SyntekPro Forms

Professional WordPress form builder plugin with advanced operations, analytics, security controls, integrations, and GitHub-powered updates.

Version

Current release: 2.3.3

Overview

SyntekPro Forms provides an end-to-end form platform inside WordPress:

• Visual drag-and-drop form building
• Multi-step forms and conditional logic
• Entry capture, moderation, export, and analytics
• Email, webhook, and CRM/automation dispatch
• Privacy, anti-spam, consent, and fraud controls
• Developer APIs (REST, WP-CLI hooks, extensibility points)
• GitHub release updater with remote push-install endpoint

What Is New In 2.3.3

• Complete UI overhaul for the Entries admin experience.
• Modernized entries table visuals with richer status cues and action clarity.
• Redesigned entry detail modal with metadata cards, improved spacing, and stronger hierarchy.
• Improved responsive behavior and visual consistency across desktop and mobile.

Core Capabilities

1. Form Builder

• Drag-and-drop builder interface
• Field insert/reorder/edit workflow
• Form templates and duplicate/clone workflow
• Section/page layout controls
• Multi-step form support with progress logic
• Live builder preview and layout adjustments

2. Field Types

Standard Fields

• Single line text
• Paragraph text
• Email
• Number
• Phone
• Website
• Select dropdown
• Multi-select
• Radio
• Checkbox
• Toggle
• Hidden
• HTML block
• Section divider
• Page break

Advanced Fields

• Name (first/last)
• Date picker
• Time picker
• Address
• File upload (single and multi-file)
• CAPTCHA verification fields
• Consent checkbox
• List/dynamic row style input
• Multiple choice
• Image choice

Post And Special Fields

• Post title/body/excerpt/tags/category/image/custom field mapping
• Calculation field
• Repeater field
• Signature field

3. Frontend Rendering And UX

• Shortcode rendering for classic editor/theme usage
• Gutenberg block support with inspector controls
• Conditional frontend asset loading for performance
• AJAX form submission support
• Dynamic success message or redirect handling
• Builder and frontend theming options

4. Entry Management

• Entry list by form
• Search/filter by form, status, date, and text
• Star/unstar and notes support
• Read/unread and bulk actions
• Entry edit and delete flows
• CSV export and JSON export helpers
• PDF-oriented export support

5. Email, Notification, And Template Features

• Admin notification email routing
• User confirmation email support
• Per-form email settings
• Merge-tag support in templates
• Template preview controls
• Conditional template rendering blocks
• Loop block rendering for repeatable data
• SMTP service integration via PHPMailer
• SMTP/OAuth secret storage protections
• SMTP test action and delivery logs

6. Integrations And Automation

• Webhook queue system with retries
• Manual webhook retry and dashboard visibility
• Webhook signature support (HMAC-based)
• Global and per-form endpoint handling
• Zapier support
• Make support
• Mailchimp contact/list sync support
• HubSpot contact sync support
• Native CRM connector dispatch:
  • Salesforce lead push
  • ActiveCampaign contact sync
  • Brevo contact sync
• Native integration backend foundations:
  • SendGrid, Twilio, Google, Airtable, Notion connectors

7. Analytics, Testing, And Reporting

• Form-level analytics events:
  • view
  • start
  • complete
  • abandon
  • field dropoff
• Funnel metrics and abandonment analysis
• A/B testing backend:
  • variant allocation
  • deterministic routing
  • conversion tracking
  • winner workflows
• Data visualization backend:
  • bar/pie/line/histogram datasets
  • dashboard widgets
  • summary statistics
  • SVG export scaffold

