July 28, 2021

Forminator’s New Pagination for Quizzes (and more!)

Our 5-star free form creating plugin, Forminator, has a few advanced features that you can implement today for your WordPress site.

For example, he has pagination for Knowledge & Personality Quizzes! This allows you to show quiz questions one at a time, or all the questions at once. The pagination feature helps further determine how your quiz will be displayed and used.

Plus, Forminator also has Bulk Editing, image support in Checkbox and Radio fields, and reCAPTCHA badge positioning!

What's new in Forminator. — There’s plenty new in Forminator!

This article will show you pagination support and rundown other features so that you can implement them for your WordPress site today.

We’ll look at:

Creating a New Paginated Quiz
Editing Pagination
Previewing the Quiz
Bulk Editing
Additional Advanced Features

By the time you read through this, you’ll hopefully have some ideas to put these features immediately to work!

Creating a New Paginated Quiz

If you want to display several questions for your knowledge quizzes at a time, then you’ll want to use Quiz Pagination. As you’ll see, creating a quiz with pagination is as easy as ever with Forminator.

You’ll start just like usual by making a new quiz. Just hit Create…

Where you start to create a quiz. — The Create button will get you started!

…then, give it a Quiz Name. For this example, we’ll create a Knowledge Quiz.

Where you create a new knowledge quiz. — Create a name that you can remember what it’ll be used for.

At this point, Forminator will ask you how you want to present your quiz. Since we’re focused on pagination, we’ll choose the Paginated Quiz option and hit Continue.

Once you continue, you’ll also have the option to collect leads. That’s up to you and won’t have any effect on your pagination options.

After creating the quiz, you can set it up like a regular quiz (e.g. adding a title, featured images, etc.). Additionally, add your questions.

If you need help getting a quiz set up in detail, check out our Getting the Most Out of Forminator article to walk you through the process.

Editing Pagination

I’ve set up some questions and am now ready to edit the pagination (and again, if you need help setting up questions, please refer to this article).

Editing pagination is done from the Behaviour tab.

Once you’re here, you have the option No Pagination or Paginated Quiz. This is so you can remove pagination if you decide not to use it in the future.

For this article, we’re going with Paginated Quiz.

Paginated Quiz then lets you determine the number of questions per page, the Start Quiz Button text, and the text for previous & next buttons. You can also check the box if you want to show a page indicator.

It’s as simple as filling in the details in the spaces provided.

When the pagination details are entered, the rest can be created like any other knowledge quiz. That includes:

Results Display Method (real-time or on submission)
Option to Show Evaluation Loader
Correct Answer Message
Incorrect Answer Message
Social Sharing Options
Rendering Options (load quiz using AJAX and prevent page caching on quiz pages)

Set the quiz up as you feel appropriate, and then you’re on to…

Previewing the Quiz

When you have your quiz configured to your standards, click Preview to see what it looks like. Let’s check it out!

I uploaded a cover image and titled it Forms and Superheros, and added a description. This is how the quiz begins…

Beginning of quiz image. — You hit ‘Start Quiz’ to begin.

And here’s a quick walkthrough where I have a correct — and incorrect — answer. Plus, it’ll show me the results. Keep in mind that this is a two-question quiz that I wanted on the same page.

As you can see, Forminator lets you know when you have the answer right or wrong immediately.

When you click View Results, Forminator lets you know exactly how many you got right and wrong. Whew! This was a tough one.

Results of quiz. — ½ isn’t a great score. I shouldn’t have picked Dev Man as my favorite character.

If the preview looks good, like any quiz, hit Publish, and Forminator will deliver a shortcode that can be used on any page, post, or acceptable widget.

Forminator shortcode. — The thumbs up from Forminator mean it’s ready to go.

And that’s it!

If you need to, you can always edit the quiz at any time through Forminator’s dashboard. Otherwise, your paginated knowledge quiz is ready to go.

Bulk Editing

Another great advanced editing feature in Forminator is Bulk Editing. Bulk editing lets you add a large number of options at once. This makes the process of editing more streamlined, efficient, and quick.

This feature works with the Radio, Checkbox, and Select fields.

Various fields in Forminator. — All of these fields can be bulk edited.

When it comes to bulk editing, you have three options. You can bulk edit:

Manually
Via CSV File
Predefined Options

The process to get this implemented is the same in all of the fields. Bulk Edit is located in the Labels tab in each respective field.

