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  • Custom Fields in Forms(Legacy)

    You can collect custom information about a contact using custom fields. As an example, add an "input" field in the form builder. Clicking the button will bring up the field UI where you can give your

  • What are opt-in status tags?

    What are they? Optin status tags are an easy way to reference a group of contacts with a certain opt-in status. These tags are set automatically upon installation, but you can change them if need be.

  • Adding custom tabs and fields to the contact screen

    Custom tabs and fields can be added to the contact screen using the plugins API and the contact meta DB. You can see and read how on our Github or using the same code below. <?php class My_Custom_Tab

  • Add an server cron-job: Cloudways

    If you are using Cloudways, the best way to set up a cron job is through the Cloudways cron manager. Create an external cron job on Cloudways After logging in to Cloudways, go to Applications. Select

  • WooCommerce: Compliance

    If you use our WooCommerce integration then you may want to allow your customers to receive emails from you (or not). We offer that with our integration and here is how to turn that on. When you have

  • Signed Contracts: Introduction

    Groundhogg Signed Contracts is an alternative to expensive digital signing platforms like DocuSign. Using this add-on your customers can sign digital contracts directly from your website. You can

  • Text Messaging (SMS): Introduction

    Groundhogg's amazing stacks provide access to SMS marketing along with email marketing. You can enable SMS marketing in Groundhogg by installing the SMS plugin on your website. You can download the

  • Why are My Contacts Unmarketable?

    What does Marketable/Unmarketable Mean? In Groundhogg, a contact can either be Marketable or Unmarketable. An Unmarktable contact will NOT receive any marketing from Groundhogg, while a Marketable

  • Intro to Replacement Codes

    You can personalize much of the customer experience by using replacement codes. Where Do I Use Replacements? Replacement codes merge in user data to whichever supported content you want, such as

  • Why Do I Need An SMTP Service?

    What is an SMTP service? An SMTP service is like a gateway. You send an email to this service and then they take care of delivering that email to the recipient. The SMTP service provides credibility

  • What Are Email Headers

    Acquainting oneself with email headers is advantageous for initiating email campaigns and ensuring the authenticity of messages before interacting with any embedded links, thereby reducing the risk

  • What is the List-Unsubscribe header?

    The List-Unsubscribe header will improve email deliverability as ISPs like Gmail and Outlook will recognize it as an email best practice. In Gmail, if you are a good sender, this will appear in your

  • Adding HTML Columns Inside Emails

    Sometimes the built-in elements of Groundhogg are not enough for creating the wondrous emails you want to create. That’s why Groundhogg comes with an HTML editor that users can use to edit the HTML

  • Error: Failure Reason: funnel_inactive: The funnel is not active.

    While investigating an error in the Groundhogg > Logs > Events Log, you might encounter Error Code: funnel_inactive and Error Message: the funnel is not active, even if the funnel is, in fact,

  • Adding custom code to Groundhogg

    The best place to add custom code in Groundhogg is in a custom plugin, that way you can deactivate it if you make a mistake or your code stops working. Download our example plugin from Github and

  • Action: Send Email

    If you want an email to be sent right after something happens then you can use Send Email to have any email be sent. What you want to do, is add Send Email to the funnel, by dragging it from the

  • Searching Funnels

    Funnels are sorted into three categories. Active Inactive Archived The search box searches each category separately. Active Funnels - When hovering over the title in the list view additional menu

  • eLearnCommerce Integration: Introduction

    eLearnCommerce is a top-tier LMS (Learning Management System) that allows you to turn your WordPress website into a learning portal for your customers. With Groundhogg's eLearnCommerce integration,

  • Meta Replacement Codes

    Groundhogg can store additional information associated with contacts as metadata. To display metadata you can use replacement codes, for example: {profile_picture} or {note} You can find the

  • SMTP: Introduction

    The SMTP extension plugin allows you to use the SMTP server to send emails through Groundhogg. To get started with this service, you need to go to Groundhogg's website and download the SMTP plugin,

  • Action: Loop

    If you would like to have a series of actions repeated you can use the Loop action What you want to do, is add Loop to the funnel, by dragging it from the right-hand side over to the list of steps.

  • Text Messaging (SMS): Create a custom SMS integration

    Want to add your own custom SMS integration? You can do that. Copy the code below and add it to a custom plugin file on your site. Once you add the code your custom SMS service will show in the SMS

  • groundhogg/{object_type}/post_update

    This hook is one of the core hooks of Groundhogg. This hook is executed when an updated operation completed. This hook accepts object type in it so it will run for that specific object only.

  • groundhogg/{object_type}/pre_update

    This hook is one of the core hooks of Groundhogg. This hook is executed before the update operation in the database. This hook accepts object type in it so it will run for that specific object only.

