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Embedding forms on a WordPress website

If you are using WordPress to build your website, you can embed your Zoho Forms form as follows:

Installing Zoho Forms Plugin
  1. In your WordPress site, Navigate to the Plugins tab and then click on Add New Plugin located just below.
  2. Search for Zoho Forms in the search bar and then click on Install Now.


3.After installing the plugin, click on the Activate button. You can then find Zoho Forms under the Installed Plugins section.

For WordPress 5.0 and above
  1. In your Zoho Forms account, create a form that suits your requirements.
  2. Make sure that you have installed and activated the Zoho Forms plugin in WordPress as instructed above.
  3. To add your form to a WordPress page or post, click the + (Block Inserter) icon in the top left corner of your screen. In the search bar, type Zoho Forms and select the block from the search results.


  4. Once the block is added, click Access Zoho Forms to log in to Zoho Forms account and choose an existing form.


  5. You can also embed your form using the permalink URL without signing in.


  1. After selecting your form, you'll see two embedding options: iFrame or JavaScript.

    • If you choose the iFrame option, you can define the form container's width and the height according to your wish.

    • If you choose the JavaScript option, you will have the option to define the form container's width. The height will adjust automatically depending on the number of fields in your form. 
  2. You can also add parameters to your form's URL to track form submissions or prefill form fields. Click here to learn more about the URL parameters in Zoho Forms.


 8.  You can preview your form directly in the WordPress Editor and publish it once the changes are finalized.

For WordPress 4.9.9 and below

  1. In your Zoho Forms account, create a form that suits your requirements.
  2. Make sure that you have installed and activated the Zoho Forms plugin in WordPress as instructed above.
  3. In your WordPress page editor, click the Zoho Forms icon.

    WordPress 4.9.9
  4. You can either log in to your account and Choose a form or enter your form permalink without logging in to Zoho Forms. 
  5. The form width and height can be defined in the editor. 
  6. Once done, click Embed to proceed. 

Embed using Short Code

Zoho Forms plugins are compatible with both the block editor and the classic editor plugin in WordPress. To embed in third-party editors like Elementor, SeedProd and more, you can make use of shortcode block/widget. 

1. To add a shortcode block to your Wordpress page, simply click the + (Block Inserter) icon in the top left corner of your screen. In the search bar ,type Shortcode and select the block from the search results.

2. You can then use the following shortcode format to embed your Zoho Form on your website. 

[zohoForms src=<Form Permalink URL> width=100% height=600px urlparams="<parameter name>" type=<js/iframe> autoheight=<true/false>]

For example: 

Then, the shortcode format would be

For javascript:

For URL params:

Quote[zohoForms src=https://forms.zohopublic.com/zylker/form/ContactUs/formperma/z3bcox1KszUdTSH_z_73b53Rqhas1zWmnyNV14Ih=0  width=100%type=<iframe/js> urlparams="referrername=rebecca&referrersrc=webpage"]
Note: You can copy the form permalink from the Share tab in your form builder. 

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