To get started, simply click the Bulk Edit option.

One-click is all it takes to get moving.

Once implementing Bulk Edit, any existing options you have manually created will automatically populate in the Bulk Edit section.

Various options. — A couple of the options included are Option 1; one; 0 and Option 2; two; 0.

Let’s take a look at each option when it comes to bulk editing.

Manually Entering Bulk Options

This option is great if you want to manually enter or paste your list of options into the Bulk Edit area. When doing this, enter them one per line with each term separated by a semicolon in this order:

Option Label;
Option Value;
Selected;
Image URL (this can be blank if you have no image)

Or, you can enter Label only. By doing this, Forminator will generate the value automatically and set selected to zero. Plus, it won’t add an image URL.

An example of this might look like this…

Manual example of entering field options. — As you can see, I added my URL to the image.

Manually entering options is best for adding just several options at a time in bulk.

Adding Options Via CSV File

When you have a ton of options on a CSV file, you can quickly bulk upload these to Forminator.

What if you don’t have a CSV file? Download Forminator’s CSV template. It has a list of examples that you can edit to include your own options.

Where you download a CSV template. — You can conveniently download a CSV template.

The example file is fundamental, with just a few pieces of information. Edit however you want, and then click Upload File once you have edited and saved the CSV file. Then, hit Import to add all of your options into the Bulk Edit section.

The import button. — The file name will appear, and just import it in.

Keep in mind that uploading will replace any existing options that you have in place.

Predefined Options

Forminator has quite a few predefined options you can use in an instant. They’re all available via the dropdown menu.

The dropdown menu has them all.

Choose from the dropdown menu:

Age
Gender
Educational Attainment
Employment Status
Occupation
Marital Status
Continents
Countries
American States
Canadian Provinces

Plus, you can add New Option, which will allow you to input your data.

The predefined options make it quick and easy to bulk edit whatever field you’re working in.

Additional Advanced Features

There are several more advanced features for Forminator that you may find helpful. These were all included in the release of 1.14.12, and include Image Support for Checkbox & Radio Field, HTML Quiz Description Field, and Setting reCAPTCHA Badge Position.

We’ll quickly check out each one of these and demonstrate how they work.

Image Support in Checkbox and Radio Field

Forminator now gives you the option to upload an image to the Checkbox and Radio fields. This can help forms become much more visually appealing and easier to set up than uploading an image separately for a form.

Just have a form with the fields in them (if you need help setting up a form, please check out our How to Get the Most Out of Forminator article).

Go into the form field, and you’ll see that under the Labels tab, there’s a checkbox you can click to Enable Images.

Where you enable images. — Enabling images is just one click away!

Once enabled, you simply go to the Options, click the dropdown by any option you want an image in, and upload a photo.

The dropdown to upload images. — Upload an appropriate image that goes with your option.

Once you have your images uploaded, click Apply, and you’re all set! Your images will be included with your Checkbox or Radio field.

Image options examples. — Forminator makes for some fitting images to use here.

You can always edit and adjust your images at any time.

HTML Quiz Description Field

Add descriptions for each individual quiz answer in Forminator’s HTML Quiz Description Field. This feature helps clarify any answer for your users and can help make for a more engaging quiz.

All you do is type it in the Description area in each individual question field.

Description of quiz response. — Add the perfect description to your personality or knowledge quiz!

Once you have the description entered, click Apply. Your description is now added!

Set reCAPTCHA Badge Position

This is a fast adjustment that can be made regarding the reCAPTCHA position. It puts you in control of where your reCAPTCHA is displayed.

You just go into your reCAPTCHA field, click Settings, and choose where you want your badge to appear on your site.

Choose from these specific areas:

Bottom Right
Bottom Left
Inline in Form

Image of badge position options. — It’s just a matter of choosing the perfect position for your WordPress site!

Once you select where you want your badge to appear, click Apply.

Keep in mind that this only works with V2 Invisible and reCAPTCHA V3 options.

And for even more about using reCAPTCHA, please read our article covering incorporating it with our security plugin, Defender.

Pagination is Quite the Sensation!

If you think features like pagination are sensational, Forminator is constantly adding new beneficial features and enhancements. Be sure to follow our Roadmap to see what’s next!

And now that you know how, implement these advanced features (for free!) and give them a try today.

Happy form building!

