WordPress
Working notes on WordPress itself: how it stores data, loads assets, sends email and runs forms, from someone who builds plugins for it.
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WordPress Form Plugin Halloween Deals
Which WordPress form plugins actually discount at Halloween, which run the same offer all year and which save the cut for Black Friday, judged on the renewal.
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How to Create an NPS Survey Form in WordPress
Build a WordPress NPS survey with a 0-10 scale, an optional reason field, saved responses and the correct Net Promoter Score calculation.
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How to Send WordPress Form Submissions to Telegram
Send WordPress form submissions to a Telegram group or chat with your own bot. A live setup, chat IDs, message templates, retries and error fixes.
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How to Add reCAPTCHA v3 to a WordPress Form
Configure reCAPTCHA v3 in Core Forms with matching keys, understand the 0.5 score threshold and troubleshoot missing tokens or rejected submissions.
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How to Create an Employee Information Form in WordPress
Create a simple employee information form in WordPress with work details, clear required fields, restricted access and a tested submissions inbox.
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Core Forms 4.11
Core Forms 4.11, released October 3, 2026, adds reusable field groups and team inbox tools. Update to 4.11.1 for inbox fixes and wrapper padding.
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Best WordPress Form Plugins: Which One to Buy
The WordPress form plugins worth comparing in 2026, on renewal price, site limits and the job each one is actually good at. Core Forms included, with the bias named.
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Brevo WordPress Integration: Add a Form Subscriber to a List
Create or update a Brevo contact from a WordPress form. Core Forms sends the email and name and can add one list ID. SMS consent and custom attributes are not in the action.
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Kit (ConvertKit) WordPress Integration: Subscribe From a Form
Send a WordPress form to Kit, formerly ConvertKit. The Core Forms action subscribes an email to a Kit form and can apply tag IDs. Sequences and custom fields are not in it.
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Core Forms vs SureForms: Site Count Versus a Gutenberg Form
SureForms puts every paid feature on every plan and bills by site count. Core Forms is one price for unlimited sites, stored as HTML, with licensing included.
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WordPress as a Form Backend for HTML Forms
A form backend accepts HTML POSTs, stores the row and sends email. WordPress can be that backend for static sites, with submissions in WP-Admin instead of a SaaS dashboard.
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Formspree Alternative: Keep the HTML, Change Who Stores It
Formspree is the mature HTML form backend. Here is when the 50-submission free cap, paid autoresponses and data location make a Formspree alternative the better fit.
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Stop reading. Ship a form.
All these notes are from running Core Forms on real client sites.
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