Electronic Signature Add-on for Fluent Forms Plugin

Try Fluent Forms Signature Demo Here

Please note you will need the following plugins installed to completely automate the process of collection of contracts using Fluent Forms and WP E-Signature.
1. Fluent Forms
2. WP E-Signature (Elite or Lifetime)
3. Stand Alone Document (comes with above licenses)

*A Elite or Lifetime license license is required and can be purchased at www.approveme.com

What would you do if you discover the contracts you used in running your online business were not legally binding?

Electronic Signature Add-on for Fluent Forms

Imagine being in a courtroom with an estranged client who’s claiming that they never agreed to your contract. You pull up the contract and after a brief review, the judge announces that the esignature used in the contract was not legally valid. He then asks if you have anything else to support your case.

Hopefully it will never come to to this, but if it did, what would you do?

Well, there’s not much you could do.

The electronic document industry has very strict rules and regulations for legal contracts, invoices, employee agreements and any other legally binding document you may use in your business.

Fluent Forms is a terrific WordPress Form Plugin! It is quite possibly one of the best ways to automate any number of tasks using a WordPress website (and of course their renowned contact forms plugin). However, signing legally binding contracts is NOT Fluent Forms primary focus (it is however ApproveMe’s WP E-Signature sole focus). We have invested many years building a system that adheres to the strictest UETA and ESIGN nationwide and foreign document signing regulations.

This Signature Pad Plugin fills the gap between a WordPress Form plugin and an esignature solution that is compliant with the UETA/ESIGN guidelines.

Digital security is crucial to your business. You need to protect yourself from anything that could call your forms into question.

The ApproveMe WordPress E-Signature Plugin turns your WordPress site into a court recognized document signing app.

If you’re a Fluent Forms user, you know how powerful their plugin can be to help automate a number of tasks on your website. HOWEVER, signing legally binding contracts is NOT their primary focus. That’s where we come in.

The Fluent Forms Digital Signature Add-On ensures that every contact form, contract, or invoice submitted with the WP Form plugin is 100% UETA/ESIGN compliant.

No more second-guessing the legality of your contracts or needing to use a third-party signing service.

We’ve invested years into building a system that adheres the strictest nationwide and foreign document signing regulations while allowing you to control your user experience.

You get a 100% legally compliant signature on file to protect you and the customer, without having to worry about users getting distracted or being unsecure on third party sites.

Click Here to Try Fluent Forms Signature Demo

How this esignature & WordPress Contract Plugin is different than a typical Fluent Forms WordPress signature pad addon
Most signature pad plugins simply record signature details and submit the data to a web server where it is converted to a PNG or JPEG file. This graphic file then gets saved on your FTP server.

This image file of your client’s hand-written legal signature — the same one used to buy houses, sign up for credit cards, and obtain business loans — is easily accessible to any FTP intruders.

Here’s the problem:

Most of these plugins are not legally binding (much less UETA/ESIGN compliant) as they fail to address the countless laws and regulations that guide the document signing industry.

If the legality of your contract were to ever come into question, you wouldn’t have much to stand alone. And if fraud or identity theft were ever an issue, you would have a tough time proving your case with a signature that the courts don’t recognize. Why risk it?

ApproveMe’s brand new signature add-on found at ApproveMe.com it is the connection point between a WordPress forms plugin and having a UETA / ESIGN compliant WordPress contract plugin that runs on your WordPress site.

Check out the video clip above to find out ways to save time and money by fully automating legal contracts for your website design, digital photography, freelance or consulting business making use of our Fluent Forms Digital Signature Add-On.

=MORE ON HOW THIS UETA/ESIGN COMPLIANT WORDPRESS FORM SIGNATURE PLUGIN WORKS=

**ApproveMe’s Signature Add-On for Fluent Forms generates a UETA/ESIGN compliant court recognized contract with (optional) details/field values inserted anywhere you want them inserted in the contract. These dynamic field values are taken from the submitted form of your end user.

