StepraEngine Lite

StepraEngine Lite turns long WordPress forms into clean, responsive multi-step forms and multi-page forms using the form wizard layout visitors expect. It works with your existing form builder and adds step navigation, progress styles, Next and Previous buttons, and required-field validation. Your original form plugin still controls fields, submissions, email notifications, entries, spam protection, and integrations. StepraEngine is a form wizard plugin for WordPress that improves the frontend form experience without replacing your form builder. Supported Form Builders StepraEngine Lite adds multi-step forms to:

• Contact Form 7 — Contact Form 7 multi-step forms
• WPForms standard forms — WPForms multi-step forms
• Forminator — Forminator multi-step forms
• Elementor Forms — Elementor multi-step forms

Why Use StepraEngine Lite? Long WordPress forms can feel hard to complete, especially on mobile. StepraEngine helps by splitting the form into a multi-step form wizard so visitors move through one section at a time instead of facing every field at once. You can use StepraEngine Lite's multi-step form wizard for:

• Contact forms
• Quote request forms
• Booking request forms
• Lead capture forms
• Onboarding forms
• Survey forms
• Service request forms
• Form wizard layouts

No Form Rebuilding StepraEngine does not make you rebuild your forms inside a new system. You keep using Contact Form 7, WPForms, Forminator, or Elementor Forms. StepraEngine adds the multi-step form wizard layout around the form that already exists on your site. Automatic and Manual Step Splitting StepraEngine Lite supports automatic and manual step splitting for WordPress multi-step forms. Automatic splitting lets StepraEngine divide supported long forms into steps. Manual splitting lets you control where steps begin:

• Contact Form 7 multi-step forms: use H3 or H4 headings in the form template.
• Elementor multi-step forms: use HTML fields containing H3 or H4 headings.
• Forminator multi-step forms: use Section fields.
• WPForms multi-step forms: StepraEngine uses WPForms field containers for automatic splitting.

You can also enable Strict H3 mode if you want only H3 headings to create manual step breaks. Progress Styles StepraEngine Lite includes two progress styles for your multi-step form wizard:

• Bar progress
• Numbered progress

With numbered progress, visitors can click completed previous steps to go back. Future steps stay locked so visitors cannot skip required validation. Basic Customization StepraEngine Lite includes basic customization controls for progress style, colors, button labels, validation language, and heading behavior. Advanced customization, review summaries, unlimited steps, WooCommerce classic checkout steps, and priority email support are available in StepraEngine Pro. Validation and User Experience StepraEngine checks the current step of your multi-step form before allowing visitors to continue. Validation helpers include:

• Required fields
• Email format
• URL fields requiring http:// or https://
• Phone number format
• Postal code format
• Date year range

If the original form plugin returns a validation error after submission, StepraEngine can return the visitor to the step containing the invalid field when supported by that builder. Mobile-Friendly Multi-Step Forms StepraEngine Lite is designed for responsive multi-step form and multi-page form flows. It helps long WordPress forms feel cleaner on desktop, tablet, and mobile by showing one step at a time. The final design still depends on your theme and form builder styling. Upgrade to Pro StepraEngine Pro adds unlimited steps, WooCommerce classic checkout steps, review summaries, advanced customization, and priority email support. How to upgrade from Lite:

1. Open your WordPress admin dashboard.
2. Go to StepraEngine > Upgrade.
3. Review the Lite vs Pro comparison and available Pro plans.
4. Choose a Pro plan and complete checkout through the secure Freemius checkout.
5. Download StepraEngine Pro from the purchase screen, your Freemius account, or the purchase email.
6. Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin and upload the Pro ZIP file.
7. Activate StepraEngine Pro and activate your license.

