Ryan Cordoni / Last Updated October 31, 2022

Looking for a WordPress event registration plugin? Here it is! We'll show you how to create an event registration form in WordPress for free!

Approximate read-time: 5 mins

If you want to create an event, you'll need to create an event registration form. Luckily, with the right WordPress event registration plugin, this couldn't be easier!

Today we'll show you how to build an event registration form with an awesome, free online registration form creator that does much more than just events. We're talking about our Formidable Forms plugin.

Formidable is a WordPress form builder plugin on steroids. It will definitely help you to create your event registration form with ease. After we show you how to create your form, we'll show you a few ways Formidable can make your WordPress site handle the entire event administration process!

First, let's get started building your event registration form.

Make your event form today

In today's step by step tutorial, we are going to show you how to create a free event registration form. on your WordPress website.

Here are the steps involved:

The first thing we need to do is install the free version of Formidable Forms. To find us, search the WordPress.org plugin directory from your WordPress admin area.

Install and activate the plugin and let's move to step 2!

Now we'll create a form to use for your event.

In the WordPress admin, go to Formidable → Forms and click Add New at the top of the page.

Then, click Create Form under 'Blank Form'. Name your form and click Create. Now it's time to start building the form.

Here's the fun part: building your event registration form. We'll need to add all the right form fields to make sure you collect the required info from your attendees.

Adding form fields in Formidable is easy, just drag the fields from the left column

Here are the form fields we suggest for an event registration form:

Add those fields and click the Update button once you are happy with what you've created. You can also preview your form by clicking the Preview button. For reference, here is what our premium events registration template looks like:

The next thing we want to do is create an email notification. This will trigger when an attendee successfully completes your event registration form.

The confirmation email you send will vary depending on your event, but you might want to include the following:

No matter how you set up your email notifications, your Form Settings page on the Actions & Notifications tab.

Now all that's left to do is to publish your event registration form. Typically this is done on an event registration page. Although, if you want, you can publish the form in any post, page, or even widget area using your form's shortcode.

From your Form Settings page, just copy the shortcode and paste it where you want to appear. You can paste the shortcode into any text editor on your site. This includes any WordPress page builder that you are using.

While the free version of Formidable will enable you to create event registration forms, the premium version is well worth a look. This is especially true for those of you who run a lot of events (online events or offline events).

Formidable's premium versions come with dozens of form templates to make event registration and payment even easier. Included amongst them is the event registration form template.

If you want to run an event with paid tickets, you'll need to activate some payment gateways on your forms. With Formidable, you can accept payments with Stripe, Paypal, Authorize.net, or integrate with your WooCommerce setup. Ticket sales will never be better!

Formidable Forms includes an advanced user registration system in its premium versions. It may not seem like much, but a user registration add-on can take your pre-event experience to a whole new level.

You'd be able to create a front-end area on your site where users could connect with each other before the event, for example. Having a user registration system would also make managing your event attendees a much simpler process overall.

The Formidable Views feature had a wide variety of uses. In a nutshell, Views allow you to take your form data and display it anywhere on your site. One application for this? An events calendar.

🌟 Formidable puts your form data to work.

With Views, automatically display form data as soon as forms are submitted. Create events calendars, attendee profiles, and anything you can imagine!

If you already use an email platform like MailChimp or ActiveCampaign, you're in luck Formidable Forms can integrate into those systems seamlessly. It also integrates with CRM platforms like Hubspot and Salesforce.

That's all there is to it! Using Formidable as a WordPress event plugin, you can create a free registration form to use however you want. Upgrade to Formidable premium and take your event managing to a whole new level. If you are running recurring events, this is an awesome solution.

Not to mention the fact that you could use Formidable to create contact forms and everything else you site needs! We hope you've enjoyed today's article. For more WordPress tutorials, check out the Formidable Forms blog. Have a great day!

Not sure if our drag and drop form builder is suitable for your site? Formidable Forms has a risk-free, 14-day free trial. If you don't like it, you can get 100% of your money back!