  • Add To Calendar

    This simple utility plugin will generate Google Calendar event links. You can download this add-on from the Groundhogg website or as part of a plan and install it on your website. After

  • GiveWP Integration: Benchmarks

    GiveWP has one benchmark. This benchmark is used to automate funnels and send automated emails based on the contact's actions. Before using this benchmark you will want to create a donation form in

  • Action: Create User

    If you would like to have the funnel create a user What you want to do is add Create User to the funnel, by dragging it from the right-hand side over to the list of steps. You can put it anywhere in

  • SMTP: Why you shouldn't send email with G-Suite/Gmail!

    Sending email with GSuite is NOT RECOMMENDED, Gsuite is an excellent mailbox tool, but it is NOT an SMTP service (even though it has one). Problems with GSuite: Poor deliverability, your emails will

  • Contacts: Profile Picture

    The Contact's profile picture by default is using the WordPress Gravatar. If the Contact has a User associated with it and has Gravatar this will be displayed in the Contact record. 3 ways to change

  • Modify or remove the '[name] from Somewhere Sunny'.

    The Social Proof extensions will usually output the Contact's first name from Contact's City and Contact's State/Region. If there is no city or state/region it will default to Somewhere Sunny. To

  • Tutorials: Creating Lead Distribution Funnels

    Does your organization have more than one department or multiple salespeople? Would you like to be able to have more control over who your notification emails are going to? Try following this Lead

  • Action: Remove Tag

    If you would like to remove tag(s) to the contact who is at this point in the funnel. What you want to do, is add Remove Tag to the funnel, by dragging it from the right-hand side over to the list of

  • White Label Branding: Shipping custom funnel and email templates

    With the White Label Branding addon, you can ship custom funnel and email templates to your clients' sites! Prerequisites Before you can start shipping your custom templates, you'll need... An Agency

  • What cookies does Groundhogg create?

    Groundhogg uses cookies to provide essential functionality to the end-user and ensure complete and correct customer journeys. Below is a list of cookies that Groundhogg creates to create better and

  • What to do when extension aren't updating?

    When you get the "download failed: unauthorized" message when trying to update it means 1 of 2 things The license is invalid, you need to renew or upgrade In this case, you need to log into your

  • REST API / Authentication

    The REST API Supports three different methods of authentication at this point in time. Groundhogg API Keys WordPress Application Passwords WordPress REST Nonce Groundhogg API Keys To use an API key

  • Troubleshooting: Why can't I activate my WaaS license on subsites?

    If you have a WaaS license, you only need to activate it on the main site of the network. Then, you install the white label plugin which comes with your license and all of the subsites will be

  • White Label Branding: Introduction

    Use your custom brand instead of "Groundhogg." The White Label addon is part of the Agency plan or WaaS plan. The White Label Branding addon will allow you to re-brand Groundhogg and all its

  • Booking Calendar: Use a custom form for bookings

    Groundhogg Booking Calendar provides functionality to create a custom form that the user needs to fill while booking an appointment. Booking Calendar uses the Groundhogg form to achieve this task.

  • Action: Create Task

    This action will create a task for the contact. What you want to do, is add Create Task to the funnel, by dragging it from the right-hand side over to the list of steps. You can put it anywhere in

  • SMTP: Connect to Zoho

    If you plan to use Zoho to send out emails follow the steps below. To get started with this service, you need to go to Groundhogg's website and download the SMTP plugin, or get it as part of the

  • Booking Calendar: Frontend design and display

    There are a few elements of the frontend design of the calendar which you can influence. The logo The calendar logo is pulled directly from your Theme's settings if your theme provides support for

  • BuddyBoss Integration: Sync Members with Groundhogg

    The Pro or above Groundhogg plan has integration with BuddyBoss so you will need that paid plan or above in order to get the integration. If you have used BuddyBoss in the past and started to use

  • SendGrid Integration: Create webhook event listener

    SendGrid can send events to your WordPress site which will inform Groundhogg if an email bounced or was marked as spam so that Groundhogg will no longer send emails to problematic contacts. The

  • Email Blocks: Footer

    Footer Block Tab Footer Alignment(Left, Center, Right) Font Style Font(The globe gives you access to the global type settings, and the pencil edits specific Font Family, Font Size, Line Height, Font

  • Why are Emails Going to Spam?

    Email is a tricky business. Email service providers like Gmail and Yahoo are constantly tweaking their algorithms to ensure users only see relevant emails in their inbox. Here are some things you can

  • Email Countdown Timer: Introduction

    The Email Countdown Timer is an excellent addition to Groundhogg’s email builder. This add-on allows you to add engaging countdown timers in your emails in a split second. Adding this add-on brings

  • Action: Admin Notification

    If you would like to have an email sent to Contact, Contact Owner, or Administrator as one of the steps in a funnel you can use the Admin Notification action What you want to do, is add Admin

  • Sales Pipeline: Managing Products

    It is possible to arbitrarily add products to a deal, however, if you want to introduce consistency in both name and price of products, you can add a central product list to each pipeline which will

  • forms.app Forms Integration

    forms.app is an accessible online form builder that streamlines the creation of personalized forms, including surveys, contact forms, and registration forms. This comprehensive guide demonstrates how