Plugin and theme conflicts are unfortunately a fact of life with WordPress. Contact Form 7 plugs correctly into the WordPress architecture so that it does not cause conflicts with other plugins and themes. However there are many plugins and themes that are not so well written. Like many other popular plugins, CF7 is frequently reported…
The Contact Form 7 (CF7) plugin successfully sends millions of emails every day. Still, many do not send or arrive. What you put in the From: field can determine if your CF7 email is sent and received. A simple and effective way to avoid most problems is to always use an email address that belongs…
The release of Contact Form 7 – version 4.4 introduced the Configuration Validator which validates Contact Form 7 form configurations to detect errors leading to mail delivery failure or other troubles. This article explains: the expected input for each Mail setting field common mistakes how you can resolve Contact Form 7 form configuration validation errors.…
Checkboxes and radio buttons are preferred in many Contact Form 7 forms to show the users their available options. However, you may sometimes be confused about whether to add a checkbox or a radio button for a particular form field. In this article, we show you the differences between radio buttons and checkboxes and provide…
You can setup your Contact Form 7 (CF7) forms so that you can reply to the email address, provided in the form, directly from your inbox. In this article, we show you how to configure your CF7 Mail Setting so that you can reply to the provided email address directly from your email inbox. You…
Every day, we help thousands of people from all over the world solve their problems with using Contact Form 7. There are 5+ million Contact Form 7 users. Every day, 1000’s have problems using the plugin. We are here to help answer and solve those problems. Why Contact Form 7 It all started as a…
Starting with version 4.9, Contact Form 7 (CF7) has made it mandatory to have a default option checked for radio buttons. If a radio button is not selected, a validation error will appear. In other words, it is now required to have a default radio button pre-selected. The author of CF7, Takayuki Miyoshi, believes a…
You can configure a Contact Form 7 (CF7) form to send email notifications every time the users submit the form. Sometimes, you may need to add file attachments to the emails as well. In this article, we show you how to attach files in the emails sent on each form submission of your Contact Form…
Contact Form 7 (CF7) includes a simple way for you to receive all the information submitted in your forms directly in your email inbox. In this article, we show how to add the submitted form information in your Contact Form 7 emails. Using submitted form data in your CF7 emails You can add all the…
Contact Form 7 v5.3 introduces the Contact Form 7 Block (CF7 Block) for the WordPress Gutenberg/Block editor. You can now easily add a form into a Page or Post directly, while writing, it instead of manually copying a shortcode from the Contact Forms page. This article will show you how to add a form using…