Want to let your users save and resume WordPress forms before submission? Follow our updated 2023 tutorials to properly set up save & continue functionality and significantly boost form conversions.
The Growing Importance of Save & Continue for WP Forms
Lengthy multi-page forms have always posed conversion challenges. But studies show even simple forms can benefit greatly by offering save and resume capabilities:
- According to Baymard Institute, over two-thirds of test subjects wanted to save progress in longer checkout forms. Nearly half would abandon a form if they couldn‘t save intermittently.
- Form analytics service JotForm reported a 42% higher submission rate for forms with save and return functionality enabled.
For complex surveys, assessments, job applications, and transactions it makes an even bigger difference in form completion rates. Allowing users to save inputs provides a better experience and more conversions.
Step-by-Step: Enabling Save & Continue in WPForms
We‘ll demonstrate how to add save and resume using WPForms Pro, the most popular premium WordPress contact form plugin (used on over 6 million websites).
There‘s also a free WPForms Lite plan which still packs loads of great features.
Install and Activate WPForms
After installing WPForms from your WordPress plugins dashboard, remember to click Activate:
Configure the Save Progress Addon
Navigate to WPForms > Addons and activate the "Save and Resume" addon:
Build Your WordPress Form
Now create a new contact form, survey, or other WP form using the intuitive drag-and-drop form builder.
You can start from pre-made templates like Simple Contact Form, Request a Quote, or build custom forms from scratch by adding your own fields.
Enable Save & Continue
Go to the form Settings tab and toggle ON the "Enable Save & Continue" option:
Here you can customize all save and resume behaviors:
- Change auto-save frequency
- Display text next to Submit button
- Send emails with resume links
- Set resume link expiry
And more.
Embed Your Form in a Post or Page
Add the WPForms block to any post/page where you want your form to appear. Select the newly built form from the dropdown.
That‘s it! Visitors can now save form progress incrementally and conveniently resume later before final submission.
Review Partial Save Entries in WPForms Dashboard
Inside WPForms > Entries, you can view partial form submissions from folks using the save & continue option before their final form completion.
The entry status shows as "Partial" until they resume and submit the full form, when it changes to "Completed."
This table allows you to easily track partial works in progress.
Why Choose WPForms for Save & Continue?
WPForms is the most beginner-friendly way to create WordPress forms with save and resume built directly into form settings. No coding needed.
Other reasons it‘s trusted by over 6 million websites:
- Intuitive drag and drop builder
- 100% responsive mobile-ready forms
- Anti-spam protection
- Integration with SMTP, PayPal, MailChimp and more
- Great analytics on form performance
We hope this detailed guide helps you leverage save & continue functionality to reduce form abandonment and improve conversions. Let us know if you have any other questions!
