Are you looking for a fast and easy way to create an event registration form in WordPress? Using a well-crafted event registration form allows you to facilitate data collection for your event and lets you plan ahead of the event accordingly. Whether you are in a need of a form for your fundraiser and are looking for sponsors, or you are organizing a webinar, conference, or another hosting event, your search for a form solution is over!
Ninja Forms comes packed with a variety of free, pre-built WordPress form templates like our event registration form, which makes form building easy as a pie. The template has all the form fields the event registration form should have, and it takes only a few minutes to build. So let’s dig in!
How to create an event registration form in WordPress
You can create this production-ready event registration form in just two steps. Step one, install and activate our free Ninja Forms plugin. Step two, head over to the Ninja Forms and generate your event registration form template. After that add the newly created form to your page or post, and that’s it!
Step 1: Install and Activate Ninja Forms
Install the Ninja Forms plugin by navigating to your WordPress Admin Menu, click Plugins > Add New. Locate the Search Plugins field, type “Ninja Forms,” then click the Install Now button and Activate.
Otherwise, you can upload the Ninja Forms plugin by navigating to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin > Choose File. For a detailed overview, see our installation guide for step-by-step instructions.
Step 2: Build your WordPress event registration form
From your WordPress Dashboard, navigate to Ninja Forms > Add New to access the form templates. Choose the Event Registration template.
Once you click on the event registration form, it will take you directly to your form builder and opens the template automatically. Now it’s up to you how you customize your form. You can add any fields you want, style the form or upgrade the form with our integrations to take your form building to another level.
Want more form-building tips and tricks? If so, check out our form building guide for a comprehensive form building overview.
Let users skip the unnecessary fields on their event registration form
Your site visitors don’t want to waste their time filling fields on the forms that are not relevant to them. The fact they would have to scroll through the page with plenty of fields they need to either skip or fill the n/a is very frustrating.
This is where the Conditional Logic add-on comes to the rescue. If you are using a simple form you can show individual fields that are only relevant to the user and hide the rest.
For the multi-step form, rather than applying conditional logic to individual fields, it is better to apply it to the sections (parts) of your form.
Discover how to add dynamic fields with conditional logic or how to hide and display groups of form fields on your multi-step form.
Accept payments on your event registration form
Whether you want to collect payments or sell tickets in case of paid events, Ninja Forms have you covered. You can easily create an event registration form with payment using one of our payment integrations. They are super easy to use and connect you to your favorite payment gateway in minutes.
We offer the following payment integrations: PayPal Express, Stripe, Recurly, Elavon, and Authorize.net. If you can’t decide on what payment method you need for your WordPress form, we put together a summary of all our existing payment integrations here. All our add-ons can be purchased individually, or you can find them bundled in our membership plans.
Save and continue later on your WordPress form
If you have a long even registration form broken into multiple steps and you don’t want to lose valuable submissions, double your attention here! We all live in hectic times and your visitors don’t always have the luxury of uninterrupted time. This might lead to lower completion rates of your WordPress forms.
Luckily, there is an easy solution to solve the low completion rates using the Save Progress on WordPress forms. This add-on lets your visitors save their partial information on the form and continue later will eliminate lost valuable submissions. Your visitors will no longer be frustrated if they need to start filling up your forms again!
Utilize your form submission data later
Sure, you can make your company’s strategic decisions on your gut feeling or instinct. But in order to make better strategic decisions, the data is the key to your long-term success. This is where the real magic happens.
Unlike many of our competitors, the Ninja Forms plugin gives you free access to your form submissions data. You can manage your submissions under the Ninja Forms > Submissions. If you want to learn more about working with your form submission entries, you can check our Submission Management page.
When you collect data from your event registration forms, you might want to utilize that data later. However, if you manage a lot of data, there is a better way than reviewing and managing your data in Submissions. Instead, you can send the form entries to Google Sheets. This allows your team members to access the same spreadsheet at any time they need.
If you are managing form entries for your clients, and you want to keep managing Submissions within Ninja Forms, you have an opportunity to automatically schedule the export of submissions. This feature can be extremely helpful if the company is running a special event and they want to keep a track of registrants. You can schedule the export of submissions either hourly, daily, or weekly. Learn more about the Scheduled Submissions Export add-on today!
Building an event registration form in WordPress is a breeze!
We hope you found this article helpful and that you feel like building your next even registration form in WordPress will be a piece of cake. The event registration form not only helps to effectively gather the details about your attendees but also gives you a great opportunity to increase the number of subscribers to your newsletter.
So are you ready to create an event registration form in WordPress? You can build a simple registration form for free with our free core plugin or you can dive into our integrations. Need to schedule your event? Check our Advanced Datepicker! Want to collect payments on your form? Then, take a look at our payment integration add-ons! Feel like your event registration form needs a better style? Our Layout & Styles add-on helps you customize your WordPress form without the use of code!
The possibilities are almost endless, so jump in and explore what Ninja Forms has to offer. Remember we offer a 14-day money-back guarantee for all our membership plans or individual add-ons so you have nothing to lose!