Your form submitter can either draw or type their legal signature using their mouse, trackpad, tablet or smartphone. All of this magic happens the instant an end user submits a WP Form by either emailing a signer specific invitation to their contract or immediately redirecting the end users.**

Another highly popular use case is pre-filling contract data that might change from contract to contract. Say for instance, you are a Web Design agency and you have a standard contract you send out that varies ever so slightly every time you bring on a new client. Maybe you have optional packages available that need to be noted in your contract. But creating a new contract from scratch is incredibly time consuming.

With this Electronic Signature Add-on for Fluent Forms + ApproveMe’s WP E-Signature (business license) you can create a WP Form with the fields and sections of the contract that vary and add an additional field for the “Signers Name” + “Signers Email.”

Your Fluent Form would look something like:

DROPDOWN FIELD 1 = Dropdown of available packages
PARAGRAPH FIELD 2 = Classes or terms that vary from contract to contract
TEXT FIELD 2 = SIGNERS FULL NAME
TEXT FIELD 3 = SIGNERS EMAIL ADDRESS

You would insert these WP Field values in your WP E-Signature contract in the proper places or paragraphs that pertain to this information.

You would choose the option “Email this contact whenever this form is submitted.”

Now, whenever you fill out this Fluent, your contract will be automatically generated with the custom terms from your WP Form submission and then a signer invitation email will be sent to the signer email address that was given in the WP Form submission.

Additional benefits of ApproveMe’s WP eSign Plugin and this for Electronic Signature Add-on for Fluent Forms is that you are able to instantly create a legal contract for your clients to sign depending on their form information from a WPForm.

And that’s just the beginning. When a client signs…

… both you and the client will instantly get a PDF of the contract that they signed (eSignature automation at its finest).

…registering or sending your client to a third-party website to sign your legal contracts is not required (all signatures take place on your WordPress website… so the experience is on your site and not someone else’s)

… you’ll have a 100% legally compliant electronic signature on file to protect you AND the customer (according to UETA/ESIGN guidelines).

Fluent Forms Digital Signature add-on and WordPress Signature turns your site & WordPress Form into a court recognized document signing application (but without the monthly fees… and with unlimited amount of users).

• Ideal for anyone who wants to automate signature collection on proposals, quotes, timesheets, service terms agreements, new client legal contracts, waiver forms and much more using a WordPress form! *

Immediately redirect your site visitors to sign a legally binding contract after submitting a WordPress Form that was created using Fluent Forms.

“I agree to terms” checkboxes have the legal standing of a limp handshake. Do the smart thing. Don’t get caught in a courtroom with a document that’s not legally binding.

The Powerful Features of ApproveMe’s Digital Signature Add-On for Fluent Forms:

ADDON FEATURES THAT YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE
WP E-Signature offers an incredibly in depth eSignature add-on collection with several easy to customize Fluent Forms esignature automations and third-party integrations to even further improve your personalized document signing requirements.

=The WordPress contract plugin operates on every leading PC and web browsers for smart phones. For example Chrome, FireFox, Opera, Safari, Android, iOS, and WebOS.=

Besides being user friendly, ApproveMe’s Fluent Forms WordPress Signature Plugin is able to instantly enter details which was posted from a WP Form into a UETA/ESIGN compliant and courtroom accepted contract form utilizing your own WordPress website.

Therefore if you have a dropdown list of options in your WP Form named “Web Design Package” and you provide various products (different price points for each) it is possible to easily produce a legal contract which includes the package features of an order in the written agreement which is then sent to the end-user of your WP Form.

Instantly Trigger Contracts To Be Sent As soon as a client inputs data into and submits a WP form (that is connected to a WP E-Signature contract using this add-on) it is possible to instantly generate a Contract to be delivered either by email or by redirecting the signer to the contract immediately as the “thank you page.”

Connect Fluent Forms Digital Signature With WP E-Signature This Fluent Forms Add-On will blend the powerful automation attributes of WP forms with the eSignature features and peace of mind offered with WP E-Signature.

Include Fluent Form Field Values Inside A WP E-Signature Contract With WP E-Signature’s Fluent Forms Electronic Signature Add-On, you are able to input submitted form information into a legal contract that is activated immediately as soon as a client submits a WP Form.

Redirect a User to a Electronic Signature Contract after Submitting a WP Form After a user successfully submits a WP Form they can be immediately be rerouted to the contract of your choosing by using this E Signature add-on.

