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Alan Fuller

A clean and simple AJAX contact form with Google reCAPTCHA, flexible CSS framework support, spam filtering, and REST API support for headless WordPress implementations.
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Clean: all user inputs are stripped in order to avoid cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
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Simple: AJAX enabled validation and submission for immediate response and guidance for your users (can be switched off).
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Flexible Styling: Choose your CSS framework – Bootstrap (default), Theme Native (inherits your theme’s styles), or Minimal (semantic classes for complete custom styling).
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REST API Support: Enable headless WordPress implementations to submit forms via authenticated REST API endpoints.
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Accessible: Built with accessibility in mind – proper ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation, screen reader support, and WCAG AA compliant color contrast.
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This is a straightforward contact form for your WordPress site. There is very minimal set-up 
required. Simply install, activate, and then place the short code [cscf-contact-form] on your web page.
A standard set of input boxes are provided, these include Email Address, Name, Message and a nice big ‘Send Message’ button.
When your user has completed the form an email will be sent to you containing your user’s message. 
To reply simply click the ‘reply’ button on your email client. 
The email address used is the one you have set up in WordPress under ‘Settings’ -> ‘General’, so do check this is correct.
To help prevent spam all data is scanned can be scanned with Fullworks Anti Spam Pro. 
For this to work you must have the <a href="https://fullworksplugins.com/products/anti-spam/" title="Fullworks Anti Spam Pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Fullworks Anti Spam Pro Plugin</a> installed and activated.
Fullworks Anti Spam Pro will also log all your messages, categorized as spam or not, automatically.
For added piece of mind this plugin also allows you to add a ‘reCAPTCHA’. 
This adds a picture of a couple of words to the bottom of the contact form. 
Your user must correctly type the words before the form can be submitted, and in so doing, prove that they are human.
<h4>Why Choose This Plugin?</h4>
Granted there are many plugins of this type in existence already. Why use this one in-particular?
Here’s why:
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Minimal setup. Simply activate the plugin and place the shortcode [cscf-contact-form] on any post or page.
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Safe. All input entered by your user is stripped back to minimise as far as possible the likelihood of any 
malicious user attempting to inject a script into your website. 
If the Fullworks Anti Spam Pro plugin is activated all form data will be scanned for spam. 
You can turn on reCAPTCHA to avoid your form being abused by bots, however Fullworks Anti Spam Pro will do this without reCAPTCHA.
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Ajax enabled. You have the option to turn on AJAX (client-side) validation and submission which gives your users an immediate response when completing the form without having to wait for the page to refresh.
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The form can integrate seamlessly into your website. Turn off the plugin’s default css style sheet so that your theme’s style sheet can be used instead.
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Flexible CSS styling: Choose from Bootstrap, Modern (with dark mode), Theme Native, or Minimal styling modes to match your site’s design.
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This plugin will only link in its jQuery file where it’s needed, it will not impose itself on every page of your whole site!
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Works with the latest version of WordPress.
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Original plugin written by an experienced PHP programmer, Megan Nicholas, the code is rock solid, safe, and rigorously tested as standard practice.
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Headless WordPress ready. REST API support allows you to submit forms from decoupled frontends, mobile apps, or any external application with proper authentication.
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Hopefully this plugin will fulfil all your needs.
<h3>PHP 8 Ready</h3>
Tested on PHP 8.4
<h3>How to Use</h3>
Unless you want to change messages or add reCAPTCHA to your contact form then this plugin will work out of the box without any additional setup.
Important: Check that you have an email address set-up in your WordPress ‘Settings’->’General’ page. This is the address that the plugin will use to send the contents of the contact form.
To add the contact form to your WordPress website simply place the shortcode [cscf-contact-form] on the post or page that you wish the form to appear on.
If you have Jetpack plugin installed disable the contact form otherwise the wrong form might display.
<h3>Additional Settings</h3>
This plugin will work out of the box without any additional setup. You have the option to change the default messages that are displayed to your user and to add reCAPTCHA capabilities.
Go to the settings screen for the contact form plugin.
You will find a link to the setting screen against the entry of this plugin on the ‘Installed Plugins’ page.
Here is a list of things that you can change
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Message: The message displayed to the user at the top of the contact form.
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Message Sent Heading: The message heading or title displayed to the user after the message has been sent.
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Message Sent Content: The message content or body displayed to the user after the message has been sent.
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CSS Framework: Choose how the form is styled:
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<li>Bootstrap (Default): Uses Bootstrap CSS classes for full Bootstrap compatibility. Best for themes already using Bootstrap.</li>
<li>Modern (Card style): A beautiful, opinionated modern design with card-style layout, large inputs, and CSS variables for easy customization. Includes automatic dark mode support.</li>
<li>Theme Native: Uses minimal classes with WordPress’s wp-element-button for the submit button. The form inherits your theme’s native form styles.</li>
<li>Minimal: Uses semantic CSS classes only (cscf-field, cscf-input, etc.) for complete custom styling control.</li>
