Getting Started

This section walks you from “AFI not installed” to “first form submission routed to Mailchimp/Sheets/your CRM” in about 10 minutes.

The fast path

If you’ve used WordPress plugins before, here’s the short version:

1. Install Advanced Form Integration from WordPress.org and activate it.
2. Make sure the form plugin you use (CF7, WPForms, Gravity, Elementor Pro, etc.) is installed and has at least one form built.
3. Pick a destination platform and grab its credential. See the platform’s doc under Receiver Platforms for exact steps. For most platforms, this is an API key copied from your account; for Slack and Zapier it’s a webhook URL.
4. Paste the credential into AFI → Settings → [Platform tab].
5. Go to AFI → Add New, pick the form, pick the destination, map the fields, click Save.

That’s it. Submit a test entry, watch it land in the destination.

Detailed walk-through docs

• What the plugin does: a one-page conceptual primer.
• System Requirements: PHP, WordPress, and dependency versions.
• Basic Version: what the free version covers.
• Pro Version: what unlocks with Pro.
• New Integration: a step-by-step tour of the Add New screen.
• Log: how to read the integration log when something goes wrong.
• Multisite: installing AFI on a WordPress multisite network.
• Change Domain: moving a license between sites.
• Upgrade, Downgrade, Cancel: managing your AFI Pro subscription.

Where to go next

Once your first integration is live, dig into:

• Sender Platforms for the field-mapping quirks of your form plugin.
• Receiver Platforms for the destination-specific options.
• Conditional Logic to route only the submissions that match a rule.