If you’re planning to let people sign up on your WordPress site without sending them to a boring default registration page, you need to read this.
In this quick guide, we’ll show you how to build a Custom User Registration form in WordPress using SureForms’ new Register and Login feature.
It’s actually easier than you think. No coding. No tech headaches. Just a clean, simple sign up form in WordPress that actually fits your site.
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Why Use a Custom Sign Up Form?
If you’ve ever seen WordPress’s built-in registration page, you know it’s… well, pretty plain.
It doesn’t match your branding. It doesn’t feel like part of your site and you don’t get much control over what happens next.
A custom user registration form fixes all that.
- A Custom Registration Form can be designed to look and feel like a natural part of your website.
- Let you redirect new users anywhere you want, guiding users through the journey.
- A branded, polished sign up page feels more secure and professional.
- A friendly, customized sign up flow means more visitors actually register!
Let’s Build a Custom Registration Form Together
Here’s how easy it is to create a signup form in WordPress with SureForms.
Step 1: Start Creating a New Form with SureForms
First things first, log in to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to SureForms
If you don’t have the plugin yet, search for ‘SureForms’ from your WordPress dashboard, or download it from here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/sureforms/
Also, some of the settings and blocks used in this tutorial (like the register block) require the SureForms Business version. If you don’t have that yet, you can explore and get your access to SureForms Business from here.
When you’re ready, click Create New Form in the SureForms dashboard.
Choose How You Want To Build the Form
You have two ways to build your form: Build With AI or Build From Scratch.
For creating a Custom User Registration form, we will go with the Build From Scratch option.
Now, let’s proceed.
Add the Register Block
After selecting Build From Scratch, you should see the form editor.
Click the little plus (+) icon at the top left.
Now, search for the Register block and drag and drop it into your form.
Now, you now have the basics of your user registration form, and it took about 2 seconds.
How easy was that?
Customize Form Fields
Want to tweak things? You can edit the field labels as you wish.
Also, click on the password field and check out the sidebar on the right.
Here you can:
- Let people toggle password visibility
- Add a Confirm Password field (always a good idea)
For other fields like username, you can choose to validate as unique, set a customized error message, and so on. Check out the settings from the right sidebar for the field you’re wishing to edit.
Each SureForms’ field has its own customization options, allowing you to control exactly how a form appears and operates.
Connect the Form with the WordPress User System
So we have created a basic Registration Form. Now let’s connect the dots so your new form creates user accounts.
Go to the Form settings and look for User Registration in the sidebar.
Click on the User Registration, and a new settings window will appear. From there, click on Add New.
This sets up a direct link to your WordPress user database, so your form knows exactly how to create new user accounts with all the right details
SureForms handles most of the setup for you, but you can double-check the settings and adjust them if you’d like.
To get a detailed understanding of each field in the User Registration Mapping settings, check out our documentation on it.
Close the settings window to save any changes.
Pro tip: Turn on Auto Login so new users are logged in automatically after registering. Smooth!
Publish and Test Your New Sign Up Form
When you’re happy with your WordPress signup form, hit Publish.
Tip: Turn on the Instant Form option if you want to test it right away, or grab the shortcode from the Form option in the SureForms dashboard and drop it on any page or post.
You can then do the styling to customize form’s look as you want.
Try signing up yourself, you’ll see how fast and seamless it feels. In fact, we strongly recommend doing that to test if everything works!
Redirect New Users Anywhere You Want (Optional)
If you’ve enabled auto-login on your registration form, you might also want to redirect users to a different page after they register instead of leaving them on the same page.
That’s easy!
- Go back to the Form Editor
- Select Form Confirmation in the sidebar
- Change the confirmation type to Redirect
- Select a page or paste a custom URL
That’s it!
Make It Your Default Registration Page
Time to replace that boring WordPress sign up page for good.
Head back to your form dashboard:
- Select Settings
- Open the Login/Registration tab
- Turn on Enable Custom Registration Page
- Pick the page with your new form
Now, whenever someone clicks register, they’ll see your Custom Registration Form instead!
You Did It!
See? We told you building a custom user registration form in WordPress really was quick and painless!
With SureForms’ Register and Login field, you can create a beautiful, functional sign up form in WordPress in just a few minutes.
No code, fully branded, works like a charm.
Ready To Level Up Your Site?
Try SureForms, test the Register and Login block and give your visitors the smooth sign-up experience they deserve.
Consider upgrading to SureForms Premium, which unlocks features like Digital Signatures, PDF Generation, Register & Login blocks, and lots of other powerful features, all designed to redefine what forms can do on your website.
Want to build a custom login page too? Keep an eye out, we have a guide for that as well!
