# Public Link overview

Share a published form with anyone through one share link or several, as a link, an embed, a popup or a QR code. When to use the public link and when a request.

## How the public link works

Click **Public link**, the link icon at the top right of the form page. Publishing gives the form its first share link. Anyone who has it can open the form and submit, so one share link collects any number of answers. Add more share links when you want to tell sources apart: each has its own name, language, expiry, response limit and analytics.

![The Public link sheet with the link, the QR Code, Embed, and Popup cards, and the Link, Appearance, Limits, and Query parameters sections](https://formstep.io/docs/images/building-forms/share-panel.png)

The Public link sheet, from the link icon at the top of the form page.

## Public link or request

A [request](https://formstep.io/docs/requests/overview/) is the other way to send the same form. It goes to one named person, and you can see whether they answered. One form can use both at once.

| If you… | Use |
| - | - |
| Collect from people you cannot name, as with a signup, a survey or a contact form | Public link |
| Want the form on a web page, in an email footer or behind a QR code | Public link |
| Need one specific person to supply, confirm, sign or pay | Request |
| Want to see whether a named person has answered, and remind them | Request |
| Already know some answers and want them filled in for the person | Request |

## Pages in this section

Share and embed

- [Share links](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/sharing-embedding/) — Create and manage share links for your form.

- [Embedding & popups](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/embedding-popups/) — Embed your form on a website or show it as a popup over the page.

- [Embed a form in Webflow](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/embed-in-webflow/) — Put a Formstep form inside a Webflow page with a Code Embed element, or open it as a popup from a button.

- [Embed a form in WordPress](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/embed-in-wordpress/) — Put a Formstep form inside a WordPress page or post with a Custom HTML block.

- [Embed a form in Framer](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/embed-in-framer/) — Put a Formstep form inside a Framer page with the Embed component, from the share link or from the embed code.

- [Embed a form in Notion](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/embed-in-notion/) — Put a Formstep form inside a Notion page with an Embed block.

Who can answer, and until when

- [Authentication gate](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/authentication-gate/) — Require respondents to sign in or enter a password before they open your share link, and pick the gate that fits the form.

- [Bot protection (Turnstile)](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/captcha-bot-protection/) — Defend share links against bot submissions with Cloudflare Turnstile.

- [Close a form or cap responses](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/scheduled-close/) — Stop a form taking answers now or on a date, cap how many responses one share link accepts, and limit how often one person can submit.