{"id":3998,"date":"2026-06-30T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/set-up-contact-form-7-in-wordpress\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:28","slug":"set-up-contact-form-7-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/set-up-contact-form-7-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Up Contact Form 7 in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contact Form 7 is a popular WordPress plugin for adding contact forms to a website.<\/p>\n

To create a basic form:<\/p>\n

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

    For better email delivery, use a From<\/strong> address that belongs to the same domain as the website. For example, if the website is example.co.uk<\/code>, use an address such as wordpress@example.co.uk<\/code> or noreply@example.co.uk<\/code>.<\/p>\n

    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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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