Contact form7 installation

Not sure where you got that info from, but it is definitely not necessary.

Check out the extensive documentation from the plugin’s site:

https://contactform7.com/docs/

Hi,

No, there is no such thing.What you need to do is-
Install and activate Contact Form 7 plugin.
After activation you will get Contact Form 7 tab on left side of Dashboard.
Click on it and copy short code from there and paste it on the page where you want your contact form.

Thank you very much.
So I went to https://contactform7.com/faq/how-can-i-add-a-contact-form-into-my-post-content/
There it says: “Open the settings page for Contact Form 7”
I did that and I see:

<?php

require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/functions.php’;
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/formatting.php’;
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/pipe.php’;
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/shortcodes.php’;
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/capabilities.php’;
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/contact-form-template.php’;
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/contact-form.php’;
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/mail.php’;
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/submission.php’;
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/upgrade.php’;

if ( is_admin() )
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/admin/admin.php’;
else
require_once WPCF7_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/includes/controller.php’;

add_action( ‘plugins_loaded’, ‘wpcf7’ );

function wpcf7() {
wpcf7_load_textdomain();
wpcf7_load_modules();
}

add_action( ‘init’, ‘wpcf7_init’ );

function wpcf7_init() {
wpcf7_get_request_uri();
wpcf7_register_post_types();

do_action( ‘wpcf7_init’ );
}

add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘wpcf7_upgrade’ );

function wpcf7_upgrade() {
$opt = get_option( ‘wpcf7’ );

if ( ! is_array( $opt ) )
$opt = array();

$old_ver = isset( $opt[‘version’] ) ? (string) $opt[‘version’] : ‘0’;
$new_ver = WPCF7_VERSION;

if ( $old_ver == $new_ver )
return;

do_action( ‘wpcf7_upgrade’, $new_ver, $old_ver );

$opt[‘version’] = $new_ver;

update_option( ‘wpcf7’, $opt );
}

/* Install and default settings */

add_action( ‘activate_’ . WPCF7_PLUGIN_BASENAME, ‘wpcf7_install’ );

function wpcf7_install() {
if ( $opt = get_option( ‘wpcf7’ ) )
return;

wpcf7_load_textdomain();
wpcf7_register_post_types();
wpcf7_upgrade();

if ( get_posts( array( ‘post_type’ => ‘wpcf7_contact_form’ ) ) )
return;

$contact_form = WPCF7_ContactForm::get_template( array(
‘title’ => sprintf( __( ‘Contact form %d’, ‘contact-form-7’ ), 1 ) ) );

$contact_form->save();
}

?>

Next it says: “and then open the contact form you want to add.”
At this point I’m not sure what to do.

After installing the plugin to your site, you should have a SETTINGS page in your WordPress dashboard. That’s the page they mean with “Open the settings page for Contact Form 7“.

Not sure what it’s called exactly (maybe just “Contact” in your left sidebar menu), but you should find it here: https://universal-fireretardant.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpcf7

(though that site seems to be down at the moment)

I got help from my sister & it was actually very easy to install contact form 7. In the dashboard under Plugins (on the left) choose “add new”, search “contact form7” and click “install now”. That’s it!