Contact Form 7 – Post Fields vs LeadMachine Connector

Contact Form 7 is a fantastic plugin for form. The post-fields extension enables you to create image drop-down-menues, checkboxes and radio-buttons based on posts or other kinds of content (custom post types). Features of post fields beautiful drop-down-menues, checkboxes and radio buttons with post image, excerpt and meta data selection of the post type (posts, pages, attachments, custom post types) selection and limitation of categories (taxonomies) customized/individual formatting of the label configuring the value attribute pretty post hyperlinks in the message body customized sorting of the post type Display a search box on drop-down-menues limitation of the post type based on its particular status (published, draft etc.) The default value of the field can easily be selected by using $_GET or $_POST variables (see FAQ). Required Plugin Contact Form 7 by Takayuki Miyoshi – Contact Form 7 can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form and the mail contents flexibly with simple markup.

LeadMachine Connector allows you to easily capture leads from your WordPress website and automatically send them to your LeadMachine CRM account. Features Easy setup – just enter your Company ID and API Key Native lead capture forms – customizable shortcode-based contact forms Newsletter signup forms – lightweight form with just name, email, and opt-in Analytics & tracking – automatic UTM, ad click IDs, and browser data collection Gravity Forms integration – connect any Gravity Form to LeadMachine Spam protection – built-in honeypot and time-based bot detection Responsive design – works on all devices AJAX form submission – smooth user experience without page reloads Automatic lead creation – leads instantly appear in your LeadMachine dashboard Tag support – automatically tag leads from different forms Customizable styling – colors, button text, success messages Blog post sync – sync posts to LeadMachine for automated email newsletters Conversion tracking – fires events for Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn, TikTok, and more Native Form Usage Install and activate the plugin Go to LeadMachine settings in your WordPress admin Enter your LeadMachine Company ID and API Key Customize your form settings Add the shortcode [leadmachine_form] to any page or post Gravity Forms Integration Already using Gravity Forms? Connect your existing forms to LeadMachine: Go to LeadMachine settings > Gravity Forms tab Enable Gravity Forms integration Select a form and map fields to LeadMachine: First Name Last Name Email Phone Company Message Optionally add tags for each form Save settings – submissions now flow to LeadMachine automatically! Shortcode Options Customize individual forms using shortcode attributes: [leadmachine_form title="Contact Us" description="We'd love to hear from you!" tags="Contact Form,Website"] Available attributes: title – Form title (overrides global setting) description – Form description text button_text – Submit button text button_color – Button background color (hex) tags – Comma-separated tags to apply to leads background – Form background color (use “transparent” for none) title_color – Title text color description_color – Description text color label_color – Form label text color Examples: Contact form: [leadmachine_form tags="Contact Form,High Priority"] Newsletter Form For simple newsletter signups, use the dedicated newsletter shortcode: [leadmachine_newsletter] This form only collects: * Full Name * Email Address * Opt-in checkbox Newsletter shortcode attributes: title – Form title (default: “Subscribe to Our Newsletter”) description – Form description text button_text – Submit button text (default: “Subscribe”) tags – Comma-separated tags (default: “newsletter”) optin_text – Opt-in checkbox text (supports HTML for links) name_label – Label for name field email_label – Label for email field All color attributes from the contact form Examples: Newsletter signup: [leadmachine_newsletter title="Stay Updated" tags="newsletter,blog"] Simple signup: [leadmachine_newsletter button_text="Sign Up" button_color="#22c55e"] Analytics & Tracking Both forms automatically collect browser and tracking data: UTM parameters – utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_term, utm_content Ad platform click IDs – Google Ads (gclid), Facebook (fbclid), LinkedIn, TikTok, Microsoft/Bing Browser data – device type, screen size, language, timezone Referrer – where the visitor came from Tracking cookies – Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, HubSpot, LinkedIn Form submissions also fire conversion events for: * Google Analytics 4 (gtag.js) * Google Analytics Universal (legacy) * Facebook Pixel * LinkedIn Insight Tag * TikTok Pixel * Microsoft/Bing UET * Google Tag Manager dataLayer