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Use this plugin’s default stylesheet: The plugin comes with a default style sheet to make the form look nice for your user. Untick this if you want to use your theme’s stylesheet instead. The default stylesheet will simply not be linked in. This option is most relevant when using the Bootstrap CSS framework.
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Use client side validation (Ajax): When ticked the contact form will be validated and submitted on the client giving your user instant feedback if they have filled the form in incorrectly. If you wish the form to be validated and submitted only to the server then untick this option.
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Use reCAPTCHA: Tick this option if you wish your form to have a reCAPTCHA box. ReCAPTCHA helps to avoid spam bots using your form by checking that the form filler is actually a real person. To use reCAPTCHA you will need to get a some special keys from google https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create. Once you have your keys enter them into the Public key and Private key boxes
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reCAPTCHA Public Key: Enter the public key that you obtained from here.
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reCAPTCHA Private Key: Enter the private key that you obtained from here.
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reCAPTCHA Theme: Here you can change the reCAPTCHA box theme so that it fits with the style of your website.
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Recipient Emails: The email address where you would like all messages to be sent. 
This will default to the email address you have specified under ‘E-Mail Address’ in your WordPress General Settings. 
If you want your mail sent to a different address then enter it here. 
You may enter multiple email addresses by clicking the ‘+’ button.
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Confirm Email Address: Email confirmation is now optional. To force your user to re-type their email address tick ‘Confirm Email Address’. 
It is recommended that you leave this option on. If you turn this option off your user will only have to enter their email address once, 
but if they enter it incorrectly you will have no way of getting back to them!
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Email Subject: This is the email subject that will appear on all messages. If you would like to set it to something different then enter it here.
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Override ‘From’ Address: If you tick this and then fill in the ‘From Address:’ box then all email will be sent from the given address NOT from the email address given by the form filler.
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**Option to allow enquiry to email themselves a copy of the message.
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Contact consent: This option allows you to be GDPR compliant by adding a ‘Consent to contact’ check box at the bottom of the form.
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Enable REST API: Turn on REST API support to allow headless WordPress implementations to submit forms.
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Required User Capability: Set the minimum WordPress user capability required to use the REST API (default: edit_posts).
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<h3>REST API for Headless WordPress</h3>
This plugin includes REST API support, making it perfect for headless WordPress implementations, mobile applications, and decoupled frontend frameworks like React, Vue.js, or Angular.
<h4>Enabling REST API</h4>
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<li>Go to the plugin settings page</li>
<li>Find the “REST API Settings” section</li>
<li>Check “Enable REST API”</li>
<li>Set the required user capability (default: edit_posts)</li>
<li>Save your settings</li>
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<h4>API Endpoint</h4>
POST <code>/wp-json/cscf/v1/submit</code>
<h4>Authentication</h4>
The REST API requires WordPress user authentication. Users must be logged in and have the capability specified in settings (default: edit_posts).
For headless implementations, you can use: 
– Application Passwords (WordPress 5.6+) 
– JWT Authentication plugins 
– OAuth plugins 
– Basic Authentication (development only)
<h4>Request Format</h4>
Send a POST request with JSON body:
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{ 
 “name”: “John Doe”, 
 “email”: “john@example.com”, 
 “confirm_email”: “john@example.com”, 
 “message”: “Your message here”, 
 “phone_number”: “+1234567890”, 
 “contact_consent”: true, 
 “email_sender”: false, 
 “post_id”: 123 
} 
 `
Required fields: 
– <code>name</code>: Sender’s name 
– <code>email</code>: Sender’s email address 
– <code>message</code>: The message content
Optional fields: 
– <code>confirm_email</code>: Required if email confirmation is enabled in settings 
– <code>phone_number</code>: Required if phone number is set as mandatory in settings 
– <code>contact_consent</code>: Required if contact consent is enabled in settings 
– <code>email_sender</code>: Set to true to send a copy to the sender 
– <code>post_id</code>: The ID of the page/post where the form would normally be displayed
<h4>Response Format</h4>
Success Response (200): 
 <code>json 
{ 
 "success": true, 
 "message": "Message Sent" 
}</code>
Validation Error Response (400): 
 <code>json 
{ 
 "code": "validation_failed", 
 "message": "Validation failed.", 
 "data": { 
 "status": 400, 
 "errors": { 
 "email": "Please enter a valid email address.", 
 "message": "Please enter a message." 
 } 
 } 
}</code>
Authentication Error Response (401): 
 <code>json 
{ 
 "code": "rest_forbidden", 
 "message": "Authentication required.", 
 "data": { 
 "status": 401 
 } 
}</code>
<h4>Example Implementation</h4>
JavaScript (fetch API): 
 `javascript 
const formData = { 
 name: “John Doe”, 
 email: “john@example.com”, 
 confirm_email: “john@example.com”, 
 message: “This is a test message from the REST API” 
};
fetch(‘https://yoursite.com/wp-json/cscf/v1/submit’, { 
 method: ‘POST’, 
 headers: { 
 ‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’, 
 ‘Authorization’: ‘Bearer YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN’ 
 }, 
 body: JSON.stringify(formData) 
}) 
.then(response => response.json()) 
.then(data => { 
 if (data.success) { 
 console.log(‘Message sent successfully!’); 
 } else { 
 console.error(‘Validation errors:’, data.data.errors); 
 } 
}); 
 `
<h4>Important Notes</h4>
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<li>REST API is disabled by default for security</li>
<li>reCAPTCHA is bypassed for REST API submissions (authentication provides security)</li>
<li>All other form validations and spam filtering still apply</li>
<li>Form submissions via REST API are processed identically to regular submissions</li>
<li>Email notifications work the same way as standard form submissions</li>
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<h3>Demo</h3>
Demo site coming soon.

