Last Updated on January 23, 2019 by Neil Murray

Contact Form 7 Plugin

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Contact Form 7 Documentation

• Introduction/Getting Started
  • Getting Started with Contact Form 7
  • Admin Screen
  • How Tags Work
  • Setting Up Mail
• CF7 Form Fields
  • Text Fields – , [email], [url], [tel], [textarea]
  • Number Fields – [number], [range]
  • Date Field – [date]
  • Checkboxes, Radio Buttons and Drop Down Menus – [checkbox], [radio], [select]
  • File Uploading and Attachment – [file]
  • Quiz –
  • Acceptance Checkbox – [acceptance]
  • CAPTCHA – for pre CF7 4.3 – [captchac], [captchar]
  • reCAPTCHA – Google reCAPTCHA Integration
  • Submit – [submit]
  • Max & Min Length Options and Character Count
  • Setting Placeholder Text – [placeholder – option]
  • Getting Default Values from the Context
  • Setting Default Values to the Logged-In User
  • Add free_text to a radio or checkbox
• Email
  • Setting Up Mail
  • Red Border Error Issue on WordPress 4.4.1
  • Best Practice to Set Up Mail
  • Selectable Recipient with Pipes
  • Adding Cc, Bcc and Other Mail Headers
  • Special Mail Tags
  • Format Date Value in Mail
  • [Send to Multiple Email Addresses]
• Styling CF7 Forms
  • Styling Contact Form
  • Can I add id and class attributes to a form element?
  • Custom Layout for Checkboxes and Radio Buttons
  • Locating Response Message Box Anywhere
  • Customizing Validation Error Messages
• Tips – Advanced CF7
  • Restricting Access to the Administration Panel
  • Spam Filtering with Akismet
  • Loading JavaScript and Stylesheet Only When it is Necessary
  • Tracking Form Submissions with Google Analytics
  • Locating Response Message Box Anywhere
  • Contact Form in Your Language
  • Controlling Behavior by Setting Constants
  • Redirecting to Another URL After Submissions
  • Setting Default Values to the Logged-In User
  • Comment Blacklist
  • Save Submitted Messages with Flamingo
  • Add free_text to a radio or checkbox
  • How can I export/import contact form data?
  • Getting Default Values from the Context
  • Managing Long Lists with Listo
  • Additional Settings
  • CF7 Hook List – actions & filters
  • Translating Contact Form 7
• Troubleshooting
  • Why isn’t My AJAX Contact Form Working Correctly?
  • Jetpack Overrides Contact Forms
  • [ADD questions asked frequently in Support Forum]

Contact Form 7 FAQ

• Displaying CF7 Forms
  • Can I place a contact form outside a post
  • Can I embed a contact form into my template file?
• Styling CF7 Forms
  • Why does my email address input field look different than other text input fields?
  • My contact form behaves oddly on certain browsers.
• Email Issues
  • Setting Up Mail
  • After submitting the form, I get an error message stating “Failed to send your message”. What is wrong?
  • Nothing shows up in the email, even after adding a tag to the form! How can I include a new field’s input in the email?
  • I get an error message with a red border. So, how can I solve this?
  • I get an error message with an orange border even though I don’t use Akismet.
  • I see a response message “Your message was sent successfully” with green border, but I never receive a mail for that.
  • My contact form always redirects to 404 error page after submission.
  • I get emails containing codes such as [foobar]. What’s this? I want to see the user’s input.
  • How can I specify a subject for the email?
  • Can I see the messages submitted through the contact form?
  • Can I implement autoresponder?
  • Mail that comes through the contact form shows “WordPress” as its sender name. How can I change this?
• DatePicker Issues
  • Does Contact Form 7 support HTML5 input types?
  • Format Date Value in Mail
• Javascript Conflicts
  • The spinning arrow icon shows up once I submit a form, but then nothing happens – see http://wiki.simple-press.com/installation/troubleshooting/plugin-conflicts/
  • Why isn’t My AJAX Contact Form Working Correctly?
• Other
  • Where is the settings page for Contact Form 7?
  • How can I add a contact form into my post content?
  • My contact form doesn’t appear. Instead, a code

    Error: Contact form not found.

    appears.
  • How can I add a field to my contact form?
  • Are there any reserved or unavailable words for the name of an input field?
  • I want to use contact form in my language, not in English. How can I do that?
  • CAPTCHA does not work; the image does not show up.
  • CAPTCHA’s text input box is working on Internet Explorer, but not with Firefox. I cannot enter the code.
  • File upload & file attachment do not work.
  • Does Contact Form 7 support HTML5 input types?
  • Really Simple CAPTCHA requires that GD and FreeType PHP libraries be installed on your server
  • How can I export/import contact form data?
  • Translating Contact Form 7

Contact Form 7 Developer’s Cookbook

• Adding A Custom Form-Tag
• Using Values from A Form-Tag
• Custom Validation

Other

• General
  • How to Add a Character Limit To a Contact Form 7 Text Box
  • Various lists for CF7 drop-down lists
  • Use optgroup to categorize options
• Additional Settings
  • Contact Form 7: Thank You Success Messages
  • Integrate PayPal with Contact Form 7
  • Conditional Redirect
  • Conditional Redirect2
• CF7 Hooks
  • HOOKR – Contact Form 7
• Really Simple CAPTCHA
  • Tips for troubleshooting Really Simple Captcha issues
• Conditional Logic
  • Conditional Redirect
  • Show/hide fields with jQuery
• JQuery in forms
  • Show/hide fields with jQuery
  • Sexy forms with jQuery
  • 12 Great jQuery Plugins to Fully Control Styling of Your HTML Form Elements
• Email
  • Check Email Plugin
  • Setup Multiple Recipients With Dropdown Option in Contact Form 7
• Customising Contact Form 7 plugin
  • Customization of Contact Form 7 plugin