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Installation of the plugin on a provided website (Funnelforms Pro)

Learn how to install Funnelforms Pro on the free WordPress website provided by us and activate your license.

Thank you for your trust! We are pleased to welcome you and would like to give you an overview of the first steps for installing the plugin in this article.

Compared to the self-hosted version, we explain the process for the WordPress website provided by Funnelforms here.

For customers who do not have their own WordPress website and have their website hosted by another provider (e.g. Wix, Jimdo, Drupal, Typo3, Webflow, etc.), we provide a free WordPress system for hosting Funnelforms Pro.

You can embed the forms on your website using the external embedding function (via iFrame).

After booking, you will receive an email with login details for our member area:

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The steps required to install the plugin are already explained there. In this article, we will go through each individual step in detail.

1. Start the setup assistant

After booking Funnelforms Pro, you will be automatically redirected to a thank you page with a setup wizard.

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Click then on the “No, I have not” button if you want to use the Funnelforms hosted variant.

An explanation of the process will then follow, click on “Go to the setup process”.

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2. Fill out the form

You will be taken to a website for configuring your WordPress system. Fill out the form with your name and the same e-mail address that you have already used to order Funnelforms Pro.

You can choose a name for your website under Domain name. The website will then be accessible under this domain (for example: example.funnelforms.live).

Please enter the domain without a dot at the end.

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Click on the “Continue” button. You can check the details again in the next step.

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Click on the “Proceed” button to set up the WordPress system. The automatic setup process will start now. The WordPress system will be installed on your chosen domain in the background.

This process may take a few minutes.

3. Save your login details

The process is complete when the message “Your Site is Ready” appears.

Please make sure you save the login details displayed!

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Then click on the “Magic Login” button to automatically log in to the WordPress website as an administrator.

Funnelforms Pro is already pre-installed on the website. You only need to activate the license.

4. Login to our member area

Log in to our member area with the credentials from the e-mail:

There you will find the license management. You can find detailed information of the individual functions of the member area in our Help Center category for the member area.

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5. Navigate to the License management Paddle

Click on the menu item “License management Paddle”. You will find all your licenses for Funnelforms Pro there and can manage them. You can upgrade/downgrade the license, manage the linked websites, change the payment method or cancel the license.

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6. Copy the license key

Select the license key and copy it to the clipboard. You will need the key to activate the Funnelforms Pro plugin on your website.

7. Activate Funnelforms Pro on the website

The next and final step is to activate the website with your license key. Click on “Funnelforms” in the WordPress side menu.

You will automatically be taken to the “License & App” menu item. Paste the copied license key from step 6 into the correct field and click on the “Check license” button.

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Funnelforms Pro is now activated and you can start creating questions, contact forms and forms.