Caldera Forms – Zoho CRM Integration Plugin Gets An Upgrade

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By Garth Glaum

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The Plugin

LightSpeed developed integration software for WordPress that enables you to capture leads and contacts from any Caldera Forms form that your website is using, and send them to your Zoho CRM account.

We have recently upgraded this Caldera Zoho CRM Integration Plugin to support the newly released Zoho API 2.0. The most notable changes in the API is the use of JSON for requests, and the use of the OAuth 2.0 protocol for authentication. For a more detailed list visit the Zoho website. At the same time, we prepared the plugin for release to WordPress.org, and the plugin is now freely available for download there.

Although the plugin is free, LightSpeed will offer premium paid support if you require assistance with the installation and configuration. Our documentation should contain everything that you need to get started.

How It Works

The plugin adds the form processor options to all forms, but the first step is to create the Zoho Client App, which connects your Zoho Account and WordPress website. Detailed instruction for this step is in our plugin documentation and also on the Zoho’s help pages.

After that, the Caldera Forms functionality that we all know and love is used to add the Zoho processor (Contact, Lead, Task or Deal).

Screenshot of adding Zoho processors in Caldera Forms.
Adding Zoho processors to your form.

After you’ve added your processor you need to map the fields in Zoho to your Caldera Form fields using magic tags.

screenshot of the process of mapping Zoho fields to Caldera Forms fields
Mapping Zoho fields to Caldera Forms fields.

About LightSpeed

LightSpeed Development is a WordPress development agency based in Woodstock, Cape Town. The company has developed the LSX Theme and associated extensions which add functionality for creating simple, yet beautiful websites. Recently we built in Gutenberg compatibility, and have developed the LSX Blocks plugin soon to be available on WordPress.org.

2 thoughts on “Caldera Forms – Zoho CRM Integration Plugin Gets An Upgrade”

  1. Hi, Is this plugin still being supported? I am interested in using this but want to check to see if it is still being maintained? Thank you!

    1. Hi Laura,
      Yes we do still support this plugin, many of our WordPress clients use this plugin. The most recent update was to the Zoho API v2.0 last year.
      Regards,
      Garth

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