July 28, 2021

Tweak and Build WordPress Sites Faster Than Ever With One-Click Configs

Configs eliminate painstaking manual adjustments for individual sites. Instead, you can immediately apply your preferred plugin and uptime settings to unlimited sites with a click!

Best of all, they’re all implemented quickly from The Hub and WordPress admin.

Adjust any config-supported plugin to your preference, save as a new config, apply your custom config to all of your Hub-connected sites in one click — it’s that easy!

This article is your ultimate guide to learn, know, and use configs for your WordPress sites. We’ll be going over:

What Are Configs?
Using Default Configs
Creating Custom Configs
Quick Dev Configs Site Setup
Adding Configs in The Hub
Taking Advantage of Uptime Configs

Once you have configs up and running, you’ll see for yourself how easy and beneficial it is to adjust your settings on unlimited sites.

Plus, with easy config access from The Hub, WordPress management just got better than ever.

Let’s get to it!

What Are Configs?

Configs are by far one of the most beneficial features you can use to help build and tweak your WordPress sites.

In a nutshell, they allow you to set up any supported plugin to your preference, and then save these (non-unique) plugin settings as a new config – which you can then apply to the rest of your sites in one hit.

Think saving your video game progress, but for WordPress plugins.

Adjust any config-supported plugin or tool to your preference.
Save your plugin settings as a new config.
Apply your config to all your Hub-connected sites in a click.
Repeat whenever a new important plugin feature is added.

You can create new configs in WordPress or The Hub, and they automatically sync across to the each other.

Note that you can also use configs WITHOUT The Hub, you’ll just have to save and upload them to your sites manually – which will still save time – but won’t be as fast as one-click applying them via The Hub.

Currently configs can be used with SmartCrawl, Defender, Smush, Hummingbird, and Uptime (Forminator, Branda, and Automate coming soon!).

Finally, you have the option of using our default configs (which are already set up and optimized by our expert team), or you can create your own custom configs.

Using Default Configs

We’ll first check out how to use default configs from the WordPress admin.

They’re a great way to get started with configs, especially if you’d prefer to skip the configuration process. Our default options will suit most users and are a great foundation to build from.

In this walkthrough, I’ll be using Defender.

In Defender’s dashboard, you can see that there’s a section labeled Preset Configs.

It shows what’s included (Basic Config and Default Security Config), Manage Options, and Save New.

A look at preset configs. — This is located more towards the bottom of the page in Defender’s dashboard.

You can view the details of each one by clicking on the dropdown arrow, showing you what’s activated and what’s not.

Here’s a look at the Basic Config.

Recommended security configs. — Most of the recommendations are active.

From here, it’s a matter of applying or downloading the config. It’s done by clicking the gear icon and Download.

As mentioned earlier, the download option is mainly for non-Hub users who want to still upload their configs to other sites.

One-click is all it takes.

By tapping Apply, Defender will make sure you want to proceed and recommends a backup for your site.

What you tap to apply config. — All of the plugins ask if you want to proceed before doing so.

If you want to make this config active, hit Apply, and you’re all set!

You can now move to The Hub and apply this same config to all your other sites in bulk, but we’ll get to that soon.

Alright, now that you know how to use default configs, let’s set up a completely customized one.

Creating Custom Configs

Creating a custom config is a way to set up plugin configurations to your standards and preference.

It can be done from WordPress or The Hub, and they can be applied to unlimited WordPress sites.

Let’s set one up in WordPress using Defender again.

We’ll start by assuming you’ve already activated relevant Defender settings and tools.

Once you’ve done this it’s as simple as hitting Save New in the Configs section.

Save a new preset config. — Save new will get you a new config quickly and easily!

When hitting Save New, a new box will appear. This is where you can add a Title and Description of the config.

Then, click Save, and all of the configurations you have saved at this time will be available as a new config.

Where you name and save your current config. — A perfect config for Dev Man.

It will then appear with your other configs, where you can activate, edit name and description, or delete.

Where all the configs are located. — As you can see, the latest config is included.

The new config is also ready to be activated or downloaded and applied to as many sites as you want.

If you’re in The Hub, you’ll see that this new config is also accessible here. It’s under My Configs.

Where My Configs are located in The Hub. — The new config is waiting!

Speaking of The Hub, now it’s time to see how easy it is to apply configs to unlimited sites with a couple of clicks.

Adding Configs in The Hub

From the My Sites area you should see the Configs tab.

Where configs are located in The Hub. — It’s all easily accessible in The Hub!

