The Contact Form 7 (CF7) plugin successfully sends millions of emails every day. Still, many do not send or arrive. This is often because the Contact Form 7 From: email address mail setting is incorrect. A simple and effective way to avoid most problems is to always use an email address that belongs to the…
Contact Form 7 is a good WordPress community member in regards to its correct use of JavaScript and plugs into the WordPress architecture. However there are many plugins and themes that are not so well written and a host of problems can be due to a JavaScript conflict with either your current WordPress theme or…
You can use Firebug or Chrome Dev Tools to try to find the cause of plugin and theme conflicts in WordPress. You will need to be skilled at using Firebug or Chrome Dev Tools to find what is causing your JavaScript conflict and how to resolve it. If that description does not fit you, you…
A GDPR checkbox is a way for your customers to consent to their form submission data being stored. Adding in any links, such as a link to a Privacy Policy or Terms of Use, clarifies why and how you are storing their data. Have a privacy-friendly acceptance checkbox by copying and pasting the code below.…
Contact Form 7 provides many features to make your forms as simple or complex as you need. One of these important features is the ability to use Default Values in your form fields. In this article, we will cover the four main ways that Default Values can be used in Contact Form 7 and how to…
Sometimes, while designing a Contact Form 7 (CF7) form on your website, you may need to use selectable email addresses in your Contact Form 7 form. For example, assume that you are designing a suggestion form where users can select a specific department of your company to send the suggestion. Here, you can create a…
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…
Check your forms for error messages A simple way to find out whether or not your form is working is by checking the error messages. The different error messages are: 1. Green bordered success message: You receive a message with a green border when your form is submitted successfully. This message looks like: Tip: Sometimes…
This article is about adding HTML links using the Contact Form 7 form editor. To learn about adding HTML links using the CF7 Skins Visual Editor, see Adding HTML links in your Contact Form 7 forms (with Visual Editor). . In your Contact Form 7 (CF7) forms, proper addition of links can provide valuable background information to…
A Contact Form 7 (CF7) form can have much more than just some fields for taking user inputs and a submit button. You can make your form more flavored by adding just the right combination of input fields, paragraphs, links, text, labels, and buttons. In this article, we show you how to add links, paragraphs,…