Title: Form Abandonment Tracking
Last modified: August 14, 2026

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# Form Abandonment Tracking

 *  Resolved [usrbingeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usrbingeek/)
 * (@usrbingeek)
 * [3 days, 3 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-abandonment-tracking/)
 * How does the Form Abandonment Tracking work exactly?
 * Does it save everything as entered or only specific fields? I’d specifically 
   want to view all partial submissions in the dashboard to see which fields cause
   drop-off and to identify issues users might be having with the form.

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 *  Plugin Support [parvindarsinghsaini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parvindarsinghsaini/)
 * (@parvindarsinghsaini)
 * [2 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-abandonment-tracking/#post-18994326)
 * [@usrbingeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usrbingeek/) Great question,
   and I want to be precise about it.
 * Form Abandonment Tracking records a signal, not the entered data. When someone
   starts filling a form (fills at least one field) and then leaves without submitting,
   we log which form it was, how many fields they’d filled, the last field they 
   interacted with, and how long they spent. Importantly, it does not save the values
   they typed, nothing half-entered is stored, which is deliberate on the privacy
   side, so there aren’t “partial submissions” with their data to view.
 *  Thread Starter [usrbingeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usrbingeek/)
 * (@usrbingeek)
 * [2 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-abandonment-tracking/#post-18994338)
 * I totally understand a privacy concern if it wasn’t disclosed, but as long as
   there is a warning at the top of the form, the users are consenting to it by 
   continuing.
 * Example from a competiting form plugin:
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.gravityforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Partial-
   Entries-1-1.png?ssl=1)
 * Please reconsider it since many form competitors offer it, and it’s incredibly
   useful for identifying issues or friction points in our forms. But most importantly,
   it helps us recover leads and abandoned checkouts, enabling us to follow up and
   re-engage users who dropped off mid-process by offering personalized help, discounts,
   or reminders to complete the purchase. More than half of our drop-offs complete
   after the re-engagement. Its critical to us.
 *  Thread Starter [usrbingeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usrbingeek/)
 * (@usrbingeek)
 * [2 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-abandonment-tracking/#post-18994355)
 * Another advantage of this is that it also saves the user’s work in case they 
   accidentally click a link and leave the form, or if their browser crashes or 
   reloads the page due to excessive memory usage, among other reasons. 
 *  Plugin Support [parvindarsinghsaini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parvindarsinghsaini/)
 * (@parvindarsinghsaini)
 * [2 days, 11 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-abandonment-tracking/#post-18994378)
 * Thanks for laying this out so thoroughly, the lead-recovery case, the re-engagement
   numbers, and the point about preserving someone’s in-progress work if they lose
   the page are all fair, and I can see why it’s important to you. You have genuinely
   made the case well.
 * To be straight with you about where we stand: what you are describing is capturing
   and storing data as it’s typed, before the person submits. That’s a real, valuable
   feature, several competitors offer it and it’s something we can do, but only 
   if we build the whole thing around it properly: an explicit consent/warning gate,
   a configurable retention policy with automatic deletion, and full integration
   with WordPress’s data export and erasure tools. We already have the privacy building
   blocks (consent field, IP anonymisation, retention cleanup, export/erase), so
   we are well placed to do it right but “do it right” is the operative part, and
   it deserves its own considered release rather than a quick addition.
 * So: this is firmly on our radar as a feature we want to build, opt-in and off
   by default, with the consent and retention controls that keep it safe for site
   owners and their visitors.
 *  Thread Starter [usrbingeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usrbingeek/)
 * (@usrbingeek)
 * [2 days, 11 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-abandonment-tracking/#post-18994381)
 * I fully understand that this is a complex feature and cannot be added quickly,
   and as a former developer, I won’t pressure you for a timeline.
 * Thank you for your consideration and understanding, and I’m looking forward to
   seeing this added at some point!

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 * Last activity: [2 days, 11 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/form-abandonment-tracking/#post-18994381)
 * Status: resolved