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…
CF7 (CF7) is one of the most popular plugins available for WordPress. It allows users to quickly create customised forms, anywhere on a WordPress website. While the forms are easy to create and implement, the fields within them are styled minimally – allowing them to blend in with most websites. The appearance of each CF7…
Contact Form 7 Form Structure We used Firebug to produce the following diagram which shows the overall structure of the default CF7 form we are using in this article. The diagram shows how each element of the form is created using standard HTML form elements and how those elements are arranged in relation to each…
There is a bug in the WordPress 3.6 release that causes Contact-7 forms to fail to be emailed – but it only affects those hosts using Qmail based email systems. It appears that WordPress used a few month old version of class-phpmailer.php, one where a bug had been introduced for Qmail based email systems. The…
Each CF7 form has a unique id which can be targeted in your CSS changes. Use Firebug or Chrome Dev Tools to find this unique id in your CF7 form. Then target only this CF7 form using CSS heirachy as follows: You can also add id and class attributes to a CF7 form by adding…
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…
Though the Contact Form 7 (CF7) plugin successfully sends millions of emails every day, there are a host of issues that can delay or stop emails on both the sending and receiving ends of a typical email. This article was set up to help people, who are having trouble sending and receiving emails from CF7,…
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 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.…
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…