STEP 1
Select Formidable Forms in workflow
Pick Formidable Forms app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.
Formidable Forms Integration
Build WordPress forms and automate entries — list and manage forms, fields, and submissions, read field statistics, watch for new entries, and call the Formidable REST API on your site. Connect Formidable Forms campaigns and audiences to CRM, advertising, and analytics workflows. When Watch Entry arrives, automatically continue with Get Entry or Get Field.
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Supported triggers and actions for Formidable Forms integration
Triggers can detect changes in Formidable Forms and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside Formidable Forms automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.
- Watch EntryTriggers when entry data is sent to the workflow URL from a Formidable Send API Data action.
- Get EntryReturns a single entry by ID.
- Get FieldReturns a single field on a form.
- Get FormReturns a single form by ID or form key.
- Get Stats AverageReturns the average value for a field.
- Get Stats CountReturns the response count for a field.
- Get Stats DeviationReturns the statistical deviation for a field.
- Get Stats MaximumReturns the maximum value recorded for a field.
- Get Stats MedianReturns the median value for a field.
- Get Stats MinimumReturns the minimum value recorded for a field.
- Get Stats StarReturns the star-rating aggregate for a field.
- Get Stats TotalReturns the numeric total for a field.
- Get Stats UniqueReturns the count of unique values for a field.
- Get ViewReturns a View definition by ID.
- List EntriesRetrieves entries across all forms the credential may access.
- List FieldsRetrieves fields defined on a form.
- List Form EntriesRetrieves entries for a single form.
- List FormsRetrieves forms on the site.
- Create EntryCreates a new entry in a form.
- Create FieldsCreates one or more fields on a form.
How to integrate Formidable Forms in automation workflow?
3 simple steps to make your Formidable Forms connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.
STEP 2
Connect Formidable Forms
When prompted, authorize access to Formidable Forms in WEXTL once. Formidable Forms credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].
WEXTL wants to integrate with your Formidable Forms account. Approve?
STEP 3
Build a workflow
Build your workflow with Formidable Forms yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect Formidable Forms to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.
Formidable Forms
How Formidable Forms connects and integrates with WEXTL
Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever Formidable Forms app is called in workflows. That allows your marketing automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that Formidable Forms supports.
The following table illustrates what fields Formidable Forms integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].
Connect Formidable Forms
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Demonstration of Formidable Forms connection step inside WEXTL Workflow Builder [4].
| Field | Type | Help |
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Site URLRequired | text | WordPress site origin with |
API KeyRequired | password | Formidable → Global Settings → API → API Key. Sent as Basic username; password is always |
Connect Formidable Forms to popular apps on WEXTL
Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with Formidable Forms below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with Formidable Forms. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.
Example automation with Formidable Forms integration
Select Watch Entry trigger from Formidable Forms - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in Formidable Forms, workflow will start [7] from Watch Entry node.
Search for Delete Entry, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch Entry and Delete Entry, so only important data pass from Watch Entry to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of Formidable Forms automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].
Formidable Forms on WEXTL has 28 modules for combining marketing automations. Explore Formidable Forms documentation for more.
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Watch Entry
Cognito Forms
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Cognito Forms
Triggers
Formidable Forms
Delete Entry
Demonstration of how visual Formidable Forms automation [6] looks in WEXTL.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about automating Formidable Forms in your workflows.
Formidable Forms has 1 trigger, including "Watch Entry". Triggers are start points of the workflow, and automations may start from them.
Integration has 27 actions, including "Get Entry", "Get Field", and "Get Form", and more. Refer to our Formidable Forms Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.
No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].
Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.
The Formidable Forms integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by Formidable Forms official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.
Absolutely. Where Formidable Forms provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever Formidable Forms or any other service sends event to webhook URL.
WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for Formidable Forms inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with Formidable Forms modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.
References
List of sources used to gather information about the Formidable Forms integration.
- Formidable Forms integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
- Internal Formidable Forms integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
- Official Formidable Forms vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
- WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
- WEXTL® Apps Library
- WEXTL® Formidable Forms App Documentation
- WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
- WEXTL® HTTP node documentation