Contact Form Clean and Simple

Awesome

I was running this now on several websites and never had any problems. Each question I had was quickly answered by the developer.

Really great plugin, easy to use

A clean and simple contact form with flexible CSS framework support.

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HelpGent is a conversational form builder for WordPress that replaces static contact forms with Video Funnels — guided, multi-step experiences where visitors explain their needs through video, voice, text, or screen recording. Your team reads and replies when ready, without anyone needing to be online at the same time. Every conversation stays inside WordPress. No per-seat pricing. No third-party dashboard. No missed leads because nobody was available to chat.
Static forms collect a name, an email, and a short message. What they miss is context — how serious the person is, what they are actually struggling with, whether they are a good fit, and what they need next. HelpGent fills that gap by turning every form into a two-way conversation that feels personal even when it is asynchronous. Your contact form should start a conversation, not end one.
<h3>What Are Video Funnels and Why Do They Beat Static Forms?</h3>
A Video Funnel is a multi-step conversational form that guides visitors through questions one at a time and collects rich responses — video, voice, text, or screen recordings — instead of a wall of text fields.
Traditional forms create a one-way exchange. A visitor fills them out, hits submit, and disappears. The business receives a few text fields but often misses the real story: what the person actually means, how urgent their problem is, whether they are a qualified lead, or what context would help the team respond properly.
A conversational form builder like HelpGent changes this entirely. Visitors move through the form at their own pace, answering questions in the format that feels most natural to them. Someone describing a bug? They can record their screen. A prospect explaining their project? They can send a short video. A customer asking about a product? They can send a voice note instead of typing a paragraph.
The result is that businesses receive responses with real context — not just data points — and can reply with confidence the first time.
<h3>Async Video Messaging — No One Needs to Be Online at the Same Time</h3>
Live chat solves one problem — real-time communication — but creates another: someone has to be online whenever a visitor has a question.
HelpGent works differently. Visitors can send a video message, voice recording, text reply, or screen recording at any hour. Your team reviews those messages when ready and replies with the same range of options: video, voice, or text. Nobody needs to coordinate schedules. No missed conversations because the team was occupied elsewhere.
This async video messaging model is especially valuable for small teams. A solo consultant does not need to monitor a chat widget all day. A support team covering multiple time zones does not need live coverage around the clock. A coach building a high-ticket offer can review video applications without scheduling dozens of screening calls.
Every video message, voice recording, and screen recording lives inside your WordPress inbox. No external SaaS dashboard. No data leaving your server unless you choose to connect cloud storage like Google Drive or Bunny Storage. You stay in control of the data, the experience, and the pricing.
<h3>Multi-Step Conversational Forms That Guide Visitors Step by Step</h3>
HelpGent’s conversational form builder presents questions one at a time, the way a real conversation flows.
Traditional single-page forms overwhelm visitors with every field at once. Completion rates drop. People skim, fill in the minimum, and move on. Multi-step conversational forms work differently: visitors see one question, answer it, and move to the next. The format feels familiar — it mirrors how a good intake interview, consultation, or application actually works.
With HelpGent you can build multi-step forms for lead capture, client onboarding, job applications, product feedback, testimonial collection, support intake, and discovery call pre-qualification. Each step in the form can accept any combination of video, voice, text, or screen recording. Conditional logic lets the form branch based on previous answers, showing relevant follow-up questions to different visitors while skipping irrelevant ones.
Conversational forms can appear as a full-page experience or as a form bubble — a floating widget that sits on any page and opens into the form when clicked. You can customize the bubble icon, color, introductory text, and layout to match your brand without touching code.
<h3>Voice Recording and Screen Recording Inside Every Form</h3>
Two features set HelpGent apart from every other conversational form builder for WordPress: native voice recording and screen recording, available directly inside the form — no software installation required.
