{"id":17734,"date":"2021-07-27T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/?p=17734"},"modified":"2021-07-23T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T14:52:39","slug":"wordpress-forms-save-and-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/blog\/wordpress-forms-save-and-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"How to\u2026 Create WordPress Forms with Save and Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SaveNo matter what kind of website you have, one thing is certain: you\u2019re going to need a form. The most basic kind of form you should have on your website is the contact form. But, depending on your business, you might have other types of forms such as a payment form, a client questionnaire, a job application form, or similar.<\/p>\n

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Typically, the shorter the form, the better. However, in some cases, you need longer forms. The problem with longer forms is that people can be put off by the length, which leads to a low conversion rate.<\/p>\n

If you have long forms on your website, there is a feature that can come in very handy \u2014 the Save and Continue feature. In this guide, we\u2019ll explain how Save and Continue works, why it\u2019s beneficial, and show you how to enable it on your forms built with Gravity Forms.<\/p>\n

What is the Save and Continue Feature?<\/h2>\n

The Save and Continue feature does exactly what its name implies: it allows your users to save their form’s progress and finish filling it out at a later date. As mentioned before, this feature is handy when you\u2019re dealing with longer forms and it increases the chances of users actually completing the form.<\/p>\n

How Save and Continue Feature Works?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Once you enable this feature, it will generate a ‘Save and Continue’ link on your form that allows users to continue completing the form at a later point in time. The user can click the link in the form to save their progress and they will be presented with a custom link.<\/p>\n

That custom link will take them straight to the current (saved) version of the form. The link can also be emailed to the user so they don\u2019t have to worry about losing it or losing it among other bookmarks.<\/p>\n

(It\u2019s worth mentioning that the links are valid for 30 days. After that, the link will no longer work. However, you can override this by using the gform_incomplete_submissions_expiration_days<\/a> filter and adding it in your functions.php<\/em> file).<\/p>\n

Benefits of Using Save and Continue Feature<\/h2>\n

There are several benefits and use cases to using the Save and Continue feature with your forms:<\/p>\n