How to Upload Files to Your WordPress Website (step-by-Step)

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Want more details from your visitors when they fill out your WordPress forms?

You’re at the right place

In this post, I’m going to show you how to add a file upload field in your WordPress forms using WPForms so that you can quickly collect all the details you need from your visitors

Reasons Why You Should Add A File Upload Field In Your WordPress Forms

Before we go any further let’s understand why you need to add the file upload feature in WordPress forms

The main reason why you should add a file upload field in your WordPress forms is to make it easy and quick for your users to provide different types of files and media such as:

• Resume files when they fill out your job application forms
• Pictures (as image files) when they enter a contest or a giveaway
• Audio clips for you to play during your podcast
• Documents to provide additional information via your customer support forms

That’s not all, it’ll also reduce your form abandonment rate which means you’ll increase your revenue

How To Upload Files To Your WordPress Website Using WPForms

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Wondering why WPForms when you can use the Google form upload feature?

The best part about adding file upload forms in WordPress using WPForms is that you can add file uploads anywhere on your site

Unlike adding with the Google form upload feature which only allows you to add the file upload feature on form pages only 

Now let’s create the file upload form, shall we?

Step 1: Install and activate WPForms

First, Install and activate WPForms pro because the free version doesn’t have the feature to add file uploads

For more information on how to install WPForms, follow my step by step guide on how to install WordPress plugins

Step 2: Activate the form templates pack add-on

The form templates pack add-on allows you to use pre-build forms in WPForms

Follow this guide and learn how to install the form templates pack add-on

Step 3: Create A New Form 

Now go to your WP dashboard >> WPForms then click Add new in the left-hand panel to create a new form and name it

Step 4: Create A File Upload Form Using A Pre-build Template

Scroll to the Additional Templates section >> type File Uploads form >> click to open the template

You will see a file upload form template

The template will have the Name, Phone, Email, Additional Comments and File Uploads fields

You can easily  add additional fields if these fields aren’t enough for you by simply dragging them from the left-hand panel and dropping them to the right-hand panel

You can also rearrange the order of your form fields by clicking on a field and drag it to where you see fit 

Thinking of adding the file upload feature to your other forms?

It’s easy

Simply go to the Fancy Fields and drag the file upload form field from the left-hand panel to the right-hand panel

WPForms also allows you to make a few changes to your forms when you click on the file upload field

Here’s what you can change :

• Label- Name the form field
• Description- Add a description explaining what you want your users to do 
• Required- Show your readers what they’re required to do first
• Max File Size- Specify the max size you’ll allow users to upload
• File Extensions- List the type of files that can be uploaded to your WordPress form, each separated by a comma
• Style- You can switch between the modern style and the classic style

Note: By default, all the files that your users upload are stored in the WPForms folder inside the Uploads directory of your site but you can also store them in your WordPress Media Library by simply selecting Store file in the WordPress Media Library checkbox under Advanced options

Step 5: Customize Your File Upload Form Settings

To start customizing your file upload form settings go to Settings >> General

Here you can configure:  

1. Form name
2. Form description
3. Submit ButtonText
4. Spam prevention
5. Gdpr enhancements
6. AJAX Forms

Don’t forget to click Save when you are done

Step 6: Configure Your Form’s Notification

If you’re like me you’ll want to know when someone submits one of your file Uploads forms and notifications are excellent in doing just that

Unless you disable notifications (which I know you won’t lol) you will get notified via email whenever someone submits a form 

And the cool part is, you can also send personalized notifications to your visitors if you use smart tags, this will help you let them know you received their forms

Learn more about smart tags here

That’s not all,

You also have the option to brand your notification emails by adding your logo in the custom header image area. 

Your logo will show up at the top of every email notification like my logo below:

Step 7: Configure Your File Upload Form Confirmations

The form confirmation tells your readers whether the form was successfully processed or not and it can help you build a strong relationship with your visitors

Here are three types of Confirmations in WPForms

1. Message – this is a default and customizable confirmation that appears after your visitor hits submit
2. Display page – This type of Confirmation automatically sends your visitors to any page like a thank you page
3. Redirect – This allows you to take your visitors to a different site or a specialized URL

Now let’s create a simple form confirmation and customize the success message that your visitors see when they submit a form

Now go to Settings >> Confirmation in the form editor, then select the type of confirmation you’d like to create

For this tutorial’s sake let’s select Message and customize the confirmation message

Remember to click Save when you’re done

Now your form is ready to go live on your website

Step 8: Add Your File Upload Form To Your Website

WPForms allows you to add your forms to various places on your site including blog posts, sidebar widgets, pages and footer areas that have widgets

That said, let’s publish your form in a post

Note: The way you publish a form in a post is the same with pages

First, create a new post and click the + icon to add a new block and select WPForms

You will see the WPForms widget, now click on the WPForms dropdown and select your file upload form

Now hit update/publish for your form to go live on your site

Voila! you have successfully added your file upload form to your WordPress site

Enjoy Uploading Files On Your WordPress Blog

It’s time to enjoy receiving countless files from your visitors without wasting time

Remember this also help you reduce your form abandonment rate, so don’t wait any longer get started with WPForms now

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