A potential client visits your website, clicks your standard contact page, and sends a two-line message: "Hi, I need a quote for a project. Please send pricing." That email lands in your inbox alongside receipts and newsletter updates. You now have to write back, ask what they actually need, wait two days for an answer, and repeat the dance. It is slow, tedious, and makes tracking leads much harder than it needs to be.
Setting up a dedicated quote request form fixes that communication problem right away. Instead of chasing people for basic project requirements, you collect the exact details you need on the very first attempt. You can gather contact information, project specifics, and reference documents before you sit down to calculate an estimate. Here is how you can build a clean, functional get a quote form on your WordPress site using Diviniket WP Forms.
What to know first about quote forms in this plugin
Before jumping into the setup, I want to be direct about what the plugin does and does not do. Diviniket WP Forms is built for creating visual forms, capturing input from visitors, sending notifications, and storing those entries reliably in your WordPress database or in a spreadsheet. It handles standard form fields, file attachments, and anti-spam checks without trouble.
The plugin does not include instant price calculators, conditional logic formulas, or multi-step quote wizards. Earlier releases of the plugin included experimental features like built-in PDF generation and payment integrations, but those were removed in version 1.2.1 to keep the core codebase lean, stable, and focused on core form handling. If you need a form that calculates an instant estimate on the screen and charges a deposit right there, you will need a dedicated e-commerce or booking calculation tool. If your goal is to collect structured project requirements so you can manually review the scope and send an accurate quote, this plugin will handle the job smoothly.
Essential fields for a helpful WordPress quote form
A good quote request form collects enough information to help you quote accurately, but stays short enough that visitors do not abandon it halfway through. When a form asks for thirty separate things, people leave. When it asks for two things, you end up doing all the discovery work over email.
For most service businesses, these are the key fields you will want to include:
- Dedicated Name field: Always collect the prospect's full name. Using the dedicated Name field in the builder ensures that the submission displays properly in the WordPress entries list later on.
- Email field: A clean field for their business or personal email address so you can send your proposal or ask clarifying questions.
- International phone input: If you work with clients across different regions, this field includes a flag dropdown and automatic country-code prefixing. It prevents the common problem of clients forgetting to include their area or country code.
- Project scope or message area: A text area where the client can explain their project, timeline, and specific goals in their own words.
- File upload field: If your work involves design briefs, floor plans, technical specifications, or request-for-proposal documents, letting clients attach files directly saves hours of follow-up emails.
Step-by-step: Building your get a quote form
You do not need to touch any code or write custom PHP to set this up. Everything is configured inside your WordPress dashboard using the visual builder.
- Navigate to the Divine Forms section in your WordPress administration dashboard.
- Select the option to add a new form. This opens the visual form builder where you can add and organize your form fields.
- Add your contact fields by inserting the dedicated Name field, the Email field, and the international phone input.
- Add a text area field labeled for project details so visitors can write out their project scope and timeline expectations.
- Add a file upload field if you want prospects to attach reference materials. The plugin includes an interface that shows the selected filename and provides a remove button if the user picks the wrong file.
- Open the form style customizer to adjust the visual appearance. You can configure the form width, height, and alignment to match your page layout. You can also customize the background opacity, input text color, placeholder color, and placeholder transparency so the form matches your site branding.
- Configure your email notifications. Set up the administrator notification so you get an email alert every time a new quote request arrives. You can also configure a confirmation email for the person who submitted the form so they know their message was received.
- If you prefer to direct clients to a specific thank-you or onboarding page, enable the redirect setting and add your destination URL. Otherwise, the form will show the default on-screen confirmation message.
- Save the form. Once saved, copy the generated shortcode shown on the screen.
The shortcode format looks like this:
[divismfo_form id="123"]Please note that 123 is only an example ID. Your form will have its own unique numeric identifier assigned by the plugin when you save it.