Sends your Client a Contract Via Email Once they Complete a WP Form After correctly submitting the WP Form, there is the option to email the form submitter a contract (or perhaps a different customer if the additional customer’s email and name was in the recently completed WP form).

Signing Reminder Emails triggered by your Contact Form In the event that a customer has not yet electrically signed the contract which you were requesting them to sign after sending in your WP form, it is possible to instantly trigger signing reminder emails where you can choose the trigger date, the frequency of reminder emails, and the expiration date of the signing reminder emails.

=Try a Free Fluent Forms Signature Demo=

eSignature WordPress Contract Plugin Features

Whether you’re operating a wedding photography business a membership based website, or a just a small web design agency in need of clients signing your website terms of service WP Digital esignature has you covered. You can read all about ‘WP Digital esignature’ features on the ApproveMe website.

UETA/ESIGN Compliance & Fluent Forms

Our plugin is 100% compliant and kept up to date with the most current rules and regulations regarding electronic signatures and legally binding contracts. Rest easy knowing that your documents will stand up in any court.*

Encrypted Data Storage

Rather than storing data on a vulnerable FTP server like other wordpress signature plugins, we encrypt and store your data in strategic (and different) locations in your database. Signatures, custom input fields, document data, audit trail events — everything is secured.

If someone were to even attempt to unencrypt your data, the entire document would terminate. We pride ourselves in security and invest heavily (certainly more so than any other WordPress plugin) to protect our users and their clients.

Unique Signer Invitations

Signed PDF documents are only available for download when 1) the document sender is logged in and 2) when the signer uses their unique signer invitation URL. This prevents any unauthorized person from viewing or downloading a copy of your contract.

Responsive Design

Let your clients sign on the go. Our customizable WordPress contract plugin operates on every leading desktop and mobile browser for Android & iOS devices including Chrome, FireFox, Opera, and Safari.

Instant Trigger Contracts

We make it easy to move your clients down the funnel. In addition to sending contracts via email, now you can redirect a signer immediately to your contract after submitting their data in a WP Form. This helps prevent any distraction to make sure your contract gets taken care of right away.

Dynamic Form Fields

Automatically include user information submitted through your WP form into your contract, even when using more complex forms.

Signing Reminder Emails for WordPress Signature

If your client has not yet signed, send automatic reminder emails to make sure they do. Choose the trigger date, frequency, and expiration dates to make sure your contracts get signed.

Zero Monthly Fees Per User + Unlimited Users

Let everyone on your team use the plugin, and create as many contracts as you want. No limits or hidden fees, ever.

Secure your contracts and rest easy. click here for a demo

Need Customer Support for ApproveMe’s WP ESign?

In an effort to provide better service and to prevent support tickets getting lost in the black hole of the internet, we aim to supply top notch support services through our website.

There is no support offered on the wordpress.org forum.

Log into your account to start a support ticket www.approveme.com/support and we will immediately help solve any problems you may have.

Do you have a non-support related question about ApproveMe’s WP E-Signature? Please feel free to contact us with with any pre-sale questions at our contact form page.

Here’s a resource we created to help you understand the importance of contract security:

Free ebook:
7 Ways to Protect Your Company from Contracts That Aren’t Binding

To see Fluent Forms to WP E-Signature in action see the demo video below:

Try Fluent Forms + WP E-Signature Demo Here

Additional Info

Additional important PDF capabilities and workflows for Electronic Signature Add-on for Fluent Forms

• Fully automate the signature collection procedure for your individual or small company
• Download a copy of the signed document from your website as a PDF
• Sync your Dropbox account with a Signed PDF
• Email yourself and the signer a copy of the PDF which is UETA/ESIGN compliant

Your own WordPress website stores and encrypts all documents (not a random third party site)

Find out more details about document security of the WP E-Signature here: Security UETA/E SIGN Protection

Free ebook:
7 Ways to Protect Your Company from Contracts That Aren’t Binding

An active WP E-Signature business license is necessary for the Fluent Forms Signature plugin to function. To get yours, you can simply buy a copy at (www.approveme.com)

Zero Monthly Expenses • UETA & ESIGN Compliant • Legally Binding • 100% Money Back Guarantee

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How Fluent Forms Digital Signature Pad Add-On by WP E-Signature Works:

The plugin for Fluent Forms is very simple to setup. With an active ApproveMe business license, you can instantly produce a legally binding (court accepted) contract utilizing completed Fluent Forms data and require your Fluent Forms submitter to add their signature on your WordPress E-Signature generated contract.

