Learn how to use the ultimate WordPress calculator creator. Create custom calculators for a website with ease with interactive tools.
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Online calculators are a great way to make your website stand out. But building one and getting it to look good on your WordPress website isn't always the easiest thing to do.
Luckily, Formidable Forms is here to help!
The plugin's drag-and-drop builder lets you quickly create custom calculators for your site without any code. So, whether you're a blogger, small business owner, or web developer, you can use these calculator forms to make your site more engaging and helpful.
Let's see how to use Formidable Forms to create forms that transform your website.
Wait, isn't Formidable a form builder?
A quick Google search will tell you that there are plenty of calculator creators online. So why are we suggesting a WordPress form builder plugin over one of these other, more specialized tools?
Becausea good WordPress calculator is way more than just number-crunching tools!
They're also engagement and lead magnets that draw visitors, grow email lists, enhance user experience, and even boost sales.
But that magic only happens when you combine the power of an interactive calculator with effective forms. After all, form fields let you capture email addresses or take payments.
You can get much more out of your calculators by picking the right multi-purpose form maker. You won't need another plugin to make contact or payment forms.
With Formidable Forms, you get one of the best form builders plus a world-class WordPress calculator plugin, all in one package.
Why Formidable Forms?
There are many reasons to choose Formidable over other form plugins or calculator creators. Let’s check out a few:
Calculator templates for every industry
No matter your need, there’s a template for you.
Building a calculator with Formidable takes a few clicks, whether financial, fitness, investments, real estate, or pregnancy.
Here's just a small sampling of the calculator templates Formidable offers:
- Mortgage
- BMI
- Timesheets
- Pregnancy due date
- YouTube money
- Credit card repayment
- Fundraiser
And that’s only a few — we have over 300 customizable form templates for WordPress!
So, if you want to get started quickly with a web calculator, Formidable’s templates are the way to do it.
Interactive calculators to engage customers
People love interaction. And adding interactive tools to your site makes your content more captivating.
Formidable Forms makes using toggles, sliders, and field calculations simple to offer eye-catching calculator results in real-time.
Home loan calculators, price calculators, and calorie counters all work as excellent lead magnets.
As personalization becomes more important to marketing efforts, interactive calculators are a great first step.
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Free calculator tutorials
Here at the Formidable blog, we work tirelessly to help our customers.
If an online calculator tutorial is to be written, it's either in progress or already published!
Here are a few we've written so far:
- Improving lead generation with calculators
- How to make fitness calculators
- Create a custom calculator in WordPress
- Add a mortgage calculator
- Create a price calculator
So, if you need guidance, Formidable is here to help.
Powerful calculated fields
Are you a self-starter? Do you enjoy customizing everything you create?
Formidable has everything you need to create your own calculators and calculation formulas from scratch.
Radio buttons, total fields, file upload, sliders, and more. Combine these into a beautiful recipe for your perfect calculator. The customization options are in your hands.
Plus, adding custom formula fields to do the math work for you is easy. So users get answers instantly.
Whether you want to create a time addition calculator or display the user's age in months, weeks, days, or hours, it's a breeze! And the possibilities are endless.
Cost calculator builder
Formidable creates any cost estimation calculators you need.
Simple as that.
Whether calculating interest rates or running an eCommerce store, Formidable makes price calculations simple. It easily creates ROI calculators and loan calculator forms in a few minutes.
And the best thing about Formidable is its flexibility.
You can input your product’s pricing-based information into your site from one dashboard or integrate it with your existing setup. Formidable also has integrations with the top payment gateways to make online payments easy.
Overall, Formidable’s form builder plugin has every feature to take your website up a notch.
Learn More: Best Car Loan Calculator WordPress Plugin
Your all-in-one WordPress calculator maker
Whether you need a contact form, cost simulator, or web application, Formidable Forms can help.
But you may wonder, “How do I create a WordPress calculator?” And we’ve covered you with the complete guide to creating a custom calculator in WordPress.
Or, if you’re ready to start now, pick up your calculator plugin for your WordPress website today!
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So How could i buy this plugin?
need upgrade "ELITE" plan?
Hi there! You would buy the plugin here: https://formidableforms.com/pricing/
Actually, you don't need the Elite plan. Calculators are unlocked in the Basic plan, which starts at $79/year.
Hi Team,
Can your plugin handle calculations on date fields? eg: Set Date field to value of another date field if option A is selected?
This would be tremendously helpful 🙂
It can calculate the number of days between two dates. Calculating a second date can be done after form submit but it wouldn't be saved in a field. https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/date/#kb-calculate-difference-in-days-in-a-form https://formidableforms.com/knowledgebase/date/#kb-offset
If the calculation is roughly the same every time (and depending on how your form works) you might be able to use conditional logic or lookup fields as well.
Wow, I like your appearance, the blogposts, the images and everything about it. If I understand correctly, we can create a return calculator for our real estate investment and right next to it include a chart that adjusts based on the calculated value? Because then this plugin would be perfect for us. What plan would we need for this?
Kind regards
CROWDLITOKEN
Hey, there thanks for your comment and question. It sounds like what you are describing should be possible, but it would be worth creating a new ticket in from our support page so we can be sure we understand your requirements first.
Can I use options in dropdowns for my calculations?
Instead of using the filed id, can I use an option within a filed?
Thanks
Hi there, yes, it is possible to use dropdown options in your calculations. You can either add the numerical value to your option, or use separate saved values if you don't want the numerical value to show in the option. Both methods are covered in our documentation on calculations.