Controls for Contact Form 7 (Redirects, Analytics & Tracking) vs Matomo Analytics – Powerful, Privacy-First Insights for WordPress

NEW: Subscribe to the 🚀 PRO version for advanced analytics and tracking features, and professional support by the plugin author. This is an addon for the Contact Form 7 plugin with the following features: Track form submissions, errors and completions with Google Analytics (GA4), Google Tag (gtag.js), Google Tag Manager (GTM), Matomo (formerly Piwik) and Facebook Pixel. Redirect to URL on form submission. Enable native WordPress shortcodes in form content. Disable AJAX form submissions. Disable default form CSS. Disable automatic paragraph formatting. Disable HTML5 input field types or enable the HTML5 input type fallback. Specify the Google reCAPTCHA language. Store form submissions in Storage for Contact Form 7 or TablePress. Please note that some settings work on the per-page level and will apply to all forms on the same page. For example, disabling AJAX form submissions for one form will disable AJAX submissions on all forms on the same page. Requirements Contact Form 7 version 4.3 or later for features related to submission tracking and redirects. Usage The plugin adds a new “Controls” tab for each Contact Form 7 form in the WordPress administration area. Form Submission Storage Setup the official companion plugin Storage for Contact Form 7 plugin for capturing the form submissions safely in the WordPres database. Alternatively, there is also a basic integration with the TablePress plugin. Select the TablePress table where to store the form submissions. The plugin will add any missing columns for each form field, and append the form entries as rows to the table. Additionally, fields cf7_time (submission time as ISO 8601) and cf7_url (URL where the form was submitted) are stored along with the form data. Analytics Tracking The plugin automatically triggers analytics events for the following services: Google Analytics (GA4) using Google Tag Manager and Global Tag (gtag.js) with ga(), _gaq.push() and dataLayer.push() implementations, Matomo (formerly Piwik), Facebook Pixel Conversion Tracking. It passes the following data with the event: “Contact Form” as the event category, “Submit”, “Sent”, “Error” or “Spam” as the event action, and the form title as the event title. Facebook Pixel The standard Contact event is used for Facebook Pixel with content_category property set to the event type (Submit, Sent, Error, Spam) and content_name set to the form title. Contribute Report issues and suggest improvements on GitHub. Add a translation to your language.

Version 5.11.1 and above include an important security related fix, it is highly recommended to update to this version. Already a Matomo On-Premise or Matomo Cloud user? You need to use the Connect Matomo plugin instead of this plugin. For all you WordPress website owners wanting an easier way to get customer insights to grow your business, you can now get the solution the professionals use, for free! Matomo Analytics is the #1 used Google Analytics alternative that offers a powerful range of features, security and protects the privacy of your users. This enables you to learn how to improve your website, make the right decisions for your business and stand out in the crowd in a safe and trustworthy way. Matomo’s mission is to give control and data ownership back to the user. By hosting web analytics on your own servers there’s no third-parties taking ownership, no on-selling of data and no-one looking in. This means when you install Matomo in a matter of a few clicks, you’re in full control. It’s also easier for you to get insights from Matomo Analytics with it’s time-saving interface design and out-of-the-box features, which require less manual configuration than Google Analytics. Matomo is free, secure and open – your ethical user insights platform. How Matomo Analytics for WordPress solves problems: 100% data ownership, no one else can see your data All data is stored in your WordPress and not sent to any third party or different country Super easy to install. No coding or technical knowledge needed #nocode Free to use forever Designed to save you time as an out-of-box solution (including many Ecommerce stores) Protects the privacy of your users GDPR Manager No data sampling Opportunities to extend with an ever-growing marketplace Supports over 50 languages Comes equipped with Matomo Tag Manager How Matomo focuses on privacy: Superb user privacy protection Heaps of features to anonymize data and IP addresses WP shortcode to embed an opt-out feature into your website Features to export and delete data for GDPR Ability to configure data retention Ultimately, Matomo lets you: learn who your customers are and their needs; understand what content works and how engaged your audience is; identify which marketing channels give you the highest ROI and invest with confidence in channels that convert for your business; and discover blockages and fix pain points for confused visitors to ensure they become satisfied customers. Features include: Ecommerce features (supports WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads and MemberPress out of the box) Campaign tracking Visitor profiles Tag Manager Dashboards Segmentation Real time reports Transitions JavaScript error tracking Extensive geolocation reports / maps Many different visualisations Row evolution Report comparisons Export features See the most drastic changes within a given time period Supports WP Rest API And hundreds of other features Easily give your colleagues access to your reports if / when needed Easily exclude certain roles, visitors and pages from being tracked Supports WordPress Multisite. (Note: Tag Manager feature does not work in MultiSite.) Import historical data from Google Analytics or WP Statistics Premium paid features: Heatmaps & Session Recordings Form Analytics Media Analytics Funnels SEO features – Keyword rankings Custom reporting Cohorts Users flow Prerequisites and technical requirements: Running Matomo Analytics on your server can use significant resources. Whenever someone visits your WordPress website, your server will need to serve your WordPress pages to the user, as well as tracking the user journey in Matomo, resulting in an additional request for each page view. The minimum PHP memory limit is 128Mb, but we recommend to use a higher limit (memory_limit = 256M). PHP 7.2 at minimum is required. From Matomo 6 onwards, PHP 8.1, MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.6 will be required at minimum. If your server does not meet those requirements, the plugin will not update to Matomo 6 and will tell you what needs upgrading. If you have high traffic website, or manage a lot of websites with WordPress MultiSite, we recommend installing Matomo On-Premise or signup to Matomo Cloud and install the Connect Matomo plugin instead. Needing to know more before you install? Have a read through the most popular FAQs to ensure you’re making the right choice for you. Over 1 million websites in over 190 countries are using Matomo already. Join the revolution too! Install Matomo on your WordPress website completely free and take back full control of your data! Third party resources we use: After activating this plugin, it will download a Geolocation database (DBIP-City.mmdb) from DB IP into your uploads directory. The DB-IP database is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This database is needed to detect the location of your visitors based on their IP. When you enter a URL in the SEO ranking widget, then a request with the entered URL may be sent to Google, Alexa, Bing, and other SEO providers. Credits The entire Matomo team and everyone who contributed André Bräkling who is the Author of the Connect Matomo plugin