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Forms are embedded in pages and posts using a shortcode and submissions are stored in the WordPress database.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Supported Fields<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Text Field (with input masking)<\/li>\n<li>Email Field<\/li>\n<li>Textarea \/ Paragraph<\/li>\n<li>Number Field<\/li>\n<li>URL Field<\/li>\n<li>Dropdown (Select)<\/li>\n<li>Multi-Select<\/li>\n<li>Radio Buttons<\/li>\n<li>Checkboxes<\/li>\n<li>Date Field<\/li>\n<li>Address Field<\/li>\n<li>Disclosure \/ Consent<\/li>\n<li>Multi-Step Forms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Features<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gutenberg-blocks<\/strong> \u2014 every field is a WordPress block, configured in the block editor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multi-step forms<\/strong> \u2014 built-in step navigation with configurable steps<\/li>\n<li><strong>Input masking<\/strong> \u2014 format fields like phone numbers as users type<\/li>\n<li><strong>Form submissions<\/strong> \u2014 stored in the WordPress database, viewable in the admin panel<\/li>\n<li><strong>CAPTCHA support<\/strong> \u2014 integrates with Google reCAPTCHA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Email notifications<\/strong> \u2014 send confirmation and notification emails on submission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>License<\/h3>\n\n<p>Koala Forms is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later.\nLicense URI: https:\/\/www.gnu.org\/licenses\/gpl-2.0.html<\/p>\n\n<p>All bundled third-party libraries are GPL-compatible:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Vue.js \u2014 MIT License \u2014 https:\/\/github.com\/vuejs\/core<\/li>\n<li>vue-the-mask \u2014 MIT License \u2014 https:\/\/github.com\/vuejs-tips\/vue-the-mask<\/li>\n<li>vue-recaptcha \u2014 MIT License \u2014 https:\/\/github.com\/DanSnow\/vue-recaptcha<\/li>\n<li>DOMPurify \u2014 MPL-2.0 \/ Apache-2.0 \u2014 https:\/\/github.com\/cure53\/DOMPurify<\/li>\n<li>uuid \u2014 MIT License \u2014 https:\/\/github.com\/uuidjs\/uuid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Development<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin uses a build process for its JavaScript assets. The minified files in the <code>build\/<\/code> and <code>assets\/<\/code> directories are compiled from source.<\/p>\n\n<p>The full human-readable source code is available on GitHub:\nhttps:\/\/github.com\/wpkoalaforms\/koalaforms<\/p>\n\n<p>To build from source:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Clone the repository: <code>git clone https:\/\/github.com\/wpkoalaforms\/koalaforms.git<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Run <code>npm install<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Run <code>npm run build<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Run <code>npm run build-vue<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h3>External Services<\/h3>\n\n<h4>Google reCAPTCHA<\/h4>\n\n<p>This plugin optionally integrates with Google reCAPTCHA to help prevent spam form submissions. This feature is disabled by default and only active when a reCAPTCHA site key and secret key are configured in the plugin settings.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>What it does:<\/strong> Verifies that a form submission was made by a human and not an automated bot.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>What data is sent and when:<\/strong>\n* When a visitor loads a page containing a Koala Forms form with reCAPTCHA enabled, Google's reCAPTCHA script is loaded from <code>https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js<\/code>. This may send the visitor's IP address and browser information to Google.\n* When a visitor submits a form, the reCAPTCHA response token is sent from your WordPress server to <code>https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api\/siteverify<\/code> to verify the submission. 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