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WordPress 5 Cookbook

You're reading from   WordPress 5 Cookbook Actionable solutions to common problems when building websites with WordPress

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838986506
Length 660 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up WordPress and Customizing Settings 2. Customizing Theme Design and Layout FREE CHAPTER 3. Using Plugins and Widgets 4. Publishing Site Content with the Gutenberg Editor 5. Managing Users and Permissions 6. Setting up a Blogging and Editorial Workflow 7. WordPress as an Application Framework 8. Improving Usability and Interactivity 9. Building E-Commerce Sites with WooComerce 10. Troubleshooting WordPress 11. Handling Performance and Maintenance 12. Improving Site Security 13. Promoting and Monetizing the Site 14. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Adding a contact form using Gutenberg

The contact form is one of the most essential features in almost all websites. It acts as the first point of communication with site owners when the user needs specific information or when something goes wrong while using the site. In Chapter 3, Using Plugins and Widgets, we used the Contact Form 7 plugin to add a contact form as it's not a feature that's available in default. However, we have to create the form and then manually add the shortcode to a post or page. Instead, many site owners prefer adding it as a block to the new editor without needing to use shortcodes. This is possible with the new Gutenberg editor as most things are being converted into a reusable block.

We need to use a plugin to add a contact form as a block. We are going to choose the Caldera Forms plugin instead of the Contact Form 7 plugin as Contact Form...

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