The WPForms Signatures Addon transforms your standard online forms into powerful, legally binding document collection tools. By allowing users to sign directly on your website using their mouse, trackpad, or touchscreen, this addon eliminates the need for printing, scanning, or mailing physical paperwork. Whether you are managing client contracts, onboarding new employees, or collecting parental consent forms, this addon streamlines your workflow, improves user experience, and helps you capture essential agreements faster and more efficiently.
Key Features
- Intuitive Signature Pad: Provides a clean, responsive interface that works seamlessly on desktop computers, tablets, and smartphones, ensuring your users can sign from any device.
- Seamless WPForms Integration: Built specifically for the WPForms ecosystem, allowing you to add a signature field to any form with a simple drag-and-drop action.
- Image File Generation: Automatically captures the signature as an image file, which is then stored securely on your server and attached to the form entry for easy retrieval.
- Customizable Field Settings: Easily adjust the signature area size and label text to match the specific requirements of your form and branding.
- Secure Data Handling: Ensures that signatures are captured and stored within your WordPress environment, giving you full control over your sensitive document data.
- Entry Management: View captured signatures directly within the WPForms entry management screen, keeping all your form data organized and accessible in one central location.
Use Cases / Who It’s For
The WPForms Signatures Addon is an essential tool for any business or organization that requires formal authorization or verification from users. If you are tired of chasing down signed PDFs via email, this tool is designed for you.
Small Business Owners and Freelancers: Quickly send contracts and service agreements to new clients. By embedding the signature field directly into your contact or onboarding forms, you can secure agreements before starting a project, reducing administrative friction.
Human Resources Departments: Simplify the employee onboarding process by digitizing forms such as non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), policy acknowledgments, and payroll authorizations. It allows new hires to complete their paperwork digitally, saving time for both the HR team and the new employee.
Educational Institutions and Non-Profits: Collect parental consent forms for field trips, event waivers, or volunteer applications. The mobile-friendly nature of the signature pad makes it easy for parents and volunteers to sign on the go using their smartphones.
Real Estate and Property Management: Streamline rental applications and maintenance request approvals by requiring signatures on digital forms, ensuring you have a clear paper trail for every transaction.
Setup / How It Works
Getting started with the WPForms Signatures Addon is designed to be straightforward, requiring no custom coding or complex configuration.
- Install and Activate: Ensure you have the core WPForms plugin installed, then install and activate the Signatures Addon from your WordPress dashboard.
- Add the Field: Open your form builder in WPForms. You will see a new “Signature” field option available in the field library. Simply drag and drop this field onto your form.
- Configure Settings: Click on the signature field to customize its label, description, and field size to fit your form layout.
- Save and Publish: Save your form settings and publish the form to your desired page or post.
- Collect and View: Once a user submits the form with a signature, the signature image is saved to the entry. You can view, download, or print these signatures directly from the WPForms entries area in your WordPress admin dashboard.
Similar Plugins
While the WPForms Signatures Addon is the native solution for the WPForms ecosystem, other form-based signature solutions exist for WordPress, such as Signature Addon for Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms Signature Addon, and various standalone e-signature plugins like WP E-Signature. However, if you are already utilizing the WPForms builder, the native Signatures Addon offers the most reliable, conflict-free integration for your existing forms.