Voice recording lets visitors send an audio message the way they would leave a voicemail. This is faster than typing for most people, more expressive than text, and especially useful for collecting nuanced feedback or detailed support requests. Recipients can play back voice messages directly inside the WordPress inbox and reply with their own voice recording, video, or text.
Screen recording allows a visitor to capture what is happening on their screen while narrating with their voice. For support teams, this is transformative. Instead of asking a user to describe a bug through a paragraph of text, they can show it in thirty seconds. Developers see the exact steps, error messages, and browser behavior — without a single back-and-forth follow-up question.
Both work entirely in the browser — no software installation needed. Recordings are stored on your WordPress server and available immediately in your HelpGent inbox. Pro users can connect Google Drive or Bunny Drive to offload media files automatically.
<h3>Ten Ways to Use HelpGent on Your WordPress Site</h3>
HelpGent’s conversational form builder fits into almost any workflow that currently relies on a static contact form, a live chat widget, or a video call.
Lead capture for service businesses. Agencies, consultants, coaches, and freelancers can replace the standard contact form with a Video Funnel that asks the right questions upfront — budget, timeline, and project type — and lets prospects explain their needs by video. The team receives qualified leads with full context, not just a name and an email address.
WooCommerce product questions. Stores selling fashion, electronics, or custom products can add a Video Funnel to product pages. Customers unsure about size, fit, or bulk pricing send a quick video or voice question and get a personal reply — reducing abandoned carts caused by unanswered pre-purchase questions.
Support intake. WordPress plugin companies, agencies, and SaaS teams can collect better support tickets from the start. Instead of “it is not working,” users can record their screen and explain the exact issue. Support teams spend less time asking follow-up questions and more time solving problems.
Client onboarding. Design agencies, marketing teams, and developers can build guided onboarding Video Funnels where clients answer step by step — explaining their business, goals, brand preferences, and deliverables through video, voice, or text. Every project starts with better context and fewer introductory calls.
Discovery call replacement. Coaches and consultants can qualify prospects before booking a call. A short Video Funnel filters poor-fit leads and ensures serious prospects arrive already understood.
Testimonial collection. Happy customers record a video or voice testimonial guided by simple prompts — richer, more persuasive social proof than a typed sentence, with none of the awkwardness of asking for it.
Hiring and candidate screening. Teams collect short video introductions, skills assessments, and work samples from applicants before scheduling interviews. Resumes do not show communication skills or personality. A short video does.
Product feedback and user research. Product teams can ask users to explain friction through video or screen recording instead of a multiple-choice survey. Seeing the actual experience leads to better product decisions faster.
Course and coaching applications. Course creators and mentors can assess motivation and commitment before accepting an applicant. Video answers reveal far more than a typed application.
Bug reporting and website feedback. Developers and WordPress agencies can add a HelpGent feedback form to client sites. Users record their screen and explain the issue directly — developers reproduce problems immediately, without back-and-forth.
<h3>Free Features</h3>
HelpGent’s conversational form builder is fully usable without paying anything. The free version includes:
Unlimited forms and unlimited responses. HelpGent places no limit on how many forms you create or how many submissions you receive — even in the free version.
Video recording. Visitors can record and send short video messages directly inside the form.
Voice recording. Audio messages work the same way — no external service or plugin required.
Text messaging. Two-way text conversation inside the same inbox thread.
Video upload. Visitors can upload pre-recorded video files in addition to recording live inside the form.
Guest user access. Any visitor can submit a form and continue the conversation without a WordPress account. A secure token is sent to their email after the first submission.
Frontend dashboard. Both you and your visitors can manage conversations from a frontend dashboard — no WordPress admin access required for visitors.
Advanced conditional logic. Show or hide steps based on previous answers, routing visitors through different paths in the same multi-step form.
20+ form elements. short text, long text, date picker, time picker, file upload, user validation, GDPR consent, Google Maps, Google reCAPTCHA, and more — all available in the free version of the conversational form builder.
