Global Settings

October 26, 2026
Settings & Tools
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Updated October 27, 2026

FormGlut › Global Settings holds the options that apply to every form. Each form can override many of them in its own Form Settings. Click Save settings after making changes.

General

SettingWhat it does
Default form statusThe status a new form gets: Active, Draft or Closed. Only Active forms show on the site.
Store form submissionsSaves every submission in Entries. A form can override this.

Email notifications

SettingWhat it does
Admin notification emailReceives every submission. Separate several addresses with commas. Empty uses the WordPress admin email.
Sender nameThe “From” name. Empty uses the site title.
Sender emailThe “From” address. Use an address on your own domain. Empty lets WordPress choose.
Email subject templateSmart tags work here, e.g. {form_name}, {entry_id} or {field:FIELD_ID}.

Messages

SettingWhat it does
Success messageShown after a successful submission. Smart tags work here.
Error messageShown when a submission cannot be saved or a captcha check fails.

Spam protection

Enable honeypot adds a hidden field that bots fill in. Those submissions are dropped quietly. See Spam Protection and Privacy.

Captcha

Create keys in each provider’s dashboard and paste them here:

  • Google reCAPTCHA: Version (v3 invisible or v2 checkbox), Site key, Secret key, Minimum score (v3) and Protect every form.
  • hCaptcha: site key and secret key.
  • Cloudflare Turnstile: site key and secret key.

Payments

Stripe: Stripe mode (Test or Live), Stripe currency, and the test and live publishable and secret keys. Find the keys in the Stripe Dashboard under Developers › API keys. See Stripe Payments.

Integrations

Mailchimp: your API key. Create it in Mailchimp under Profile › Extras › API keys › Create A Key, then pick the audience in each form’s settings.

Appearance

SettingWhat it does
Form accent colorThe color of the forms on your site: submit and step buttons, the glow around a field you click into, checked choices, progress bars and toggles. A submit button with its own color keeps it.
Admin accent colorThe color of the FormGlut admin screens: buttons, menus, tabs and highlights.

Click Reset to default under a color to go back to FormGlut’s pink (#e94560).

Advanced

Delete data on uninstall removes all forms, entries, uploaded files, logs and settings when the plugin is deleted (not just deactivated).

This cannot be undone. Export your forms and entries from Data & Logs before deleting the plugin.