When Pro is activated, the Lite version is automatically deactivated to prevent duplicate StepraEngine runtimes. Compatibility Notes StepraEngine Lite does not replace your form builder. Your original form plugin remains responsible for fields, entries, email notifications, spam protection, integrations, and final submission. If your form already uses native multi-step, pagination, or another multi-step add-on on the same form, StepraEngine may pause on that form to help prevent layout and validation conflicts. To use StepraEngine Lite on a form, disable the form builder's native multi-step or pagination feature for that form. Advanced payment fields, conditional logic, third-party add-ons, or heavily customized form templates may require additional compatibility testing. StepraEngine Lite does not include WooCommerce checkout steps or review summaries. Those are Pro features.

1. Install and activate StepraEngine Lite.
2. Build your form normally in Contact Form 7, WPForms, Forminator, or Elementor Forms.
3. Add headings or sections if you want manual step control.
4. Add the form to a page.
5. Open StepraEngine settings.
6. Choose your progress style, colors, button labels, validation language, and heading behavior.
7. Test the form on desktop and mobile.

Lite supports up to 3 steps.

1.1.2

• Updated the Freemius SDK to version 2.13.2.
• Improved the Lite-to-Pro upgrade flow after the Freemius SDK update.
• Improved readme wording for clearer plugin description, setup guidance, supported builder information, and screenshot captions.
• Confirmed Lite remains free-only with no WooCommerce checkout runtime, Pro summaries, or premium feature code.

1.1.1

• Added the Freemius-powered Lite to Pro upgrade path inside the StepraEngine admin Upgrade tab.
• Added Pro plan/pricing connection for the in-dashboard upgrade flow.
• Updated the Lite vs Pro comparison to show basic customization, advanced customization, Pro summaries, WooCommerce checkout, unlimited steps, and priority support.
• Added Stepra-branded styling for the Freemius upgrade/pricing screen.
• Added annual pricing display support for the Freemius upgrade page.
• Kept Lite runtime free-only with no WooCommerce checkout runtime, Pro summaries, or premium feature code.

1.1.0

• Added optional numbered progress style alongside the classic progress bar.
• Added clickable completed step numbers for safe backward navigation.
• Added animated numbered progress previews in the admin settings.
• Added builder targeting controls for Contact Form 7, WPForms, Forminator, and Elementor Forms.
• Added diagnostics data for enabled builders, detected builders, initialization status, visual readiness, and layout checks.
• Improved Contact Form 7 step syncing and validation return behavior.
• Improved Forminator step syncing and summary-safe handling.
• Improved Elementor Forms step syncing and validation delegation.
• Improved button color and text color synchronization across progress styles.
• Improved cache-safe initialization with safer delayed retries and visual readiness handling.
• Improved admin layout, sidebar wording, and settings organization.
• Improved escaping and sanitization for cleaner Plugin Check results.
• Kept WooCommerce checkout and review summary features out of Lite.

1.0.2

• Added an optional numbered 1, 2, 3 progress style.
• Added clickable completed step numbers for safe backward navigation.
• Added animated numbered progress previews in the admin settings.
• Kept the original progress bar style as the default option.

1.0.1

• Reduced visual flash/flicker during form initialization and step navigation.
• Improved scroll behavior during Next and Previous step navigation.
• Improved focus handling so the first field in the active step is selected after navigation.
• Preserved Contact Form 7 field width behavior while switching between steps.
• Improved readme wording for multi-step form, multi-page form, form wizard, and supported builder search clarity.
• Updated compatibility metadata.

1.0.0

• Initial Lite release.
• Added support for Contact Form 7.
• Added support for Elementor Forms.
• Added support for Forminator.
• Added support for WPForms standard forms.
• Added automatic form splitting.
• Added H3/H4 heading-based splitting where supported.
• Added Forminator Section field support.
• Added responsive progress bar and navigation buttons.
• Added required-field validation before moving to the next step.
• Added visible validation messages.
• Added email, phone, postal code, date, and URL validation helpers.
• Added invalid-field step jump behavior after supported submission errors.
• Added conflict detection for native multi-step and pagination features.
• Added admin controls for colors, labels, validation language, and heading behavior.