8. Security, Privacy, And Abuse Prevention

• Nonce validation on privileged actions
• Sanitization and validation pipeline
• Honeypot checks
• Rate limiting controls
• CAPTCHA integrations:
  • reCAPTCHA
  • hCaptcha (addon)
  • Turnstile (addon)
• Akismet compatibility
• OTP email verification gate before final submission
• Password-protected form submission flow
• Geolocation/fraud backend foundations:
  • risk scoring
  • fraud event logging
  • manual review actions
• WordPress Consent API registration:
  • consent type: syntekpro_forms
• GDPR exporter and eraser integration
• IP logging and anonymization options
• Data retention automation and scheduled cleanup

9. Operations, Recovery, And Governance

• Audit log for form lifecycle changes
• Form backup system with retention controls
• Form preview links with expiration handling
• Form versioning backend:
  • snapshots
  • diffs
  • rollback support
• Database optimization helpers
• Scheduled tasks for cleanup/maintenance workflows

Admin Areas Included

• Forms list
• Add new / form builder
• Entries
• Settings
• Analytics
• Add-ons
• Webhook queue
• Help
• About

Add-on System

Bundled add-on modules in the addon directory include:

• Disposable email blocker
• hCaptcha + Turnstile
• Minimum submit-time guard
• Slack + Discord dispatch
• SMTP add-on module

The plugin can auto-load supported add-on files from the add-ons path.

Developer Features

REST API

Base namespace:

• /wp-json/syntekpro-forms/v1

Primary groups:

• Forms CRUD endpoints
• Entries CRUD endpoints
• Public entry submission endpoint (with validation and anti-spam checks)

Push Update Endpoint (2.3.1)

• POST /wp-json/syntekpro-forms/v1/push-update

Behavior:

• clears update cache
• checks latest GitHub release
• installs available plugin update

Authorization options:

• authenticated user with plugin update capability
• shared token strategy via:
  • syntekpro_forms_push_update_token filter
  • X-SPF-Update-Token header

Useful Hooks And Filters

• spf_github_repo
• syntekpro_forms_force_auto_update
• syntekpro_forms_push_update_token
• syntekpro_forms_rest_prepare_forms
• Additional submission and notification lifecycle hooks in core classes

WP-CLI Support

• Plugin includes CLI support class for form/entry/cache operations.
• Includes cache flush and feature-oriented helper commands for operational tasks.

Data Model Summary

Main tables created/managed by plugin features include:

• spf_forms
• spf_entries
• spf_webhook_queue
• spf_drafts
• spf_analytics
• spf_email_logs
• spf_audit_log
• spf_form_backups
• spf_form_versions
• spf_preview_links
• spf_webhook_logs
• spf_email_templates
• spf_ab_variants
• spf_ab_events
• spf_dashboards
• spf_fraud_settings
• spf_fraud_events
• spf_integrations
• spf_integration_logs

Installation

1. Download the release package.
2. Upload to WordPress plugins directory:
   • wp-content/plugins/syntekpro-forms
3. Activate SyntekPro Forms from the Plugins page.

Important Upgrade Rule

For manual updates, use release zip assets that contain root folder name exactly:

• syntekpro-forms

Do not use GitHub source zip archives with alternate root folder names, or WordPress may install side-by-side instead of replacing the existing plugin directory.

Updating

Automatic

• Plugin auto-update is enabled by default for this plugin and can be adjusted via filters/settings.
• GitHub release metadata is used for update discovery.

Remote Push Install

You can trigger immediate update install per site using:

• POST /wp-json/syntekpro-forms/v1/push-update

Example curl:

curl -X POST "https://example.com/wp-json/syntekpro-forms/v1/push-update" -H "X-SPF-Update-Token: YOUR_SHARED_TOKEN"

Quick Start

1. Create a form in the builder.
2. Configure notifications, anti-spam, and success behavior.
3. Publish using shortcode or Gutenberg block.
4. Submit test entries and review under Entries.
5. Enable integrations/webhooks as needed.

Documentation

• docs/TUTORIAL.md for complete usage walkthrough
• CHANGELOG.md for full release history

Support

SyntekPro team support and release tracking are handled through your project channels and repository workflow.