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Formidable Forms is a third-party form builder that can easily into SharpSpring.

This article will detail how to integrate Formidable Forms.


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Regarding Integrated Code

Running the following generated code or your entire functions.php file through a .PHP validator will decrease the risk of a crash, but it will not catch everything. For more information on .PHP validation, refer to https://phpcodechecker.com/  
Note: SharpSpring offers Professional Services to assist with custom coding.

This integration tool is provided as-is to assist with the setup of integrating Formidable Forms, but this may run into complications due to the configuration within Formidable Forms. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • A non-standard Formidable Forms configuration
  • Other plugins that interfere
  • Additional parameters outside of SharpSpring's control

If native form code has been placed on the page already, it should be removed. This .PHP code replaces its function.


Generating Form Codes

To integrate Formidable Forms with SharpSpring, you will need access to your SharpSpring account, and you must be using Formidable Forms on your site. For developer instructions, refer to For Developers: Connecting Formidable Forms.

To generate Formidable Form integration codes, do the following:

    1. Open a new tab in your web browser.
    2. Create a Formidable Form in that browser tab.
    3. Locate the Formidable Form's ID number.
    4. Open another new tab in your web browser.
    5. Log in to SharpSpring in that browser tab.
    6. Click Forms in SharpSpring's left toolbar.
    7. Create or edit a native form.
    8. Click  12more.png  Actions > Embed Code.
    9. Copy the native form's embed code.
    10. Paste the native form's full embed code in the following box:

    11. Place the ID number of your Formidable Form in the following box: 



    12. Insert the applicable field labels and field identification numbers, and click the applicable checkboxes in the following table:

      Field
      Label      		 Field ID
      Number      		 Checkbox
      Group?

    13. Click the Generate Code button above.

    14. Copy the code that is generated below:

  
Note: Field labels should not contain special characters or accented numbers. Supported characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, space, dash, and underscore.


Adding Generated Code to Wordpress

Once you have generated code, you will need to use it to integrate the form.

To add the generated Formidable Forms code to Wordpress and integrate the form, do the following:

  1. Open another new tab in your web browser.
  2. Log in to Wordpress in that browser tab.
  3. Open your functions.php file in Wordpress.
  4. Add the following code snippet:
    add_action('frm_after_create_entry', 'submitSharpSpring', 30, 2);function submitSharpSpring($entry, $form_id){
    // Paste the above code snippet here 
    }
  5. Add the generated code where it says "Paste the above code snippet here." 
  6. Delete the two backslashes //. 
  7. Place the edited code on your page.
  
Note: SharpSpring offers Professional Services to assist with custom coding.

Once integrated, your page will collect form submissions from your Formidable Form and pass them to SharpSpring.

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