{"id":190,"date":"2017-04-13T14:10:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T14:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/support.gaconnector.com\/?p=190"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:45:33","slug":"free-trial-setup-instructions-for-gravity-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/free-trial-setup-instructions-for-gravity-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Setup Instructions for Gravity Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;blockquote&quot;,{}]\">The instructions below apply to\u00a0<strong>Cookie-Based integration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;blockquote&quot;,{}]\">If you are using\u00a0<strong>API-Based integration<\/strong>, simply add the GA Connector script to your main website. No additional steps are required.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;blockquote&quot;,{}]\">Not sure which instructions to follow? Start here:\u00a0<strong><a class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/how-to-check-which-ga-connector-integration-type-youre-using\/\">How to Check Which GA Connector Integration Type You\u2019re Using<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><em>Add Google Analytics data to Gravity Forms with GA Connector&#8217;s Gravity Forms integration.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>GA Connector has a WordPress plugin, which allows to skip several steps and integrate Gravity Forms without writing a single line of code.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how to install and configure this plugin:<\/p>\n<p>1. Download the plugin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/download\/wordpress\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2. Go to your WordPress admin panel &#8211; Plugins &#8211; Add New.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-160\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/c1d1f2c986791d1b99076855086c99f6-296x300.png\" alt=\"Add new plugin\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/c1d1f2c986791d1b99076855086c99f6-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/c1d1f2c986791d1b99076855086c99f6.png 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click &#8220;Upload Plugin&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-161 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ac25b8adb517d994ecfa58db5f6bf3f5-300x152.png\" alt=\"Gravity forms plugin\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ac25b8adb517d994ecfa58db5f6bf3f5-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ac25b8adb517d994ecfa58db5f6bf3f5.png 524w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Choose file ga-connector-wordpress-plugin.zip (downloaded during step #1) and click &#8220;Install now&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-162 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/23a61e2f23ab9282c615d60e99b79cf6-300x97.png\" alt=\"GA Connector plugin\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/23a61e2f23ab9282c615d60e99b79cf6-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/23a61e2f23ab9282c615d60e99b79cf6-768x248.png 768w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/23a61e2f23ab9282c615d60e99b79cf6-700x226.png 700w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/23a61e2f23ab9282c615d60e99b79cf6.png 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Click &#8220;Activate Plugin&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-163 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/799e23259444465c5857f137f8935240-300x156.png\" alt=\"Gravity forms Activate plugin\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/799e23259444465c5857f137f8935240-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/799e23259444465c5857f137f8935240.png 518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6. Click Forms &#8211; Forms in your WordPress admin panel menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-192 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/f864b7453ddd8ca5fc26d2b1c7a10b3f-300x271.png\" alt=\"Gravity form forms 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/f864b7453ddd8ca5fc26d2b1c7a10b3f-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/f864b7453ddd8ca5fc26d2b1c7a10b3f.png 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. Find and click on the form that you want to start tracking.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-193 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/d7bae43f679a87edf1196ad94c333a61-300x223.png\" alt=\"Gravity form forms\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/d7bae43f679a87edf1196ad94c333a61-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/d7bae43f679a87edf1196ad94c333a61-700x520.png 700w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/d7bae43f679a87edf1196ad94c333a61.png 748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>8. Now we need to add hidden fields that will store the tracking information about your leads.<\/p>\n<p>To add a hidden field, click &#8220;Hidden&#8221; on the top right:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3169\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gravity-forms-standard-fields.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gravity-forms-standard-fields.jpg 464w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gravity-forms-standard-fields-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gravity-forms-standard-fields-30x60.jpg 30w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gravity-forms-standard-fields-75x150.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>9. Now we need to add hidden fields that will store the tracking information about your leads. Refer to the table below. You can add only what you need.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-7\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-7\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Label<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Input ID<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Label<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Input ID<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>All Traffic Sources <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_all_traffic_sources<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Last Click Campaign<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_lc_campaign<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Browser<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_browser<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Last Click Channel<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_lc_channel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>City (from IP address)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_city<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Last Click Content<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_lc_content<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Country (from IP address)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_country<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Last Click Landing Page<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_lc_landing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>First Click Campaign<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_fc_campaign<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Last Click Medium<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_lc_medium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>First Click Channel<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_fc_channel<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Last Click Referrer<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_lc_referrer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>First Click Content<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_fc_content<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Last Click Source<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_lc_source<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>First Click Landing Page<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_fc_landing<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Last Click Term<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_lc_term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>First Click Medium <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_fc_medium<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Last Click Timestamp<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_lc_timestamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>First Click Referrer<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_fc_referrer<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Longitude<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_longitude<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>First Click Source<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_fc_source<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Latitude<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_latitude<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>First Click Term<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_fc_term<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Number of Website Visits<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_page_visits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>First Click Timestamp<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_fc_timestamp<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Operating System<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_OS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Google Analytics CID<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_GA_Client_ID<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Device<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_device<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Google Analytics Measurement ID<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_GA_Measurement_ID<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Region<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_region<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Google Analytics Session ID<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_GA_Session_ID<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Pages Visited <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_pages_visited_list<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Google Click Identifier<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_gclid<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Time Spent on Website <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_time_passed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>IP Address<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">gaconnector_ip_address<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Time Zone <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">gaconnector_time_zone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-7 from cache -->\n<p>GA Connector is able to add UTM information, geolocation, referral information to your Gravity Forms submissions.<\/p>\n<p>10. Set the hidden field&#8217;s Label to the GA Connector Label and the Default Value to the appropriate GA Connector ID<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3225 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gravity-forms-hidden-fields.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gravity-forms-hidden-fields.jpg 461w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gravity-forms-hidden-fields-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gravity-forms-hidden-fields-39x60.jpg 39w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/gravity-forms-hidden-fields-98x150.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>11. Update your form after adding all the hidden field you need.<\/p>\n<p>Viola! Now your form is being tracked! Your Gravity Forms entries should contain the tracking information about your visitors inside the fields you just created:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-201 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/f8921c549ff104f26a4bcc716fe5e646-286x300.png\" alt=\"Gravity forms hidden fields\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/f8921c549ff104f26a4bcc716fe5e646-286x300.png 286w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/f8921c549ff104f26a4bcc716fe5e646-700x733.png 700w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/f8921c549ff104f26a4bcc716fe5e646.png 714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Here is how you can use these fields:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Send them to your CRM as a part of the form submission (see <a href=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/how-to-connect-ga-connector-with-zoho-crm-add-on-for-gravity-forms\/\">this instruction for Zoho CRM<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Send them to your email marketing software.<\/li>\n<li>Add them to the email that is being sent after each form submission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The instructions below apply to\u00a0Cookie-Based integration. If you are using\u00a0API-Based integration, simply add the GA Connector script to your main website. No additional steps are required. Not sure which instructions to follow? Start here:\u00a0How to Check Which GA Connector Integration Type You\u2019re Using. Add Google Analytics data to Gravity Forms with GA Connector&#8217;s Gravity Forms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3733,"href":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/3733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}