Very Simple Contact Form
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With this lightweight plugin you can create a contact form.
Main features of the plugin:
- Free and lightweight
- Support for Block Editor and Classic Editor
- Display form with block, shortcode or widget
- Fields for Name, Email, Subject and Message
- Privacy consent checkbox
- Customize your form via the settings page or with attributes
- List form submissions in your dashboard
- Built-in anti-spam features
- Translation ready
- Extensive documentation at WP plugin page
- Active support from developer at WP forum
How to use
After installation add the VS Contact Form block or the shortcode [contact] to a page to display your form.
You can also go to Appearance > Widgets and use the VS Contact Form widget.
Customize your form via the settings page or with attributes.
Settings page
The settings page is located at Settings > VS Contact Form.
Attributes
Settings and labels can be overridden by adding attributes to the block, shortcode, or widget.
This can be useful when having multiple contact forms on your website.
Misc:
- Add custom CSS class to form:
class="your-class-name" - Change email address for sending:
email_to="your-email-address" - Send to multiple email addresses (max 5):
email_to="first-email-address, second-email-address" - Change “From” email header:
from_header="your-email-address" - Change subject in email:
subject="your subject" - Change subject in auto-reply email to sender:
subject_auto_reply="your subject"
Field labels:
- Name:
label_name="your label" - Email:
label_email="your label" - Subject:
label_subject="your label" - Message:
label_message="your label" - Privacy consent:
label_privacy="your label" - Submit:
label_submit="your label"
Field placeholders:
- Name:
placeholder_name="your placeholder" - Email:
placeholder_email="your placeholder" - Subject:
placeholder_subject="your placeholder" - Message:
placeholder_message="your placeholder"
Field error labels:
- Name:
error_name="your label" - Email:
error_email="your label" - Subject:
error_subject="your label" - Sum:
error_sum="your label" - Message:
error_message="your label" - Message – more than 1 link is not allowed:
error_message_has_links="your label" - Message – links are not allowed:
error_message_has_links="your label" - Message – email addresses are not allowed:
error_message_has_email="your label" - Banned words:
error_banned_words="your label" - Privacy consent:
error_privacy="your label"
Messages:
- Displayed when sending succeeds:
thank_you_message="your message" - Displayed in the auto-reply email to sender:
auto_reply_message="your message"
Example: [contact email_to="your-email-address" subject="your subject" label_submit="your label"]
When using the block or the widget, don’t add the main shortcode tag or the brackets.
Example: email_to="your-email-address" subject="your subject" label_submit="your label"
Display form submissions in dashboard
Via the settings page you can activate form submissions being stored and displayed in your dashboard.
After activation go to menu item “Submissions”. Your form submissions will be listed here.
SMTP
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is an internet standard for sending emails.
By default, WordPress uses the PHP mail() function for sending emails. But when using SMTP there’s less chance your form submissions are being marked as spam.
You must install an additional plugin for this, such as WP mail SMTP.
Cache
If you’re using a caching plugin and want to avoid conflicts with the contact form, exclude your contact page from caching. This can be done via the settings page of most caching plugins.
Have a question?
Please take a look at the FAQ section.
Translation
Translations are not included, but the plugin supports WordPress language packs.
More translations are very welcome!
The translation folder inside this plugin is redundant, but kept for reference.
Credits
Without help and support from the WordPress community I was not able to develop this plugin, so thank you!
