Test your form before going live
A quick checklist to confirm submissions, emails and redirects work before you publish.
You can test a Formclick form anywhere, including localhost and a file opened straight from your computer. Run through these checks before you share the page.
- 1
Send a realistic test
Fill in every field with real-looking data and your own email address, then press Send. Avoid placeholder text full of links; it can trip the spam filter.
- 2
Check the dashboard
The submission should appear in Submissions within seconds. If it is in the Spam tab instead, mark it Not spam and see Spam tab & false positives.
- 3
Check your inbox
The notification email should arrive shortly after. Nothing there? Follow Emails going to spam?.
- 4
Check the visitor experience
With
formclick.min.jsyou should see the success message inline; without it, the Formclick confirmation page. If you set a redirect, make sure it lands on the right page. - 5
Try a file (if your form has uploads)
Attach a small file and confirm it is linked in the submission. Files must be under 5 MB. See File uploads.
Things that look like bugs while testing
| What you see | Why |
|---|---|
| The second identical test never arrives | Identical data from the same visitor within 2 minutes is treated as a duplicate. Change a field and try again. |
| “Too many submissions. Please try again later.” | Each IP can send 5 submissions per form every 10 minutes. Wait a few minutes. |
| No autoresponder email | Autoresponders are only sent for submissions from a public website, not from localhost. |
| Redirect ignored on the Free plan | Free plans can only redirect within the same website the form is on. |
| “Configuration error: a valid Formclick access key is required…” | The hidden access_key field is missing or wrong. Copy it again from the Connect tab. |