Setting Up a Gated Content Form in Wordpond (Zapier Webhook Method)

Prerequisites

• Zapier Paid Plan (Professional or higher) — required for webhooks and multi-step Zaps.
  • A Wordpond form with at least two fields:
    • Email
    • Name (First or Full Name)
• Link to your white paper PDF or flipbook.
• Access to your email marketing service (recommended for production).

Step-by-Step Setup

Step 1 – Create Webhook Trigger

1. In Zapier: Create Zap → Webhooks by Zapier (Trigger) → Catch Hook.
2. Leave Child Key and Child Value blank.
3. Copy the Webhook URL into your Wordpond form settings.

Submit a test form — you’ll see something like:

fields value: email@example.com,John Smith,Acme Inc.

Step 2 – Convert String to Text

App: Formatter by Zapier → Utilities → Line Item to Text.

Input: fields value from Step 1.

This turns the single string into a format ready for splitting.

Step 3 – Extract Email

App: Formatter by Zapier → Text → Split Text.

Input: Output from Step 2.

Separator: ,

Segment Index: First

Output: email@example.com

Step 4 – Extract Name

App: Formatter by Zapier → Text → Split Text.

Input: Output from Step 2.

Separator: ,

Segment Index: Second

Output: John Smith

Step 5 – Send Test Email

App: Email by Zapier (For testing only — not for production).

To: Output from Step 3 (email).

IMPORTANT: Production Recommendation

For live campaigns, send the data to your email marketing service (Mailchimp, Sendgrid, ActiveCampaign, etc.) instead of Email by Zapier.

This ensures deliverability and sends from your own domain.

Use Email by Zapier only for setup/testing

Important Notes

Wordpond’s current webhook sends all field values as one string, so you must use Line Item to Text → Split Text to separate them.

This splitting will become a built-in feature in future Wordpond updates (to be announced soon).

If your form has only one value field, you can skip Steps 2–4 and map it directly in Zapier using the child element.