Securing your quote form against automated spam
A public quote request form is an easy target for automated spam bots. If your inbox fills up with random gibberish or promotional spam, you waste time filtering out junk when you should be responding to real prospects. The plugin includes several options for spam protection that you can turn on based on your site setup.
The simplest option is the built-in Honeypot feature. Honeypot places an invisible mechanism on the form that normal visitors do not interact with, but automated bots tend to trigger. Because it runs locally without calling external scripts, it is quick to use and does not require third-party accounts. However, honeypot fields are not a complete guarantee against every modern bot.
If you need stronger verification, you can configure external CAPTCHA providers. The plugin supports Google reCAPTCHA v2, Cloudflare Turnstile, and hCaptcha. To use any of these, you add your provider API keys in the global settings, and then turn the protection on for your quote form. When an external provider is active, the plugin loads that provider's JavaScript API and sends the response token along with the submitter's IP address to the respective service for server-side verification. Turnstile or hCaptcha can be good alternatives if you prefer not to use Google services on your forms.
Tracking quote submissions in Google Sheets
Managing quote requests solely through your inbox works when you receive one message a week. As soon as enquiry volume picks up, emails get buried, team members get confused about who responded, and leads slip through the cracks. While you can always view and export entries inside your dashboard under Divine Forms > All Entries, sending them to an external spreadsheet gives your sales workflow much more flexibility.
The plugin includes a dedicated Google Sheets integration that pushes form submissions directly into a configured spreadsheet row by row. This is particularly helpful for teams because anyone with spreadsheet access can view new quote enquiries without needing an administrator login to your WordPress site.
To connect your form to a spreadsheet, you will need to set up a Google Cloud service account and grant it permission to access your target sheet. You paste the service account credentials into the plugin settings, which allows the plugin to request an OAuth access token from Google. From there, you enter your spreadsheet ID, select your sheet, and validate the headers. Once synchronization is enabled for your form, every successful submission creates a new row. The integration also passes references for uploaded files, meaning your spreadsheet records will include the links to documents your clients submitted alongside their quote details.
Displaying the form on your pages and posts
Once your quote form is built and saved, you need to put it where visitors can actually find it. You can place the form shortcode on a dedicated "Request a Quote" page, inside a service landing page, or within a blog post.
Because the plugin uses shortcodes, it works across different WordPress editing environments. If you use the native block editor, add a Shortcode block and paste your form shortcode inside. If you use page builders like Elementor, Divi, or Beaver Builder, you simply drop a shortcode widget into your desired column and paste the code there. The form is responsive and mobile-ready, adapting cleanly to mobile screens and tablet displays without forcing awkward horizontal scrolling.
Submissions are processed using AJAX in the background. That means when a visitor clicks the submit button, the page does not need to reload entirely. The form submits the data, displays the confirmation message or initiates your configured redirect, and keeps the browsing experience clean.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I calculate price estimates automatically inside the form?
No, the plugin does not include built-in calculation formulas, conditional pricing logic, or instant estimation features. It is designed to collect project requirements and client information so you can review the request and quote the client manually.
How do I receive files or project briefs from clients?
You can add the File Upload field to your form during the build process. When a visitor attaches a file, the plugin records the file reference in the WordPress entry storage, displays it in your dashboard, and passes the reference along to Google Sheets if synchronization is active.
Where are the quote requests stored once submitted?
All submissions are saved directly to plugin-owned tables in your WordPress database. You can review and manage your collected quote requests at any time by going to Divine Forms > All Entries in your WordPress dashboard, where you can also export the data.
Can I redirect clients to a thank-you page after they request a quote?
Yes, the plugin supports form redirects. Instead of just displaying an on-screen confirmation message after submission, you can enter a specific page URL in the form settings to send prospects to an onboarding page, case study, or custom confirmation page.
If you want to see the builder in action and follow along visually, you can watch our step-by-step demonstrations on the YouTube tutorial channel. You can also connect with me directly on my Aditya Singh LinkedIn profile if you have technical questions or feedback about the plugin.