Contact Form 7 vs Double Opt-in for CF7

How to use this plug-in: If you install and activate this plug-in before installing Contact Form 7, the default form created by Contact Form 7 will be accessible. If you’ve already installed Contact Form 7, you’ll want to delete the default form and create new forms using the templates available in this plug-in. Use Contact Form 7 with an accessible default form This plug-in replaces the default template that Contact Form 7 automatically generates with an accessible equivalent of that form and adds a suite of additional basic form types that you can choose from to model your new forms. The plug-in doesn’t change anything about forms that have already been built with Contact Form 7. The structure of Contact Form 7 is such that it isn’t possible for the plug-in to rewrite existing forms for improved accessibility, but it is possible to make sure that the base you have for starting a form is accessible. Contact Form 7 is actually a very accessible plug-in. It has an accessible back-end, and if you create the right template, the front-end form will have great accessibility. Since version 4.5, Contact Form 7 has included the label element; but the usage of them is limited, and isn’t the best possible method. This plug-in supplies a new default form that includes everything you need to make your default form accessible. For more information about making Contact Form 7 accessible, read how to set up an accessible form using contact form 7, by Rian Rietveld.

[This plugin is outdated and no longer maintained. Please use the much easier Honeypot for CF7 instead.] Adds double opt-in functionality to CF7 forms submissions. Double opt-in means that form submitters have to confirm their identity by their email account. The plugin is ready for translation. Double opt-in dependencies This plugin is an add-on to Contact Form 7 plugin by Takayuki Miyoshi. Functionality of this plugin also depend on installing and activating one of the plugins, which saves Contact Form 7 submissions to WordPress database. At the time, compatible plugins are: Flamingo by Takayuki Miyoshi Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7 by Arshid Note that BOTH Contact Form 7 and one of the listed above plugins are required for double opt-in functionality to work. Help and Docs The first and most complete documentation is located on plugin official page. If you’re a developer, feel free to take a look at the plugin page on GitHub repository. You can also seek for help on WordPress support forum. Plugin features One click conversion of existing CF7 forms into double opt-in enabled forms. URL parameters encryption to make confirmation links safe. HTML email templates with mail tags similar to used in CF7 plugin. If you know how to configure CF7 emails, double opt-in will be easy. Automatic creation of the “opt-in” page to process confirmed submissions. Adding a CSV file attachment to final submission email containing form data. Adding file attachment to final confirmation email sent to the submitter. Setting expiration time for submissions to be confirmed. Ability to manually confirm forms. That can be useful if your submitter enters an invalid email address, and you are sure you want to send their submission anyway. Additional enhancements Apart from its main feature, Double Opt-in for CF7 adds some functions you may find nice and useful: Custom, accessible file upload inputs for your forms which look better, can be CSS styled and allow easy selecting and deselecting files to upload. This works for every CF7 form, not only double opt-in enabled. Custom, more specific validation errors for radio buttons and checkboxes for improved accessibility. Option to change CSV separator when exporting submissions from Flamingo plugin. It also adds BOM to CSV exports, allowing them to be properly opened in MS Excel. Additional column on Flamingo Inbound Messages screen indicating if submission is complete or still waiting for being confirmed by sender. What is double opt-in and why use it: Double opt-in is the safe way of receiving site visitor’s submitted input. Used with contact forms or online questionnaires or with user registration, it helps to reduce spam submissions. With GDPR laws, double opt-in is a strongly recommended way of getting user data. Because submitters have to confirm their identity from their email address, you can reduce risk of processing personal data without permission. Double – means here that user submitting the data has to give consent by checking checkbox option and additionally confirm their email-address. Do not forget to set acceptance field in your CF7 form if GDPR is in concern! How Double opt-in form works: When someone fills and submits a form with double opt-in functionality, the first CF7 email goes back to THEM. There is a confirmation link in that email, which the submitter has to click on or paste in their web browser. The link has two encrypted parameters: submission serial number and submitter email address. The page with “opt-in” slug validates the parameters with submission stored in WordPress database and initiates sending of final emails to recipient set in “All Opt-In Forms” settings. If validation fails or when submission has expired, no emails are sent. If there are no specified parameters in the URL, visitors of the “opt-in” page are redirected to “404” page. Plugin translation Double Opt-In can be easily translated. It is released with the translation to Polish language.