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Set Up Contact Form 7 in WordPress

Contact Form 7 is a popular WordPress plugin for adding contact forms to a website.

To create a basic form:

  1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Go to Plugins > Add New.
  3. Search for Contact Form 7.
  4. Install and activate the plugin.
  5. Go to Contact > Add New.
  6. Create or edit the form fields.
  7. Open the Mail tab.
  8. Set the To address to the mailbox that should receive the form messages.
  9. Save the form.
  10. Copy the form shortcode and add it to the page where the form should appear.

For better email delivery, use a From address that belongs to the same domain as the website. For example, if the website is example.co.uk, use an address such as wordpress@example.co.uk or noreply@example.co.uk.

If form messages are not arriving, check the recipient address, spam folder and WordPress mail settings. For more reliable delivery, you may need to send WordPress mail through authenticated SMTP.