Forms and checkout, tested on the test copy before every risky update
2 min readBy the Verploy team
A page can look perfect and still be broken. The contact form sends nothing, the quote form gives an error, the checkout does not open. For a client, that is worse than a layout glitch: it costs them leads and orders, often for days before anyone notices.
What Verploy tests
- Forms from Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms and WPForms are really filled in and sent, and Verploy checks that the confirmation appears.
- WooCommerce: a product goes into the cart and the checkout page must open.
- This happens on the test copy, before the update and after it.
Safe by design
These tests never pay and never order. The test copy sends no email and blocks outgoing requests, so a test entry never reaches your CRM, a mailing tool or a payment provider. Forms with a captcha are skipped, because a captcha exists to stop exactly this kind of automated test.
What happens when a test fails
If a form or the checkout worked before the update and no longer works after it, Verploy holds the update back. Your live site is not touched, and you get a plain explanation of what failed.
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