Once you click on Configs, you’ll see you can access either our Default Configs or any custom configs you’ve created in My Configs.

For this example, we’ll show you how to apply a default config, but the process for applying custom configs is exactly the same.

The default configs. — All of the default plugin configurations that come with The Hub are included.

Next, you’ll see the option to Apply to site(s) and an ellipsis by each plugin and service.

To apply this config to your site(s), click Apply to site(s).

Apply to sites button. — Each config has this option.

Before applying, you can also check out what’s in the config by clicking the ellipsis.

When clicking this, you’ll hit Details, and it shows you all that’s included, so you can make a good decision about what sites you want to apply it to.

For example, here is detailed information about the Performance Config and Hummingbird Pro.

It shows the date it was created, what’s active/inactive, what’s automated, and is broken up into categories (e.g. Advanced Tools).

Default performance plugin information. — Everything from Settings to Advanced Tools can be seen in detail.

Like what you see, and you want this config applied to a specific site? Or unlimited sites? You can do that from here by clicking Apply.

The apply button for configs. — Clicking Apply will get this config in motion.

After hitting Apply, you’re given the option to add configs for one or numerous sites.

You can do this individually or all at once by tapping Select All.

Choose as many sites as you want to apply configs to.

When hitting Select All, you’ll notice any website with the plugin not active won’t be included.

Plus, it will give you the total amount of sites the config is applied to.

Where you click to apply configs to sites. — This is applied to four sites, and one of the sites doesn’t have the plugin active.

Once you have the sites, you want to apply configs to, hit Apply to site — and you’re all set!

Want more convenience?

Configs can also be enabled directly from The Hub Overview.

Here’s an example of saving or applying an Uptime config.

If you click on the ellipsis, it will open up a dropdown where you have an option to Save Config and Apply Config.

Where you save and apply configs. — Saving and applying a config is as easy as ever from The Hub Overview.

Quick Configs Site Setup

Once you’ve created different configs across different plugins, you can easily add them all to single sites at once using our quick config site setup.

From The Hub, go to a site and click on the ellipsis in the upper-righthand corner.

From there, you’ll see Quick Setup. Click on that to get started.

Your configs are now well on the way.

This brings up a brief guide of configs and gives you the option to Start Setup.

From here, it’s a matter of selecting what you want to set up by checking the box next to the feature.

Any configs that are available (including custom configs), you’ll be able to select from the dropdown where it says Select Config. Select from the dropdown the configs you want to use.

Once you have the DEV configs sorted the way you want, click Start Setup.

It’s just a matter of choosing what configs to apply and where.

And just like that, your configs are attributed to your WordPress site!

Note: We recommend not using configs for brand-spanking new sites. It’s best to get established with your plugins and features first so that any functionality isn’t disrupted (e.g. if you were to enable a Defender config on a brand new site with masked login activated, you will not be able to log into the site).

Take Advantage of Uptime Configs

Our uptime tool allows you to monitor downtime and uptime, configure the notification threshold, and the email recipient who you want to keep tabs on your chosen site.

Uptime configs also work slightly different to our regular plugin configs, and custom uptime configs can be a great tool for agencies or freelancers who manage many websites and want to prioritize them differently.

Customized configs area. — Set downtime & uptime alerts, the threshold, and email recipients.

For example, you can create specific uptime configs especially for clients who have purchased your top tiered plans. In this case, your alerts could be set up to instantly notify your top developers.

On the other hand, for lower paying, less priority sites – you might only have a 10 min downtime alert, which is sent to your intermediate developers.

Then simply save these two unique setups as configs, and apply to relevant sites based on their priority.

That’s the one example anyway. The point is, you can get creative with how you customize this particular config tool, and use it to your advantage.

Like the others, Uptime configs can be found in your default and custom config dashboards.

For more on Uptime, be sure to check out our documentation.

Go Big and Config

As you can see, configs are a BIG advantage to your WordPress management. They put you in the driver’s seat when it comes to your WordPress sites settings!

Configs streamline everything, so you don’t have to adjust settings for each site that you have. They’re an excellent one-and-done solution.

Be sure to give them a spin today on unlimited sites with our supported plugins and Uptime. If you don’t have The Hub and want to check out all that was covered, sign up for a free 7-day trial. You’ll also get access to all of our award-winning premium plugins, 24-7 support, and more!

Now that you know how to use them, there’s nothing else to configure out.