Mastering Single-Line Form Display in WordPress: A Simple Guide

Displaying a form in a single line is an effective way to conserve space while maintaining a polished appearance for your website.

This approach is particularly beneficial in headers, footers, or sidebars, enabling you to position forms in high-traffic areas and enhance conversion rates.

At CanadaCreate, we have experimented with various contact form placements to refine our lead capture strategy. Our findings indicate that streamlined forms often result in higher completion rates.

In this article, we will guide you through the process of easily displaying your form in a single line in WordPress, step by step.

Why Use Single-Line Forms in WordPress?

Single-line forms provide greater flexibility in selecting form placements. Their compact design allows them to occupy minimal space and seamlessly integrate with your existing WordPress content.

For instance, email newsletter sign-up forms are frequently positioned in a single line above or below blog post content. This format is also effective on landing pages, contact pages, and other key areas of your website.

In addition to increasing subscribers and leads, you can transform any type of form into a single-line format.

Displaying your contact form in a single line can help save space on your WordPress website and enhance mobile responsiveness.

Let’s guide you through the process of displaying a single line form on your WordPress site.

Creating a Single Line Form in WordPress

In this tutorial, we will utilize the WPForms plugin, which features a user-friendly drag-and-drop builder for quickly creating any type of WordPress form. Additionally, it seamlessly integrates with popular email marketing services, making it easy to expand your email list.

At CanadaCreate, we have successfully used this tool for creating contact forms and conducting annual surveys, yielding excellent results. For further details, check out our comprehensive WPForms review.

First, install and activate the WPForms plugin. For detailed instructions, refer to our beginner’s guide on installing a WordPress plugin.

After activation, navigate to the WPForms » Add New section in your WordPress admin sidebar and provide a name for your form. Next, select your desired form template.

Select the ‘Opt-In Form’ template by hovering over it and clicking the ‘Use Template’ button.

This action will open the WPForms drag-and-drop form builder on your screen.

The chosen template will automatically include fields for name and email along with a submit button.

You can edit each field by clicking on it and making adjustments in the left-hand column.

Additionally, you can rearrange the fields by dragging and dropping them to your desired order.

Once you finish customizing the fields, you can set your form to display in a single line.

To achieve this, navigate to the Settings » General tab in the form builder and click on the ‘Advanced’ drop-down menu.

Then, enter ‘inline-fields’ in the ‘Form CSS Class’ box (without quotes).

This will apply the specified CSS class to your form. WPForms has built-in styling for the ‘inline-fields’ class, which will automatically adjust your form layout to display it in a single line.

Afterward, you can further reduce the form’s size by hiding the field labels.

To do this, click on a field in the form to access its settings in the left column.

Then, select the ‘Advanced’ menu option and toggle the ‘Hide Label’ setting to enable it.

Next, replicate this process for all the labels of your form fields.

In the same ‘Advanced’ section, you can input text into the ‘Placeholder’ box.

This provides your users with guidance on the purpose of each form field.

After customizing your form, be sure to click the ‘Save’ button to apply your changes.

If your form is intended for lead generation, you can link it to your email marketing service. For further information, refer to our guide on effectively creating an email newsletter.

Integrating Your Single-Line Form into Your WordPress Website

It’s now time to integrate your single-line form into your WordPress site. You can place it on any page, post, or widget area.

We’ll demonstrate how to add it to an existing page, but the steps will be similar for other areas of your WordPress blog.

Simply navigate to the page where you want to insert the single-line form and click the ‘Add Block’ (+) button to access the block menu.

Then, select the ‘WPForms’ block to include it on your site.

Next, from the dropdown menu within the block, choose the single-line form you created earlier.

After selecting your form, the plugin will display a preview within the content editor. Click the ‘Update’ or ‘Publish’ button to activate your new form.

You can now visit your website to see your new form in action.

Bonus: Create Engaging Popups and Banners with OptinMonster

In addition to single-line forms, you can also create floating contact forms, opt-in popups, and banners on your website to gather email leads.

For this, you can use OptinMonster, the leading conversion optimization tool for WordPress.

At CanadaCreate, we regularly utilize it to create popups and banners that promote our premium services and newsletter, and we highly recommend it. Check out our comprehensive OptinMonster review for more details.

This tool enables you to design stunning opt-in forms that present personalized and relevant information based on your users’ interests, making it easy to capture leads.

For step-by-step guidance, refer to our tutorial on creating a contact form popup in WordPress.

Additionally, you can design eye-catching banners for your website, encouraging users to subscribe to your newsletter.

This approach allows you to collect user information without occupying much space on your website or inconveniencing users.

For more information, check out our beginner’s guide on building an email list using OptinMonster.

We trust this article has helped you understand how to display your form in a single line in WordPress. You may also be interested in our guide on creating more interactive forms or our curated list of the best alternatives to Typeform.

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