Quiz builder. Create interactive quizzes inside your conversational forms — scored questions, configurable answer options, and results collected in WordPress. Free for all users.
Starter templates. Free pre-made conversational form templates — lead capture, contact, feedback, survey, and more — so you can launch without building from scratch.
Form bubble. Display your conversational form as a floating widget on any page. Customize the bubble icon, text, and color to match your brand.
<h3>Pro Features — Video Funnels Without Limits</h3>
HelpGent Pro removes the caps on media and unlocks the most powerful parts of the conversational form builder.
Screen recording. Visitors can capture their screen, narrate the recording with their voice, and submit it as an open-ended reply inside the form — the most powerful tool available for support intake, bug reporting, and client onboarding.
Unlimited video and voice recording. The free version caps video recording at two minutes. Pro removes all time limits on both video and voice recording.
Higher video resolution. Pro supports maximum quality recording beyond the free version’s default.
Unlimited file upload size. Visitors can upload files of any size without hitting a storage cap.
Pro form fields. Five additional elements are available exclusively in Pro: Multi Select (let visitors choose multiple answers from a list), Picture Select (visual option picker with images), Range Slider (numeric range input), Rating (star or icon-based rating), and Promoter Score / NPS (Net Promoter Score question for measuring loyalty and satisfaction).
Cloud storage integration. Connect Google Drive or Bunny Drive / CDN to offload media files automatically. Pro includes cloud transfer queues, migration support, render and delete management, and Bunny credential validation — giving you full control over how media is stored and served without manually moving files.
Lead management. Pro adds a dedicated lead tab to the admin inbox, the ability to filter leads by specific forms, and lead export — making it easy to act on conversational form submissions as part of a sales or CRM workflow.
White label and branding removal. Remove HelpGent branding from forms and emails and replace it with your own, making the experience fully native to your brand or your client’s site.
Quiz timer and grade system. The free quiz builder lets you create scored quizzes, but Pro adds a configurable time limit for quiz completion and an automatic grade system that evaluates responses — essential for online assessments, hiring screenings, and course enrollment tests.
Save incomplete data. Capture and access partial responses even from forms that were abandoned midway, so no visitor insight goes unrecorded.
Expanded template library. Pro unlocks additional Video Funnel templates for onboarding, support intake, testimonial collection, and more — on top of the free starter templates.
Conditional end screens. Route visitors to different thank-you screens based on their form answers.
Email template branding. Customize the visual style and branding of outgoing email notifications to match your identity, beyond the default template.
Directorist integration. HelpGent connects to Directorist, the WordPress business directory plugin, adding video messaging and conversational forms to listing pages. <a href="https://wpwax.com/helpgent/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=pro-features" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about HelpGent Pro →</a>
<h3>Build Interactive Quizzes Inside WordPress</h3>
HelpGent includes a built-in quiz builder — free for everyone — that lets you create interactive, scored quizzes inside your conversational multi-step forms without a separate plugin.
Add question screens, configure answer options, and assign point values. Visitors move through questions one at a time in the same conversational flow, and you can mix quiz questions with video responses or file uploads for richer results.
HelpGent Pro extends the quiz builder with a quiz timer (set a time limit on the assessment) and a grade system (automatic scoring on submission) — essential for formal assessments, hiring screenings, and course enrollment tests where accountability matters.
Common use cases: knowledge checks for course creators, pre-enrollment tests for coaching programs, scored competency screening for hiring, product recommendation quizzes, and lead qualification quizzes that segment contacts by score. All results are stored in your own WordPress database.
HelpGent is the only conversational form builder for WordPress that combines multi-step forms, async video messaging, voice recording, screen recording, and a scored quiz builder in a single plugin.

HelpGent – Video Funnels and Conversational Forms for WordPress

Conversational form builder with async Video Funnels for WordPress. Visitors send video, voice, and screen recordings. Your team replies when ready.

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