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title: Conditional Shortcodes in Fluent Forms
description: "Fluent Forms allows you to show or hide content dynamically based on user selections using **conditional shortcodes**. These shortcodes can be applied in **Form Confirmations, Email Notifications, and PDF Documents**, making your forms more interactive and personalized. This article explains…"
url: "https://fluentforms.com/docs/conditional-shortcodes-in-fluent-forms/"
updated: "2025-06-18"
category: Shortcode
---

# Conditional Shortcodes in Fluent Forms

Fluent Forms allows you to show or hide content dynamically based on user selections using **conditional shortcodes**. These shortcodes can be applied in **Form Confirmations, Email Notifications, and PDF Documents**, making your forms more interactive and personalized.

This article explains each available conditional shortcode and how they function within Fluent Forms.

> You need the **Fluent Forms Pro** version to use conditional shortcodes.

## How to use Conditional Shortcode

If you want to show a message based on user input, you can use a simple shortcode like this:

```
[ff_if]

    Whatever you want to show if the conditions matched.

[/ff_if]
```

![Conditional shortcode 01 scaled 50120](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Conditional-shortcode-01-scaled.webp)

There are three key parameters when using conditional shortcodes-

- Field 
- Condition
- Value

#### Field 

The **field** parameter is required to define which form input should be checked. You need to grab the field name and include it in the shortcode like this:

```
[ff_if field="input_radio"]

    Whatever you want to show if the conditions matched.

[/ff_if]
```

For example,  you have a radio button field and want to show a message only when the user selects **"Yes"**, you can write-

```
[ff_if field="input_radio" is="equal" to="yes"]
    Glad to hear that you loved our product!
[/ff_if]
```

If the user selects **"No"**, a different message will appear:

```
[ff_if field="input_radio" is="equal" to="no"]
    Thanks for using our product. We are working on improvement.
[/ff_if]
```

#### Conditions

The second parameter is Condition. You can set different types of conditions such as-

| Condition | Description |
| --- | --- |
| equal | Matches exactly |
| not_equal | Does not match |
| greater_than | Checks if the value is more than given number |
| less_than | Checks if the value is less than given number |
| greater_or_equal | Checks if the value is more than or equal to given number |
| less_or_equal | Checks if the value is less than or equal to given numbe |
| starts_with | Checks if text starts with a certain word |
| ends_with | Checks if text ends with a certain word |
| contains | Checks if text includes a word or phrase |
| not_contains | Checks if text does NOT include a word |

You need to use **is=**”**Your Condition Here**”, let’s take the first one as an example; at this stage, our shortcodes will be:

```
[ff_if field="input_radio" is="equal"]

    Whatever you want to show if the conditions matched.

[/ff_if]
```

#### Value

The value parameter defines what the field should be compared against. Add it using to="Your Value Here".

The value needs to be added like this**to=”Your Value Here”.**

Suppose our radio field has two values, which is ‘**ABC**’ and ‘**XYZ**’. Suppose I want to take the value if the user has selected ‘**ABC**’, we have to write the shortcode value in small letters so the final shortcode will be-

```
[ff_if field="input_radio" is="equal" to="abc"]

    Whatever you want to show if the conditions matched.

[/ff_if]
```

![show value 02 50120](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/show-value-02.webp)

You can use as many conditions as you want. For example, if you want to show different messages based on user feedback:

```
[ff_if field="feedback" is="equal" to="great"]
    Thank you for your positive feedback!
[/ff_if]
```

```
[ff_if field="feedback" is="equal" to="okay"]
    Thanks for your response! Let us know how we can improve.
[/ff_if]
```

```
[ff_if field="feedback" is="equal" to="bad"]
    We're sorry to hear that. We'll work to improve!
[/ff_if]
```

### Nested Condition

Sometimes, you may want to **check two conditions** at the same time. You can do this using **nested shortcodes**.

You need to use the other 3 parameters (**field**, **is**, **to**) as mentioned earlier.

An example of a nested conditional shortcode is below –

Suppose, in addition to our earlier logic, if the user selected ‘**yes**’, and if he/she gave us a review **greater than 2**, we want to show a text to that user.

So after using the field name field**=”ratings”**, conditions is=”**greater_than**” and value to=”**2**″ to our nested conditional shortcode, the final shortcode will be –

```
[ff_if]

    You can also show something if the first conditions matched.

    [ff_sub_if]

        Whatever you want to show if both conditions match.

    [/ff_sub_if]

[/ff_if]
```

```
[ff_if field="input_radio" is="equal" to="yes"]

    Glad to hear that you loved our product.

    [ff_sub_if field="ratings" is="greater_than" to="2"]

        Also, we want to Thank You for your valuable Ratings.

    [/ff_sub_if]

[/ff_if]

[ff_if field="input_radio" is="equal" to="no"]

    Thanks for using our product. We are working on improvement.

[/ff_if]
```

That's all about **Conditional Shortcodes in Fluent Forms**! These shortcodes help you personalize messages and make your forms more interactive.

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