account (CAPTCHA, ID Document Scan + OCR, Autocomplete Lookup, Resume/CV Parser) now have their own “Connect API” setting right inside that field’s own options in the Builder, so a site owner can paste their own key without a separate settings screen. Until a key is entered, only the site owner sees a “Required to Connect API” notice in that field’s place — visitors see the rest of the form normally.
Added a new database helper (Lavender_Form_DB::get_all_field_values()) so Appointment Booking, Delivery/Pickup Time Slot, and Seat/Room Selection Map can check for already-taken slots/seats across a form’s full submission history, not just the free tier’s usual 10-entry/7-day window.

0.1.9

18 more Pro field types are now real instead of “Soon” placeholders: Image Choice, Icon Choice, Ranking (drag to rank), Range Slider (min-max), Tags/Chips, Age Calculator, Auto Reference Number, Coupon/Voucher Generator, International Phone, Time Zone Picker, Country/State/City, Testimonial Block, Reference/Contact Card, Recurring Donation Frequency, Quiz/Auto-Grading, Calculation/Formula, Availability Grid, and Order Summary/Running Total. Every one works with no third-party API key or account — each follows the same 30-day free trial then license model as every other Pro field.
Remaining catalog entries (CAPTCHA, Two-Factor OTP, ID Document Scan + OCR, Email Verification, Map Location Picker, and a few others) still need either a real third-party API key/account or a larger multi-step workflow — tracked as the next round rather than faked.

0.1.8

13 more Pro field types are now real instead of “Soon” placeholders: Password, Rich Text, Rating, Layout (multi-column), Repeater (“+ Add another”), Page Break (multi-step forms), Entry Preview (a review step before final submit), Terms & Conditions (Scroll to Accept), Likert/Survey Matrix, Net Promoter Score, Opinion Scale, Emoji Reaction, and Unique-Value Validator (rejects a duplicate value already used on that form). Each follows the same 30-day free trial then license model as every other Pro field.
A further ~30 catalog entries (CAPTCHA, Two-Factor OTP, ID Document Scan + OCR, Email Verification, and the rest) deliberately stay “Soon” — they need a real third-party API key or a live email round-trip to work honestly, which isn’t wired up yet.

0.1.7

The File Upload field is now real: visitors can attach a file (default allowed types: JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, TXT; configurable per field, with a few executable types always blocked), and it follows the same 30-day free trial then license model as every other Pro field type. Previously it was a “Soon” placeholder in the Builder with no working renderer.

0.1.6

Fixed: the five newest Pro field types (Percentage, Currency Amount, Language Preference, Marketing Opt-in, GDPR/Consent Agreement) now follow the same 30-day free trial then license model as every other Pro field type (Signature, Date/Time, Address, Number Slider, Payment/UPI QR) — previously they worked unconditionally with no trial or license check at all.

0.1.5

Pro field catalog expanded to ~50 new field types across 8 categories (Verification & Trust, Choice & Input UX, Calculated & Derived, Location & Contact, Media & Capture, Composite Blocks, Scheduling & Commerce, Compliance & Workflow, Education) — visible in the Builder’s Fields panel.
Five of the new Pro fields are fully working today: Percentage, Currency Amount, Language Preference, Marketing Opt-in, and GDPR/Consent Agreement. The rest show a “Soon” badge until their renderer ships.
Builder redesign: a search box for the (now much larger) field catalog, categorized collapsible Pro sections with counts, and a visual refresh (hover lift, category badges) to keep the palette easy to scan.

0.1.4

New free fields: Website / URL (validated as a proper URL on submit), HTML, Content, and Section Divider.
HTML and Content field bodies are sanitized with wp_kses_post() on save (same filter a normal post’s content goes through).

0.1.3

Fixed the Pro trial countdown banner (Builder and front end) showing from day 1 of the 30-day trial — it now only appears in the trial’s final week, once 7 or fewer days remain.
Fixed the Plugin URI header and readme “Tested up to” / “Stable tag” values ahead of the WordPress.org plugin review submission.
Cleaned up several WordPress Coding Standards warnings (SQL preparation, variable naming) flagged by the Plugin Check tool.

0.1.2

Fixed a front-end “Security check failed” error on some hosts: the submit nonce is now verified via the standard X-WP-Nonce header instead of a custom POST field.
Verified live on a real WordPress install: Elementor widget embedding, all 6 free field types with real-and required-field validation, and Lavender Form Pro’s trial banner and Signature field submission.

0.1.0

Initial release: drag-and-drop builder, 9 free field types, email notifications, Elementor/Divi/Beaver Builder/WPBakery integrations, Entries screen with charts, accessibility pass, translation-ready.

Description

Free vs. Pro

Installation

FAQ

Do I need Lavender Form Pro to use this plugin?

How many form submissions can I store?

Which page builders does this work with?

Is spam protection included?

Can I get email notifications when someone submits my form?

I’m not receiving notification emails at all — what’s wrong?

Is this plugin accessible?