This plugin is amazing for Freelancers, Web Designers, Photographers and Small Business owners who want to simplify their contract generation process.

Get started by following these simple Fluent Forms WordPress E-Signature Plugin setup steps

Step 1:
ApproveMe’s WP E Signature requires a few more plugins/add-ons to help you release the full power and automate Fluent Forms as well as Digital Signatures that are legally binding. The following plugins are required:

1. Fluent Forms Lite
2. WP E Signature (Lifetime or Elite license)
3. esignature Business Pack (comes with your license above)
4. [Signature Add-On by ApproveMe](this plugin)

*An Lifetime or Elite license is required and can be purchased at www.approveme.com

Step 2:
Input your ApproveMe license
After you’ve purchased a business license from ApproveMe, you must input your new license key to launch upgrades and access technical support.

Log into your account to download your license key ApproveMe account here (your password is included in the receipt emailed to you)

Step 3:
Set up a blank WordPress page
Once the WP E-Signature plugins and add-ons have been installed and your configurations are saved, you must set up a blank WordPress webpage for every Stand Alone Document (or contract) you will be producing/sending to your form submitters.

Discover more about Stand Alone Documents by visiting this helpful article

Step 4:
Set up a Stand Alone Document
Using your new blank WordPress page, you will then need to produce a Stand Alone Document and then connect the WordPress page to our Stand Alone Document.

Find out more about Stand Alone Documents by visiting documentation page for this add-on.

Step 5:
(optional) Input Fluent Forms User Details into a Contract

This step will be different depending on the desired outcome you want. Approve Me’s Digital Signature is triggered once a WP Form is submitted. This add-on gives you the power to incorporate WP Form user info (which was inputted from the customer once the form was submitted) into a brand new contract form which will either be emailed to the customer or shown to the customer after they submit the form.

How to use Fluent Forms to add form fields details into a contract

Go to the Signer Input Fields/Custom Fields symbol and choose “WP Form Data”.

Choose the WP Form that you’ve already made (and want to link with your contract form) using the drop down option list.

Pick the field info you want to include in your new contract.

A shortcode is created using this data. Don’t worry — your customer will only see the real field value when signing your contract.

This is an example of the auto-generated shortcode which will get placed in the document you are producing when you select your desired field value from your WP Form.

[esig fluentform id=”3″ field_id=”1″ ]

You can easily transfer the shortcode to any place in your contract form. It will show the customer’s provided info anywhere the shortcode is found.

Step 6:
Select your document preferences and save settings

When you have inserted all of your required contract text and have linked your preferred Fluent Forms field data to your Stand Alone Document, you’re ready to choose your document settings.

Note: Before you can post your contract form, you also have to link your Stand Alone Document with the blank WordPress webpage you made previously for your contract. Do this by looking for and choosing the webpage from the “Display on this page” drop down option list found under the “Document Options” area. We decided NOT to include this page in your nav menu since it will be connected to a WP Form and will not work properly unless it has the field values of that submitted WP Form.

Step 7:
Almost there… (halfway done)
Once you’ve published your Stand Alone Document, you’re halfway done. In the next step you have to pick your “trigger” and “action” selections for this document in Fluent Forms.

Select LET’S GO NOW! to establish those final Fluent Forms preferences.

Step 8:
Finalize creating the WP Form workflow/trigger

We’re coming to the end! Now all you need to do is select your contract and your preferred actions once the workflow is activated.

Go to the “Forms” tab located in the WordPress control panel.

Select the form you attached to the Stand Alone Document.

Choose the “esignature” choice within the contact form options and specify the remaining options.

Now You’re done!

To see a live demo of the Fluent Forms to WP E-Signature by visiting:
Try Fluent Forms + WP E-Signature Demo Here

1. 

