KoalaForms Contact and Registration Form Builder with AI

KoalaForms is a WordPress form builder for the block editor. Build contact forms, registration forms, and multi-step forms directly in Gutenberg — every field is a native WordPress block, so there is nothing new to learn if you already edit pages and posts. Drop fields onto the canvas, configure them in the block sidebar, publish, and embed the form anywhere with a simple shortcode. Every submission is saved in your WordPress database and viewable in the admin, so you always own your data. Most form plugins stop at the contact form. KoalaForms goes further: it also builds registration forms that create real WordPress user accounts on submission, and it includes an AI Form Generator that turns a plain-language description into a working form in seconds. No page builder, no monthly subscription, and no code required. As a lightweight WordPress form plugin, it lets you build unlimited online forms and publish them anywhere on your site with a shortcode. Common Use Cases KoalaForms is used to build all kinds of WordPress forms, including:

• Contact forms and support request forms
• Registration forms and user sign-up forms that create WordPress accounts
• Event registration and RSVP forms
• Membership and customer onboarding forms
• Job application forms with resume and file uploads
• Booking, appointment, and quote-request forms
• Customer feedback, review, and rating forms
• Survey and questionnaire forms
• Lead generation and newsletter sign-up forms
• Multi-step application and intake forms

Build a Contact Form in Minutes Create a classic contact form — name, email, subject, message — or a more detailed inquiry, quote request, feedback, booking, or support form. Add the fields you need, mark the required ones, set up validation, and turn on email notifications so every submission reaches your inbox. Send an automatic confirmation (auto-reply) to the person who submitted the form, and route admin notifications to one or more email addresses. Keep spam out with built-in Google reCAPTCHA support. Because the form is built from blocks, you can rearrange, relabel, and restyle it at any time without touching code. Build a Registration Form That Creates User Accounts Set a form's type to Registration and KoalaForms will create a WordPress user account when the form is submitted, automatically mapping your chosen fields to the account's username and email. WordPress then sends the new user a secure link to set their own password, so you never handle or store passwords yourself. Use it for memberships, sign-ups, event registration, customer onboarding, or any workflow where a visitor needs an account. You can also map additional form fields to user meta to store extra profile information against each account. This makes KoalaForms a practical user registration plugin as well as a contact form plugin — one tool for both jobs. Multi-Step Forms Long forms convert better when they are broken into steps. Use the Step block to split any form into multiple pages with Next and Previous navigation, clear section labels, and a per-step layout. Multi-step forms are ideal for job applications, detailed registrations, surveys, and onboarding flows where a single long page would feel overwhelming and drive people away before they finish. AI Form Generator (Beta) Describe the form you want — for example, "a two-step job application with a resume upload" or "a membership registration form with name, email, and username" — and the AI Form Generator produces the full block structure for you, ready to refine in the editor. You can also upload a PDF, an image, or an existing HTML form and have it recreated as a KoalaForms form. The generator chooses appropriate field types, applies input masks and validation, and configures form settings such as the form type and the primary email field used for notifications. The feature is in Beta and requires an AI provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google) configured in WordPress. See the External Services section for exactly what data is sent and when — no form submission data or visitor data is ever involved. How It Works

1. Go to KoalaForms → All Forms and create a new form (or generate one with AI).
2. Add fields from the block inserter and configure each one in the sidebar — label, placeholder, required state, validation, and input mask.
3. Set the form type (Contact or Registration), notifications, spam protection, and any access limits in the Form Settings panel.
4. Publish the form and copy its shortcode, e.g. [KoalaForms form_id="123"].
5. Paste the shortcode into any page or post. Submissions start arriving in KoalaForms → Submissions.

Supported Fields

• Text Field (with input masking)
• Phone Field (with input masking)
• Email Field
• Textarea / Paragraph
• Number Field
• Currency Field
• URL Field
• Dropdown (Select)
• Multi-Select
• Radio Buttons
• Checkboxes
• Date Field (with optional age validation)
• File Upload Field
• Address Field
• Disclosure / Consent
• Rating Field
• Signature Field

Every field is configured in the familiar block sidebar: labels, placeholders, default values, required state, validation rules, custom error messages, and input masks for formats such as phone numbers. Group fields into steps to create a multi-step form. Features

• Native block editor — every field is a WordPress block, configured in Gutenberg. Nothing new to learn.
• Contact & registration forms — choose a form type; registration forms create WordPress user accounts on submission.
• Multi-step forms — split forms into steps with Next/Previous navigation and section labels.
• Input masking & validation — format phone numbers and other inputs as users type, with required fields, patterns, min/max, and custom error messages.
• Email notifications — send admin notifications and an automatic confirmation (auto-reply) to the submitter, with a delivery status shown on each submission.
• Submissions in your database — every submission is stored in WordPress and viewable in the admin, with a dedicated submission detail view.
• File uploads & signatures — accept documents and capture drawn signatures directly in the form.
• Spam protection — optional Google reCAPTCHA integration, disabled until you configure it.
• Access & limits — restrict forms to logged-in users, set submission limits, and generate unique submission IDs.
• Translation-ready — fully internationalized and ready to translate into any language.
• AI Form Generator (Beta) — generate a form from a plain-language description or an uploaded file.

