Description
Formatrica is a WordPress form builder with built-in email delivery. Create forms visually, store submissions in WordPress, protect them from spam, and send notifications through WordPress mail, custom SMTP, or supported email provider APIs without installing a separate mail plugin.
Highlights
- Built-in email delivery via WordPress, custom SMTP, Postmark, Amazon SES, Mailgun, SendGrid, Brevo, SMTP2GO, and more, with encrypted credentials and a built-in test-email tool
- No separate SMTP plugin required when using Formatrica’s built-in SMTP or provider integrations
- Drag-and-drop form builder with live preview, field search, and ready-made templates
- Stored submissions with entry management and CSV export
- Anti-spam & security — honeypot, CSRF protection, IP rate limiting, minimum submission time, reCAPTCHA v3, Cloudflare Turnstile, and FriendlyCaptcha
- Privacy controls — full, anonymised, or no IP storage, plus automatic submission cleanup
- Integrations — Zapier, Make.com, Slack, Mailchimp, Brevo, WordPress posts with ACF support, WooCommerce, and signed custom webhooks
- User registration forms with required email verification
- Rich field set — text, email, file upload, date and time, select, radio, checkbox, number, range, colour, and more
- Form theming with an accent colour and light, dark, or automatic colour scheme
- Translation-ready — ships with German, French, and Macedonian
Forms and Email Delivery in One Plugin
Formatrica can handle both the form and its notification delivery. You can use the standard WordPress mail system, connect to your own SMTP server, or send directly through supported email provider APIs.
That means you do not need to install a separate SMTP or email-delivery plugin just to reliably send Formatrica notifications.
Supported delivery methods include WordPress wp_mail(), custom SMTP, Postmark, Amazon SES, Mailgun, SendGrid, Brevo, SMTP2GO, and Mailpit for local development.
Formatrica does not phone home. External services are contacted only when you explicitly enable and configure them for a form — see the External services section below.
Documentation
Full guides, hook/filter reference, and REST API docs live at docs.nexusplugins.com.
External services
Formatrica does not contact any external service by default. Each service below is used only when a site administrator explicitly enables and configures it for a form.
CAPTCHA verification
When a CAPTCHA provider is enabled, the visitor’s browser loads the provider’s widget and, on submission, the visitor’s IP address and a verification token are sent to the provider for scoring. Providers: Google reCAPTCHA v3 (Terms | Privacy), Cloudflare Turnstile (Terms | Privacy), and FriendlyCaptcha (Terms | Privacy).
Email delivery
When a third-party email provider is configured, each notification email (recipient, sender, subject, and the submitted form data) is sent to that provider’s API. Providers: SendGrid (Terms | Privacy), SMTP2GO (Terms | Privacy), Mailgun (Terms | Privacy), Postmark (Terms | Privacy), Brevo (Terms | Privacy), and Amazon SES (Terms | Privacy). Custom SMTP and Mailpit send to your own mail server; the default WordPress provider uses wp_mail() with no external API call.
Integrations
When an integration is enabled, form submission data (form title, submitted field values, and field metadata) is sent to the configured endpoint on each submission. Zapier, Make.com, and custom webhooks also include the submitter’s IP address and user agent.
- Zapier — Automation platform (Terms | Privacy)
- Make.com — Automation platform (Terms | Privacy)
- Slack — Team messaging; sends form title and field values to an Incoming Webhook (no IP or user agent) (Terms | Privacy)
- Mailchimp — Email marketing; subscribes the visitor’s email and mapped fields to an audience (Terms | Privacy)
- Brevo — Email marketing; adds the visitor’s email and mapped fields to a list (Terms | Privacy)
- Custom Webhooks — Sends a signed JSON payload to an endpoint URL you configure
Local data: submissions are stored in a custom table on your site; IP storage can be full, anonymised, or off; automatic deletion can be enabled per your retention setting; API keys and secrets are encrypted at rest and never exposed in the admin UI or REST responses.
Screenshots





Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- Formatrica Embed a form created with Formatrica.
Installation
- Install through the WordPress plugins screen, or upload the files to
/wp-content/plugins/formatrica. - Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen.
- Visit Formatrica Forms to create your first form (from scratch or a template).
- Configure email delivery in Settings Email and send a test email before going live.
- Embed the form with the
[formatrica id="123"]shortcode or the Formatrica block.
FAQ
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Do I need a separate SMTP plugin?
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No. Formatrica can send form notifications through custom SMTP or directly through supported providers including Postmark, Amazon SES, Mailgun, SendGrid, Brevo, and SMTP2GO.
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wp_mail()method. If another plugin or your hosting environment already configures WordPress mail delivery, Formatrica can continue using that setup. -
How do I send a test email?
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Open a form in the builder, click Settings, go to the Email tab, configure your settings, and click Send test email.
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Where are submissions stored?
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When storage is enabled, submissions are saved in the
{$wpdb->prefix}formatrica_submissionstable with full field metadata. You can browse them under Formatrica Submissions and export to CSV. -
Can I create WordPress users from forms?
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Yes. Use the “User Registration” template or set the form type to “User Registration”. The form creates a WordPress user and sends a verification email using the same delivery provider configured for that form. The new user must confirm their email before they can log in.
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What file types are allowed for uploads?
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By default: JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, PDF, DOC, DOCX, and TXT. Customise this with the
formatrica_allowed_file_typesfilter. -
How do I disable a form without losing its data?
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Use the Deactivate action in the Forms list. Deactivated forms are hidden on the front end and stop accepting submissions, but all data is kept. Delete permanently removes the form and its submissions and cannot be undone.
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How do I connect forms to Zapier, Make.com, or Slack?
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Open a form, go to Settings Integrations, enable the integration, and paste the webhook URL. For Zapier use “Webhooks by Zapier Catch Hook”; for Make use “Webhooks Custom webhook”.
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What data is sent to integrations?
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Integrations receive the form title, submitted field values, and field metadata; Zapier, Make.com, and custom webhooks also include the submitter’s IP address and user agent. Use the
formatrica_webhook_payloadfilter to customise the payload.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.1.3 – 2026-07-16
- Security: hardened form-submission authentication so unauthenticated API-style requests are rejected
- Security: the visitor IP is now read only from the trusted connection by default (configurable for sites behind a reverse proxy), preventing rate-limit evasion via spoofed headers
- Security: submission rate limiting is now atomic, and oversized submission requests are rejected before processing
- Fixed: the background integration queue is now bounded, with an admin warning if it fills (for example when WP-Cron is not running)
