The Best WordPress Survey Plugin Easily Create Polls & Surveys with the Best Drag and Drop Form Builder

Do you have a question about Formidable Survey Forms? See below for our most frequently asked questions.

How Can I Use a WordPress Survey Plugin?

Who should use Formidable Survey Forms?

If you run a WordPress site and you want to run surveys and polls, you should use Formidable. The biggest advantage of using our Formidable? It's not only made for surveys. It can be used for contact forms, reports, and everything else a drag and drop form builder can do.

What do I need to use Formidable Forms?

All you need is a self-hosted WordPress website. You can also install Formidable Forms on your client's WordPress sites if you are a developer. Unfortunately, our survey plugin does not work on non-WordPress sites.

Do I need coding skills to use Formidable Forms?

Absolutely not. You can create and manage forms without any coding knowledge. If you do have coding skills, you'll be able to tweak your forms in more detail. But coding is not needed to get the most out of our plugin.

What's the difference between a survey and questionnaire?

Actually, there is a difference! A survey refers to a broader set of ideas about the content, method, collection, and analysis of data. A questionnaire is any written set of questions.

The main difference is that a survey contains mostly closed-ended questions. A questionnaire has more open-ended questions.

Can I create voting and quiz forms too?

Of course! With Formidable, not only do you get a flexible survey plugin, but you also get a voting plugin and a way to make a quiz in WordPress. Other WP forms plugins won't give you anywhere near this amount of flexibility.

How do I create a WordPress survey?

If you are using Formidable, creating a survey is easy. Use our drag and drop form builder to insert your survey questions via the form fields. Then, publish your survey inside a WordPress page or post. It really is just that easy!

Read more: How to create a survey in WordPress

How do I analyze survey data?

That's a big question! It's much easier to analyze survey data if you can access it. With Formidable Forms, you are able to create multiple polls and export data easily. Other survey platforms charge extra for this feature.

With Formidable, you can use our reports and graphs feature to do the analysis for you. You can display your data in real-time, or use your data to make beautiful reports.

How do I write survey questions?

What does it take to write good survey questions? It's not as easy as you think. In general, you want to avoid asking leading questions. This way, you can make sure people give pure answers.

You also want to make sure you ask questions as a normal human would. People are not used to speaking with robots!

Read more: How to Ask Survey Questions without Sounding Like a Robot

How do I design a survey?

The survey design is very important if you want more people to respond. It's also important if you want to get better data. After you choose the goal of your survey, you need to make survey questions that are easy to understand.

Always follow this general rule: keep it simple, straightforward, and concise.

Once you have a survey designed, you can insert the shortcode easily into page builders like Elementor.

Are surveys qualitative or quantitative?

Quantitative data is designed to collect facts and numbers. It provides stats and support when you want to support your research. Qualitative data collects more descriptive information. Think of this as a way to measure how people feel.

Do you have an affiliate program?

Yes we certainly do. We would love to have you as a partner. Visit our Affiliates page to learn more about becoming a Formidable Forms affiliate.