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How to Create a File Upload Form in WordPress [ Free ]
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Jan 25, 2024
In this tutorial video, the content creator walks viewers through the process of creating a file upload form in WordPress, and emphasizes that the method being presented is free. The tutorial likely covers step-by-step instructions on utilizing either built-in WordPress features or free plugins to establish a form that allows users to upload files. By following the guidance in the video, WordPress users can enable a simple and efficient way for website visitors to submit files through a dedicated form. This tutorial is valuable for individuals seeking a cost-effective solution to incorporate file upload functionality into their WordPress websites.
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Hi everyone, welcome to Kito Blogging and in this video I will show you how you can create a
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file upload form in your WordPress website. So suppose you want your visitors to send a file to your email box, then you can do that
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by adding a file upload form. And you can also do that for free using a plugin called Forminator
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So let me just show you how you can do that. So for this, let me just go to the dashboard and here in the plugin section, let me just click
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can add new. Now you can search for Firminator and here you will see this plugin Fermanator
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contact form payment form and custom form builder by WPmU Dap. So you need to
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install this plugin and by the way if you found this video helpful then make sure
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to hit the like button and do subscribe our channel. So the plugin is installed let me just
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activate this plugin okay now the plugin is activated let me just go to the settings
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here or you can just click on Firminator icon here. This is how the dashboard looks like and here you can see that you can create forms poll
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So let's create a form here. So I will click on Create button here and here you can see that you can select different
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options like blank contact us, newsletter, login registration. So let's click on Contact Us here and let's click on Continue
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Now let's quickly name it like Contact Form. form and let's click on create
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Okay, now let's change some value and here as you can see that there is fast name, email
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address, phone number and message. So if you don't want any field then you can just simply click on settings and you can
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delete this section. Now let's add the file upload section so I will click on insert field here and here as you
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can see that you can add variety of sections including the file upload one
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So let click on file upload here and let click on install feed Now here you can add a description or you can select type So whether you want to add a single upload option or you can allow users to upload multiple
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files then you can select multiple here. Now let's click on settings here and here you can set it as optional or required
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So if file upload is mandatory then you can set it as required and you can also specify
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the selected file type category. So here let's click on here. Now, I don't want all document and I can just simply select DOCX, DOC, and I can select
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something like PDF. And I can exclude all other file type. And I don't want to upload all file type and I can simply select MP3 here
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and I don't want my visitors to send video files. So I can deselect this one and I can also select the image one
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So let's deselect images here. So let's scroll down here and here as you can see that you can set the limit on the file
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upload size. So by default it is set to 8mb. So let's change it to something like 2mb
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So user can't upload file above 2mb. And here there is an option, show files in media library
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So whenever someone upload a file, it will upload it to your media library
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And if you don't want that, then keep it as disabled. And if you want to store those files in your WordPress dashboard, then you can also click
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on enable here. Otherwise this file will go to your email box
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So I will click on enable here. Now let's click on apply here
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And as you can see, the file upload section is added here
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Now you can also add more sections like add calculator, select date picker and you can add HTML
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or you can add e but this one is a flow feature You can also add PayPal stripe here So let close this one Now let publish our contact form Before that you need to change one more settings
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Here click on email notification here. And here you can select the admin email here and let's click on Edit here
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Now let me just scroll down and let's click on recipient here and here you can change your email address
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So let me just change an email address like this. So all email will be gone to this email address
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Now let's click on advance here and here in this reply to email field, you can click on
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plus here and let's click on email address. So that whenever you click on the reply button in email, it will reply to the customer email address
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Now let's click on add here. Now let's publish our contact form here
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So let's publish here. Now you can just copy the short code and paste it anywhere in your WordPress website
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So let's close here. Now let's go to the pages here. Now let me just go to the contact page here
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Now let me just delete the existing form from here. So let's remove the form here
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Now let's add the short code here like this and as you can see the file upload form is ready
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And here user can enter name, email address, phone number, message. and select the upload file option and send you the message
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So let's update this contact form here. Now let's visit this page
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And as you can see, the form is added in our WordPress website
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So let me just quickly fill out this form. Okay, I have added all the information here
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Now let's click on choose file here. And then I can select a PDF file here
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Let's click on open here. And as you can see, the PDF file is added here
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Now let's click on send message here and it is showing that the form is submitting
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And as you can see that thank you for contacting us We will be in touch shortly So let go to the email box and check if the file is delivered to your email box or not so let me just go to the email address and here as
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you can see that the email is come to our email box from Kito blogging and let's click on
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here and here as you can see that it has filled the fast name email address phone number
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message and the upload file and here you can download that video file and view this video
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file. So this is how the contact form work and you can change different value. Let's go to the
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dashboard again. Now let's go to the Firminator here and click on forms here. Now let's click on
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edit here. Now you can change different options like you can change the appearance of the form
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You can change design style, change color, fonts, form container. And here you can change the behavior
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of the form and you can reload the page or you can
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redirect the page to other pages once the user fill out the form or you can enable auto fill
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option and here you can enable honeypot protection in contact form and here you can see different
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options here. Now let's click an email notification and here you can add multiple email address so if someone
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fill out the form then it will go on multiple email address. Then you can also do that by clicking on this at email notification button
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email notification button and you can also integrate different applications in your form like
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MailChimp or something like that. And let's click on settings here and here you can select the data storage option and here
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you can see the privacy options here. So now let's go to the media file here
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So let's click on here and as you can see that the PDF which already added in our media file
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So in this way the file upload form works in WordPress and if you have any doubt regarding
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this file upload for me in WordPress then you can ask me in the comment section and if you found
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this video helpful then make sure to hit the like button i will see you in the next video thank you
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