Volunteer Application — Forminator Template

Includes: First name, last name, email, phone, city, state, ZIP, education, skills, availability.

Our mission with NonprofitPress is to make the web accessible and available to everyone – especially the organizations that impact our communities. Even if you have your own WordPress-powered website, you can take advantage of this Volunteer Application template with the free Forminator plugin! Jump to the template

Demo

Here’s what the Volunteer Application will look like – apply a style preset or customize to match your theme.

With Forminator, you can integrate this form with your email marketing list, Google Sheet, Zapier, and much more!

Use the Template

Step 1: Install Forminator

If you’re on NonprofitPress, good news! Forminator Pro is pre-installed and activated.

For DIY sites and those hosted elsewhere, head over to Plugins > Add New, and search for Forminator. Tap the button to install, then activate the plugin.

Step 2: Import the Template

Go to the Forms dashboard and tap the Import button at the top of the page.

Copy the snippet below and paste into the popup:

It looks scary, but we promise it’s easy! Tap the button in the top-right corner to copy the text below, then paste it into the popup in Forminator.

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Doe","prefix":"","fname":"true","mname":"","lname":"true","required_message":"Name is required.","prefix_required_message":"Prefix is required.","fname_required_message":"First Name is required.","mname_required_message":"Middle Name is required.","lname_required_message":"Last Name is required.","layout_columns":"2","required":"1","multiple_name":"true","fname_required":"1","lname_required":"1"},{"id":"email-1","element_id":"email-1","form_id":"wrapper-3836-6568","parent_group":"","type":"email","options":[],"cols":"6","conditions":[],"wrapper_id":"wrapper-3836-6568","validation":"","placeholder":"E.g. [email protected]","field_label":"Email Address","required":"1"},{"id":"phone-1","element_id":"phone-1","form_id":"wrapper-3836-6568","parent_group":"","type":"phone","options":[],"cols":"6","conditions":[],"wrapper_id":"wrapper-3836-6568","required":"1","limit":"10","limit_type":"characters","validation":"standard","field_label":"Phone","placeholder":"E.g. +1 300 400 5000","phone_national_country":"us"},{"id":"address-1","element_id":"address-1","form_id":"wrapper-1143-9759","parent_group":"","type":"address","options":[],"cols":"12","conditions":[],"wrapper_id":"wrapper-1143-9759","street_address":"","address_city":"true","address_state":"true","address_zip":"true","address_country":"","address_line":"","street_address_label":"Street Address","street_address_placeholder":"E.g. 42 Wallaby Way","address_city_label":"City","address_city_placeholder":"E.g. Framingham","address_state_label":"State/Province","address_state_placeholder":"E.g. MA","address_zip_label":"ZIP / Postal Code","address_zip_placeholder":"E.g. 01702","address_country_label":"Country","address_line_label":"Apartment, suite, etc","street_address_required_message":"This field is required. Please enter the street address.","address_zip_required_message":"This field is required. Please enter the zip code.","address_country_required_message":"This field is required. Please select the country.","address_city_required_message":"This field is required. Please enter the city.","address_state_required_message":"This field is required. Please enter the state.","address_line_required_message":"This field is required. 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Copy and save the link or enter your email address below to have the link sent to your mail.</p><p>These fields weren't saved to your submission draft: Paypal, Stripe, Signature, Password, Captcha, and Upload. 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Step 3: Customize and Publish

Customize any of the fields in your newly-imported form, rewrite the confirmation message and/or email notification, and publish! You can now put this form on any page or post in your site!

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