jasongreen

Hi skafte

As long as you inform users that their data is being saved and they accept your privacy policy (typically via a checkbox) using this plugin is GDPR compliant.

But it’s up to developers and site owners to add their own legal text to each contact form and privacy policy/terms and conditions where/if applicable.

I’ll drop responses to each of your other threads shortly.

Hi Skafte

Yes you can. There are two values you need to override using WordPress filters.

Below are a quick examples, you will need to replace the applicable values for your site.

function custom_wpcf7s_dir($upload_dir = ''){
    return '/var/www/...';
}
add_filter('wpcf7s_dir', 'custom_wpcf7s_dir');

function custom_wpcf7s_url(){
    return 'https://www.example.com/uploads';
}
add_filter('wpcf7s_url', 'custom_wpcf7s_url');

Hi digitronixweb

If you use the following syntax to generate the form field it should save and export successfully. If it was checked it will show 1, else it will be blank.

Mail Opt-In: [acceptance mail-accept optional]

Hi @bardia089

Unfortunately not. By default the contactform7 doesn’t save any of the submissions it just sends them out via email, therefore there’s no way of historically importing it.

If your familiar with WordPress you could have a look at creating the submissions (posts) via an import plugin, but you would be required to manually process all the fields from the email notifications.

Hi @exitas

I recommend using an import plugin like wp all import. If you map all the fields correctly to the contact form this would be a much faster solution to implement than developing one into this plugin.

Regards

Jason

Hi

I would recommend against hacking any plug-in to make custom modifications if you want to update it in the future.

To change the location for attachments you can use a WordPress filter. Here is a snippet of my source code:

$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();
$wpcf7s_dir = apply_filters('wpcf7s_dir', $upload_dir['basedir'] .'/wpcf7-submissions');

Regards

Jason

Hi @laetitia-godet

Submissions are saved as posts in the database so to purge them you can just delete the posts from the Submissions page. See bulk actions.

Regards

Jason

Hi @waynhall

I’m having exactly the same problem and I noticed you seem to have fixed it.

Can you let me know what you did to get it working?

Hi @ridinhighspeeds

Have you considered adding a rule to your .htaccess file which prevents access to the directory? That way you still have a backup but they’re stored securely.

Alternatively you could use the following filter to disable saving that particular field.

apply_filters('wpcf7s_submission_fields', $submission_fields, $form_id);

Hope this helps.

Jason

Hi @samali1

Yes, you can write a custom wp query using my post type wpcf7s. The individual field data is kept in wp_postmeta.

Hope this helps.

Jason

Hi @jules-colle

Thanks for checking out my plugin, I too had issues with cf7 to db which is why I wrote my version.

With regards to adding the ability to edit submitted contact forms, this isn’t something I’d ever considered developing. Reason being I use this purely as a logging tool for backup or exporting when required by clients.

As you say, the way I’ve developed the plugin is using posts for the exact reason like this so you can customise it with other plugins or your own code. To add the ability to edit already posted data you I’d probably use the ACF plugin and map the fields to each contact form. The issue with that though would be that if your keys (contact form 7 fields) change then you’d need to update ACF. Alternatively you could write a custom metabox and loop through all the fields, making an editable input for each one.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Jason

Hi timfurnish

Sorry to hear it’s not working as you expect.

Can you confirm, after you click filter does the URL change to include the parameter wpcf7_contact_form? So it will look something like example.com/?…wpcf7_contact_form=XXX.

The other data is saved as post meta so you can use get_post_meta to list the individual posted values.

Hi atsites45

The problem should now be fixed in version 1.6.2.

Please update and let me know if your still having an issue.

Hi davyk

Can you update to 1.6.2 and try again. I think the issue should now be fixed.