# Add a form to your Joomla site

**Works through the script embed.** Checked on Joomla 6.2.0, November 2026. No extension needed.

Your form goes in an article, or in a custom module if it should show on several pages. Who saves it matters most here,
since Joomla removes scripts for everyone but Super Users by default.

## Before you start

[Publish your form](/guides/add-a-form/), then on the **Publish** tab, choose **Embed** and copy the code. It looks like this,
with your own form's address:

```html
<script
  src="https://forms.formerie.com/embed.js"
  data-formerie-form="fm_t77txbvg43nmar"
></script>
```

You need a Super User account. See [what goes wrong](#what-can-go-wrong) for other groups.

## Add it to an article

1. Go to **Content**, then **Articles**, and choose **New**, or open an article.
2. Fill in **Title**.
3. Under **Article Text**, choose **Toggle Editor** to get a plain text box, and paste your code.
4. Choose **Toggle Editor** again.
5. Choose **Save & Close**.

The editor may wrap the tag in a paragraph. That's fine, and the form still draws.

## Or show it on several pages

1. Go to **Content**, then **Site Modules**, and choose **New**, then **Custom**.
2. Fill in **Title**, and paste your code as in the steps above, with **Toggle Editor**.
3. Choose a **Position** from your template, such as `sidebar-right`.
4. On the **Menu Assignment** tab, choose where it shows, such as **On all pages**.
5. Choose **Save & Close**.

## Check it arrived

Open the page while signed out, fill out the form and submit it. It says it was received, and the answers show on the
form's **Submissions** tab.

That's a real submission, so your recipients get the email. On your own computer, at an address with a port such as
`http://localhost:8080`, it's stored as a test instead, and the form says so. To try the form on any other address
without reaching them, use a [try link](/guides/test-your-form/#share-a-try-link).

## What can go wrong

| What you see | Why | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The article is empty after saving | A Manager, or someone else who isn't a Super User, saved it. Joomla's default text filters remove the script | Have a Super User save it, or change the group under **Text Filters** in **Global Configuration** |
| The module saved, and nothing shows | It has no **Position**, or the page isn't in **Menu Assignment** | Set both |

## Limits

- It needs JavaScript in the visitor's browser.
- Your template's styles don't reach the form. Change its look in Formerie.
- A form has one language. For a second language, make a second form, and use it in that language's article or module.
- This was checked with the Cassiopeia template and the TinyMCE editor. Other editors, and security extensions that
  filter output, weren't checked.

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