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  ijgilmour · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 11:12 am

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  Can you add date fields to forms?

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 11:51 am

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  Hi there,

  The WordPress.com Contact Form doesn’t currently support date fields. Here are the types of fields it supports:

  • text – Displays a regular single line text box
  • textarea – Displays a multi-line text box
  • radio – Displays radio options
  • checkbox – Displays a single checkbox
  • select – Displays a drop down with multiple options
  • email – Displays a single line text box
  • name – Displays a single line text box
  • url – Displays a single line text box

  If you have a limited number of dates to choose from, the radio or select fields might be a good choice. You could also add a text field for someone to enter any date.

  I’ll also mention this to our team to see if a date field could be added to the contact form in the future — it’s a great suggestion! :)

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  ijgilmour · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 11:55 am

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  Hi Rachel
  Thanks for the response and the suggestions. I will be collecting dates for proposed holidays etc and so really need to have a date fields/calender etc. Presumably I could add Visual Form builder, is that a good plugin and does it cost?
  Thanks
  Ian

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 12:23 pm

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  Hi Ian,

  It isn’t possible to install plugins here at WordPress.com, for security reasons. That’s a feature of self-hosted sites using the WordPress.org software: WordPress.com and WordPress.org

  You can add calendars to your site, for example by embedding a Google Calendar. But it isn’t currently possible to add a date field to a contact form here at WordPress.com.

  If you absolutely need that feature, you might want to consider moving the site to a self-hosted WordPress.org site. We have a guide for moving your site if you need: Moving a Blog

  Please let me know if you have any questions about that.

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  ijgilmour · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 12:43 pm

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  Thanks Rachel I think that means I’m in the wrong place and need to do what I’m doing on the .Org software.
  I signed up for the 14 day free trial here, how do I cancel my subscription please?
  Ian

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 12:48 pm

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  Hi Ian,

  I just cancelled that trial upgrade for you, so you’re all set on this end. You can find more information and help about getting set up with a self-hosted site here:

  http://wordpress.org/

  I’d also recommend trying out the Jetpack plugin on your self-hosted site — it brings some of the most popular WordPress.com features to self-hosted sites. Just let me know if I can do anything more to help. :)

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  ijgilmour · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 12:50 pm

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  You’ve been brilliant Rachel, thank you very much.