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title: How to Set Form Scheduling and Restriction Settings in WordPress?
description: "In [Paymattic](https://paymattic.com/), the Scheduling settings option allows you to restrict the number of total form submissions, schedule the form to be active at a specific time range, and set mandatory login requirements. This article will guide you through the process…"
url: "https://paymattic.com/docs/how-to-set-form-scheduling-and-restriction-settings-in-wordpress-with-paymattic/"
updated: "2024-11-18"
category: Form Settings
---

# How to Set Form Scheduling and Restriction Settings in WordPress?

In [Paymattic](https://paymattic.com/), the Scheduling settings option allows you to restrict the number of total form submissions, schedule the form to be active at a specific time range, and set mandatory login requirements. This article will guide you through the process of Scheduling and Restricting Forms in Paymattic. 

## Scheduling & Restricting Form Submissions

To learn how to schedule forms and restrict/limit the amount of form submissions/entries, follow the steps with the screenshots below –

First, go to the **All Forms**section from the **Pymattic Navbar,**choosea**Form,**and click the **Pencil/Edit** icon to open the **Editor** page of that form.

If you do not have any existing forms, read this [Create a Form from Scratch](https://paymattic.com/docs/how-to-create-a-form-from-scratch-with-paymattic/) or [Create a Form using Templates](https://paymattic.com/docs/simple-form-templates/) documentation to create one.

For example, I choose an existing form to show the whole process.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1.-Open-desired-form-7-scaled.webp)

Once you open the **Editor** page, go to the **Settings** tab from the left sidebar, and you will get the **Scheduling**settingsoption to schedule or restrict form submissions.

After completing the setup, click the **Save Settings**button to save all your changes.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2.-Scheduling-option-under-General-Settings-Tab-scaled.webp)

**All the settings options of Scheduling mentioned above are explained below – **

### A. Form Status

Enable this option if you want the ability to change the status of your forms to either active or inactive.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/3.-Form-Status.webp)

### B. Maximum Number of Entries

Enable this option if you want to set a number to restrict/limit the form submissions for a specific form. It will deactivate the form submissions after the set number of entries has already been submitted. 

You can set the limit based on submission type ( Paid, Processing, Pending, Failed, Refunded, or Abandoned) for a pre-defined time interval (Per Day, Week, Month, Year, or Total Entries).

You can also put a custom message that will be shown to users when the form exceeds the maximum number of submissions.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/4.-Maximum-Number-of-Entries.webp)

### C. Form Scheduling

Enable this option if you want to specify a time when the form is active. The system will maintain the scheduling based on the server time. 

You can define the **Submission Starts Date** and **Submission End Date**. Put a custom message in the **Form Waiting Message** field to be displayed before the form is active.

You can also set a**Form Expired Message** to be shown when the form submission time is over.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/5.-Form-Scheduling.webp)

### D. Limit by Payments

Enable this option if you want to **Limit** the number of form entries allowed for this form. The form will become inactive when that number is reached.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/6.-Limit-by-payments.webp)

### E. Login Requirement Settings

Toggle the switch to make login requirements mandatory for users to fill up the form. 

- **Require Login Message**: Enter a message to be displayed to users who are not logged in (shortcodes and HTML are supported).

- **Form Display option when restriction is met**: Here you can set the form status when a restriction is met. You can select one of the three choices such as **hide** **the** **form**, **hide** **the** **submit** **button**, or **make** **form** **validation fail** **after** **submission**.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/7.-Login-Requirement-Settings.webp)

This is how to set Form Scheduling & Restriction Settings in Paymattic!
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