Contact Form 7 | How to Install, Set Up & Use on WordPress

Contact Form 7 is one of the most popular WordPress plugins that allow you to create or add multiple contact forms on your WordPress website. It allows you to add forms anywhere on your WordPress website which is fully customizable and lightweight to use. Contact form 7 supports features like Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering, and many more. If you have a WordPress website, then check out this article on how to set up contact form 7 on your website.

Also, check out the 8 Best Google Forms Alternatives you must try on your WordPress website.

How to Install the Contact Form 7 plugin

[1] Go to your WordPress dashboard on your web browser.

[2] Click on the Plugins section from the left panel.

[3] Choose Add New and search for the Contact Form 7 plugin in the search bar.

[4] Click on Install Now to download and install the plugin.

[5] Once installed, click on Activate and now you have activated the plugin on your WordPress site.

How to Create a Form with Contact Form 7

[1] From your dashboard, click on the Contact section from the left panel.

[2] In Contact, choose Add New and create the form as you wish.

[3] Setup the form by adding Form, form name, email ID, etc.

[4] Once all the setup is done, click on Save.

[5] Now your form will be created and a shortcode will be generated automatically for the following form.

How to Add Contact Form 7 on your WordPress Site

[1] Go to Contact >> Contact Form section from the WordPress dashboard.

[2] Here copy the form shortcode you wish to add on your WordPress page.

[3] Now paste the shortcode on your WordPress page or post editor.

[4] Now you can Preview or publish the form on your WordPress website.

Highlights of Contact Form 7

• It allows you to create and manage multiple contact forms on your site
• Each and every field available on the form is customizable
• Use simple markup to alter mail content
• Add or insert the forms into any of your WordPress pages or posts using Shortcode
• This plugin supports Akismet spam filtering, Ajax-powered submitting, and CAPTCHA
• Also, this plugin is compatible and integrated with a lot more WordPress plugins

Alternatives for Contact Form 7

If you are not satisfied with the plugin, you can check the some of best contact forms plugin like

• WPForms
• Formidable Form Builder
• Visual Form Builder
• Gravity Forms
• Ninja Forms
• Everest Forms
• FormCraft, etc

Thank you for reading the article. Hope this article helped you set up Contact Form 7 plugin on your WordPress website. If you have any queries let us know in the comments section below.