Today we’re covering the Contact Form 7 plugin to add custom contact forms to WordPress.
Key features include:
- Solid set of field types (radio, checkbox, dropdown, listbox, email, etc…)
- Email admin(s) of form submission
- Ability to attach files
- Captcha image to prevent SPAM form submissions
- Easily customizable (as long as you know html/css)
- Translated to over 30 languages
- Works with WordPress 2.7 (latest version as of this writing)
The plugin is developed by Takayuki Miyoshi. To learn more about Contact Form 7 plugin, please visit http://ideasilo.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/contact-form-7/.
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April 18th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Very nice! I used this on http://www.cinci.me in a couple spots… Big fan
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September 7th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I really like this plugin as well, I used it on my site http://www.optimerahemsidan.se and i really like it so far. However I just wonder what the plugin creator get out of it creating these free plugins. I have heard the add their own “hidden” links in the plugin code so they gain popularity when people use the plugin. Is this really true?
September 8th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Not so much with plugins, but Themes seem to have these hidden links/code/advertisements in them more often than not. If the plugin comes from wordpress.org/extend/plugins/, then it is relatively safe of those kind of links. All plugins are welcome to include a link for accepting donations though, and that is a standard acceptable thing to do for Open Source development.
November 11th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
This plugin is a staple in my designs. It is so simple to use and easy to configure. It sure beats having to hand code forms.
December 7th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
I’m in the process of setting up a wordpress CMS site locally using XAMPP.
I installed Cformsll and tried to get it to send me an email… tried everything but no joy.
So I tried Contact form 7, worked first time
Contact form 7 is simple to setup and it has an easy CSS stylesheet that you can change to match your theme.
For a great video on setting up Contact form 7, try this…
http://www.idiotproofblogging.com/wordpress/contact-form-7-wordpress-install-tutorial.html
For me? Contact form 7 every time.