Who It's For Site owners who want contact and registration forms without a page builder or a monthly subscription; developers who prefer to work in the block editor; and anyone building membership, onboarding, application, or survey workflows on WordPress. If you have ever wanted a single plugin that handles both "get in touch" contact forms and "create an account" registration forms, KoalaForms is built for exactly that.

1.6.4

• File uploads now use WordPress's built-in upload handler, so uploaded files go through the same validation and security checks as the rest of WordPress. Files continue to be stored in a protected folder that is not directly accessible over the web.

1.6.3

• AI form generator — generated fields now work correctly on the front end straight away. Phone number input masks, validation messages, and dropdown/radio options are applied automatically, without having to open and re-save the form in the editor first.
• AI form generator — generated forms now come pre-configured with the right settings: the form type is set to Contact or Registration based on what you asked for, and the primary email field is selected automatically whenever the form has an email field, so admin notifications and auto-replies work without extra setup.
• AI form generator — asking for a registration or sign-up form now produces a form wired up to create a WordPress user account on submission, with the username and email fields already mapped.
• AI form generator — address blocks now include a label for every sub-field (Address Line 1, Address Line 2, City, State, Country, Zip Code).
• The address field's group label (e.g. "Billing Address") is now shown on the front-end form, with improved spacing and alignment.

1.6.2

• Notification delivery status — the Submissions list and detail view now show whether each notification (admin email and auto-reply) was sent, failed, or had no recipient for every submission, so you can confirm at a glance that a lead's emails actually went out.
• Mailer errors are now captured — when a notification fails to send, the underlying mail server error is recorded and shown on the submission instead of a generic failure.
• Auto-reply now warns in the editor when no Primary Email Field is selected, since without it the auto-reply can only reach logged-in users and is skipped for anonymous submitters.

1.6.1

• Conditional layouts are now field-type aware — checkboxes match on their checked state, dropdowns and radios offer their real options, dates and numbers use proper date/number inputs, and file/signature fields match on whether they were provided. Fields with no comparable value are no longer offered as conditions.
• Fixed a bug where a field dragged from the field pool into a section did not grey out until the page was refreshed.

1.6.0

• Submission detail page rebuilt — replaces the default WP metabox editor with a dedicated view showing a chevron stage pipeline, sidebar info panel, and drag-and-drop layout builder for organising fields into labelled sections.
• Conditional layouts — define multiple layouts per form with field-based conditions to control which layout is shown for each submission.

1.5.1

• Rating field type added.
• Signature field added.
• Block inserter panel and form settings sidebar now open automatically on page load in the form editor.
• Form duplication and postmeta changes.

1.5.0

• Currency field support added.
• AI Builder form generation improved. Added debug panel to find out the problems. From the preview page, user can submit and test.
• Supports Google and Open AI connector now.
• Submission delete button added on the detail page.
• Images/HTML and Video blocks are now rendering in the frontend.
• Submit button label can be changed from the editor.
• Placeholder allowed text length increased to 100 characters.
• More keywords added for block searching in the editor.

1.4.0

• Phone field server side validation added.
• File upload field supported.
• Unique name check implemented in the form builder.
• Form Builder settings panel ui enhancements.
• URL parameter prepopulation — pass field values via query string (e.g. ?name=John) to prefill form fields, including address sub-fields, on page load.
• Block custom class and css.

1.3.1

• Minimum WordPress version updated.

1.3.0

• AI Form Generator (Beta) — describe a form in plain language and let AI generate the full block structure. Feature is in Beta; our team is actively testing it.
• Report a Bug — admins can submit a bug report directly from the AI Generator page, sent to the KoalaForms support team
• Deactivation feedback — when deactivating the plugin, admins are optionally asked for a reason. Feedback is sent to the support team to help improve the plugin
• Form and submission deletion — permanently delete trashed forms and submissions; forms with existing submissions are protected from accidental deletion

1.2.0

• Standard templates — choose from pre-built form templates (registration, contact, and more) when creating a new form
• Embed & Preview panel — new block editor sidebar panel shows the form shortcode with a one-click copy button, and a "Create preview page" button that generates a draft WordPress page for testing
• Submission delete — individual submissions can now be deleted from the admin submissions page
• Block editor UI — redesigned General, Validation, and Form Settings panels with improved layout and usability
• Extension hooks — new filters (koalaforms.formComponent, koalaforms_form_html_attributes, koalaforms_extra_block_types) and field extension API for Pro and add-on module integration

1.1.0

• Analytics — submission chart added to the form analytics page
• Address field is now collapsible in the block editor
• Bug fix — multiple forms on the same page now load and submit independently
• Help text improvements and general UI cleanup across the admin
• Display Label added — lets you set a user-facing label separate from the unique field name
• Custom hooks added to support add-on integrations

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Gutenberg block-based form builder — text, email, number, URL, date, dropdown, multi-select, radio, checkbox, textarea, address, and disclosure fields
• Multi-step forms with step navigation
• Input masking for fields like phone numbers
• Form submissions stored in the database and viewable in the admin panel
• Google reCAPTCHA support
• Email notifications on submission