EffortLess Multisite Form Creator

EffortLess Multisite Form Creator lets you build forms in the block editor, as a “Form” post whose content is your form’s HTML. Each form is placed on a page with a shortcode or the ELMFC Form block, inline or as a popup. Submissions are sent by AJAX, emailed to the addresses you choose, and can optionally be stored as posts of a custom post type.

Key Features

• Gutenberg-Ready – Build forms directly in the block editor with HTML

• AJAX Submission – No page refresh needed

• Popup or Inline – Display forms as popups or embedded in your content. A popup is an accessible dialog: the keyboard focus moves into it and stays there, Escape closes it, and the focus returns to the button that opened it

• Theme Styling by Default – Forms take your theme’s appearance; optional built-in form styles can be enabled in Forms > Settings

• Fieldset Support – Full support for fieldset and legend elements, with optional styling

• Flexible Width Options – Container width (default), narrow, default, or wide layouts

• Email Notifications – Send to the site admin and/or a chosen user; optionally a copy to the submitter

• SMTP Support – Optional SMTP configuration for reliable email delivery

• Per-Form Customization – Each form can have unique messages and settings

• Theme Button Support – Uses your theme’s button styles by default (optional custom styling)

• Fully Translatable – All messages configurable per form (no hardcoded text)

• Multisite Compatible – Forms can be rendered and submitted across the sites of a multisite network

• Responsive Design – Mobile-friendly popups and forms with optimized spacing

• Cloudflare Turnstile – Optional spam protection without a puzzle for most visitors, per form, instead of the math captcha

• Webhook with Retries – Each submission can be sent to a webhook (e.g. Zapier); failed deliveries are retried for about 2.5 hours, and the result is shown on the stored submission

• Simple Math Captcha – Optional spam protection; the question is loaded when the form is shown, so it keeps working on cached pages, and forms sent less than 3 seconds after loading are rejected

• Enhanced Radio & Checkbox – Card-style radio buttons and highlighted terms checkbox

• Ready-made Forms – Contact, newsletter, quote request and call-back request patterns to start from

• Save Submissions – Optional storage as custom post type with custom slug; new submissions highlighted, search, date filter, CSV export and a reply-by-email button

• Configurable Retention – Optionally auto-delete stored submissions after a set number of days

• Privacy Tools Integration – Submissions are included in WordPress’s built-in personal data export/erase tools

• Page Builder Compatible – Works with Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, and Gutenberg blocks

• No Dependencies – The front-end script uses no library (no jQuery) and loads deferred, so it does not delay the page

Use Cases

• Contact forms

• Support request forms

• Quote request forms

• Newsletter signup forms (with consent & storage)

• Subscription forms with plan selection

• Feedback forms

• Registration forms

Form Width Options

Choose how your inline forms should display:

• Container Width (Default) – Uses 100% of the parent container width

• Narrow – Maximum 450px width, centered

• Default – Maximum 720px width, centered

• Wide – Maximum 1080px width, centered

Email Configuration

• Send to site admin email

• Send to specific WordPress user

• Send a copy to the form submitter (off by default; requires an email field)

• Optional SMTP configuration for better deliverability

• Customizable email subjects and messages per form

Styling Features

By default the plugin styles only the popup, the form width setting and the hiding of multi-step pages; everything else follows your theme. When “Load the plugin’s form styles” is enabled in Forms > Settings, it also provides:

• Card-style radio button options with hover effects

• Highlighted terms and conditions checkbox container

• Proper fieldset and legend styling with nested support

• Consistent spacing throughout forms

• Custom or theme button styling options

• Visual width preview in admin settings

External services

This plugin can optionally connect to third-party services to reduce spam. Both are off by default: Akismet is used only when it is installed and configured, and Cloudflare Turnstile only on forms that tick “Use Cloudflare Turnstile” after its keys are added in Forms > Settings.

Akismet

1/comment-check ) to determine whether the submission is spam. This only happens if Akismet is already active on your site; if it is not, no data is sent to Akismet.

This service is provided by Automattic: Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.

Cloudflare Turnstile

js, which checks the browser and produces a token (Cloudflare receives the data its script collects, such as the IP address, browser characteristics and the page address). com/turnstile/v0/siteverify to confirm it. No form field is sent to Cloudflare.

: Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Turnstile Privacy Addendum.

Your webhook

When a form has a webhook address, each submission’s fields are sent to that address (a service you choose, such as Zapier), as described in the FAQ.