Title: Basic Form Block
Last modified: March 8, 2021

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# Basic Form Block

 *  [deborah86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deborah86/)
 * (@deborah86)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-form-block/)
 * The form element is already an HTML element. Yet, WordPress does not have a form
   block in its core. I would love to see a basic form block added so a plugin is
   not needed.

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-form-block/#post-14147950)
 * That does not make sense, because you always need some code to handle the data
   entered in a form.
 *  Thread Starter [deborah86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deborah86/)
 * (@deborah86)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-form-block/#post-14150582)
 * What additional code would be needed to handle the data besides a simple php 
   script?
 * WordPress has all of the funcitionality built into it already to handle this.
   The developers would need to just create the form block. Maybe there is something
   I am missing.
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-form-block/#post-14151432)
 * You have to sanitize the data before use, and the data could be any type.
    And
   if the data is to be stored (any type — where does it go?), you have to be able
   to retrieve it and do something with it (any type). Each form would have different
   fields and different use of those fields. It’s not something that can be done
   generically, so while you think it would be “a simple php script”, it is definitely
   not.
 *  Thread Starter [deborah86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deborah86/)
 * (@deborah86)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-form-block/#post-14177019)
 * I don’t know the complexities of creating a block. Adding a form to a WordPress
   page or post requires a simple PHP script and the creation of a template. The
   script isn’t that more complex when adding additional fields.
 * WordPress.com already offers a [basic form block](https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/form-block/).
   Why can’t this feature be added to WordPress.org?
 * It seems like WordPress.com was able to create this block.
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-form-block/#post-14177254)
 * Yes, they created a plugin to add that Form block, which is limited in what input
   fields it has.
    There are many plugins available to add more blocks. Core WP 
   does not need to contain every block. There is a 80/20 rule that is used to gauge
   whether something should be in core. WP is blog software, and set up to handle
   and store comments, per page. Anything additional can easily be done by a plugin.
 * Since you say you don’t know the complexities of creating a block, let me enlighten
   you on this one. It is **not** “a simple PHP script and a template”. It is quite
   complicated and mostly Javascript.
 *  Thread Starter [deborah86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deborah86/)
 * (@deborah86)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-form-block/#post-14187694)
 * I don’t understand why WordPress asks for feedback and suggestions if you are
   not open to feedback and suggestions. I am just making a simple request to bring
   functionality that is already in WordPress.com to WordPress.org.
 * The feature is already available without a plugin on the WordPress.com website.
   Why is it such a big deal to make it available to everyone in the core? I don’t
   understand why the 80/20 rule applies to WordPress.org but not WordPress.com.
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-form-block/#post-14190409)
 * > I don’t understand why WordPress asks for feedback and suggestions if you are
   > not open to feedback and suggestions.
 * It’s not that we are not open to it, it’s that this forum is just a filter so
   we can direct you to the appropriate place, because the developers don’t have
   time for that.
 * > The feature is already available without a plugin on the WordPress.com website.
 * No, a limited version is available by using a plugin on the wordpress.com site.
 * >  I don’t understand why the 80/20 rule applies to WordPress.org but not WordPress.
   > com.
 * They are totally separate organizations. The WP developers use the 80/20 rule
   to keep core efficient.

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 * In: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
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 * Last reply from: [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-form-block/#post-14190409)
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