   Add New Document: Once you’ve installed the WP E-Signature, you will need to draft up a new “Stand Alone Document”

2. 

   Fluent Forms Data If you click the Signer Input Fields icon you will see the option “Fluent Forms Data.” Click this to connect a WP Form to this contact.

3. 

   Select Your Fluent Forms: If you already have your WP Form created you can easily insert dynamic field data (from the WP Form that is being submitted/triggering this contact) by selecting the WP Form.

4. 

   Choose Your Fluent Forms Fields: After selecting your WP Form you will see the available field options from this particular WP Form. You can easily insert data from your WP Form anywhere in this new contract.

5. 

   Document Signing Options (optional): The powerful WP E-Signature tool by ApproveMe features plenty of customizable options including: Signing reminder Emails, Attach PDF to emails, Dropbox Sync, Auto Register WordPress Users, and TONS more. To read all about the available add-on features (which come with the business license) please see: https://www.approveme.com/esign-integrations

6. 

   Connect Your Document to a Page:Once you’re satisfied with your contract, you will need to select a BLANK WordPress page to attach this document to.

7. 

   Click “LET’S GO NOW”:After you have published your contract, you just need to connect your Stand Alone Document to your WP Form. This is pretty straight forward. Just click the button “LET’S GO NOW!” to be redirected to the actions/trigger tab for your specific WP Form.

8. 

   Define Your Signing Logic: This is the page (inside of Fluent Forms) that needs to be customized. Please choose the Signer’s Full Name and the Signer’s Email address along with any other additional eSignature settings you’d like to include with your contract.

9. 

   User Submits a Fluent Forms Once a user submits the WP Form that you connected to your WP E-Signature contract, they will either be immediately redirected to the contract or emailed an unique invitation to sign their contract. All submitted details from Fluent Forms will be included.

10. 

    Review & eSign: Your users will review the contract before finalizing the contract with their signature.

11. 

    Select a Digital Signature:Signers can choose a typed or digital signature

12. 

    Agree & eSign: With their esignature, the customers agree to the terms of the document.

13. 

    View Signed Document Email:Signers will be sent an email that includes the link to the document (and a PDF version of the contract if you opted for this method).

14. 

    Save as PDF:Customers can either view, print or download their signed document from the website. To do this, they need to click “View Signed Document” in the email that was sent to them upon signing. (With the “Attach as PDF” add-on installed, you can also automatically include the signed contract as a PDF attachment in this email.)

15. 

    WordPress Audit Trail eSignature Certificate: Proving signer intent is a very important component to signing electronic documents. Every contract that is signed using WP E-Signature includes a detailed Signature Certificate. You can read all about the security of this report here.

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Version 1.1.4
FIX: Some minor bugs

Version 1.1.3
ADDED : PHP 8.2 compatibility
FIX: Some minor bugs

Version 1.1.2
FIX: Settings validation
FIX: Some minor issues

Version 1.1.1
FIX: Address field bug
FIX: Some minor bugs

Version 1.1.0
ADDED: Fluent Forms version 5.0.0 support
FIX: Php 8.1 compatibility issue
FIX: Private page assign issue
FIX: Some minor bugs

Version 1.0.9
FIX: Checkbox grid display issue
FIX: Some minor bugs

Version 1.0.8
FIX: Reminder interval validation issue
FIX: Some minor bugs

Version 1.0.7
FIX: Container field value display issue
FIX: Some minor bugs

Version 1.0.6
FIX: Name and email field assignment issue
FIX: Same label field display issue
FIX: Some minor bugs

Version 1.0.5
FIX: Signer reminder settings issue
FIX: Signer name issue
FIX : Some minor issues

Version 1.0.4
FIX: Allow other form data display with a filter
FIX: Fluent form signing reminder settings
FIX: Signer name issue
FIX : Some minor issues

Version 1.0.3
FIX: Redirect issue fix
FIX: Data display issue
FIX : Some minor issues

Version 1.0.2 – September, 14th, 2022
FIX: Updated URLs and YouTube video link

Version 1.0.1 – August, 16th, 2022
FIX: Updated plugin naming convention for WP repo compliance and clarity

Version 1.0.0 – August, 16th, 2022
Live version submitted to WordPress.org