Beschreibung
Contact form plugin for WordPress website is the best solution to receive messages from customers right to your email address(-es). Download, activate and paste [bestwebsoft_contact_form] shortcode on any page, post or widget to display the form. Customize the form styles and contents easily with the pre-build options.
Allow your customers to reach you in seconds!
Free Features
- Add contact form to any post, page or widget using the shortcode
- GDPR Compliant
- Data validation before the submission
- Send a copy of the submitted message to the email
- Receive submissions to the default admin or custom email addresses
- Add additional data about the sender to the email notification:
- Sent from (IP address)
- Date/Time
- Sent from (referer)
- Using (user agent)
- Responsive Layout
- Editable field labels
- Required fields
- Select used/required for the following fields:
- Name
- Address
- Phone number
- File attachments
- Multiple file selection
- Enable additional pre-build fields
- Enable two column layout
- Change the width for contact form
- Re-order form fields using drag & drop interface
- Translate your form to any language with a simple language customizer
- Protect contact form from spam with Captcha or reCaptcha
- Add unlimited contact forms using Contact Form Multi
- Save and manage messages using Contact Form to DB
- Add users who send the submission to the Subscriber newsletter subscription list
- Limit sending emails from the same user using Limit Attempts
- Add custom code via plugin settings page
- Compatible with latest WordPress version
- Incredibly simple settings for fast setup without modifying code
- Detailed step-by-step documentations and videos
- Multilingual and RTL ready
Pro Features
All features from Free version included plus:
- Add contact form custom fields
- Add department selectbox and sort messages by inquiry type
- Add required and optional checkboxes (i.e. Terms and Conditions)
- Automatically populate name and email input fields for logged-in users
- Add „Reply to“ email address in the message head
- Set default text for subject and message input fields
- Phone number validation
- Show, hide or disable fields:
- Name
- Email Address
- Subject
- Message
- Enable auto response option with editable message
- Add Google Analytics Measurement ID for tracking form submission
- Customizable form
- Styles (no programming knowledge required)
- Alignment, labels alignment and position
- Editable tooltips and placeholders
- Get answer to your support question within one business day (Support Policy)
If you have a feature suggestion or idea you’d like to see in the plugin, we’d love to hear about it! Suggest a Feature
Documentation & Videos
- [Doc] User Guide
- [Doc] Installation
- [Doc] Purchase
- [Video] Purchase, Installation, Configuration Tutorial
- [Video] Installation Instruction
Help & Support
Visit our Help Center if you have any questions, our friendly Support Team is happy to help — https://support.bestwebsoft.com/
Affiliate Program
Earn 20% commission by selling the premium WordPress plugins and themes by BestWebSoft — https://bestwebsoft.com/affiliate/
Translation
- Afrikaans (af_ZA) (thanks to Aldu)
- Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR) (thanks to Breno Jacinto, www.iconis.org.br, DJIO, www.djio.com.br)
- Catalan (ca) (thanks to Jose Bescos – www.ibidemgroup.com)
- Chinese (zh_CN) (thanks to kplam)
- Czech (cs_CZ) (thanks to Michal Kučera, www.n0lim.it, PaMaDeSSoft, www.pamadessoft.cz)
- Danish (da_DK) (thanks to Kasper Jensen, www.teknisk-support.com)
- Dutch (nl_NL) (thanks to Olivier Smet)
- Estonian (et) (thanks to Feliks, www.veebimeister.com)
- French (fr_FR) (thanks Capronnier Luc)
- German (de_DE) (thanks to Alex)
- Greek (el) (thanks to Dimitris Karantonis, www.soft4real.com/en-UK)
- Indonesian (id_ID) (thanks to Jordan Silaen, www.chameleonjohn.com)
- Japanese (ja) (thanks to Foken)
- Norwegian (nb_NO) (thanks to Per Rommetveit)
- Russian (ru_RU)
- Slovak (sk_SK) (thanks to Michal Vittek, www.wp.sk)
- Spanish (es_ES) (thanks to Javitopo)
- Swedish (sv_SE) (thanks to Martin Tonek, Joakim Lindskog, Maarten van den Driest – www.crossanddot.nl)
- Turkish (tr) (thanks to Can Atasever, www.canatasever.com)
- Ukrainian (uk)
- Vietnamese (vi) (thanks to Dich Anh Viet, www.bizover.net)
Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send the text of PO and MO files to BestWebSoft and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO files Poedit.
Recommended Plugins
The author of the Contact Form also recommends the following plugins:
- SMTP – Configure SMTP server to receive email messages from WordPress to Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and other services.
- Captcha – #1 super security anti-spam captcha plugin for WordPress forms.
- reCaptcha – Protect WordPress website forms from spam entries with reCaptcha.
- Limit Attempts – Protect WordPress website against brute force attacks. Limit rate of login attempts.
- Contact Form Multi – Add unlimited number of contact forms to WordPress website.
- Contact Form to DB – Save and manage contact form messages. Never lose important data.
- Updater – Automatically check and update WordPress website core with all installed plugins and themes to the latest versions.
Screenshots
Contact Form displaying. Contact Form displaying with additional fields. Contact Form displaying with 2 columns. Contact Form settings page. Contact Form additional settings page. Contact Form appearance settings page. Widget settings for using shortcode in the sidebar. Add or remove additional fields easily and label any contact form fields you want. Choose additional information about sender you would like to see. Enable the file attachement option to get important files from senders via contact form. Make any of the standard form fields required or not. Translate your contact form to any language with a simple language customizer. Receive a copy of the email sent via the contact form. Divide your contact form fields into columns and change 'Submit' button position. Re-order contact form fields using drag & drop interface. Enable the file multiattachment option to get important files from senders via contact form.
Installation
- Upload the
contact-form-plugin
folder to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory. - Activate the plugin using the ‚Plugins‘ menu in your WordPress admin panel.
- You can adjust the necessary settings using your WordPress admin panel in „Contact Form“.
- Create a page or a post and insert the shortcode [bestwebsoft_contact_form] into the text.
View a PDF version of Step-by-step Instruction on Contact Form Installation.
FAQ
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Where can I find the settings to adjust the plugin work after activation?
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You can find the link to the Settings Page in the Plugin menu.
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I haven’t adjusted the settings after the plugin installation. What is the default email address used for a contact via the form?
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The address specified during WordPress installation will be used by the Contact Form plugin as the default one.
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How can I add Contact Form to my website?
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You should put the shortcode [bestwebsoft_contact_form] into your page or post.
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I chose a user via the plugin settings and got this error: „Please enter a valid email address. Settings are not saved.“
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This means that you made a syntax error.
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How to add the contact form not in English?
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- Add a language in the block „Language settings for the field names in the form“ on the plugin settings page.
- Mark the check box (if it’s not marked yet) in the block „Change the names of the contact form fields and error messages“, choose the necessary tab, click the arrow to expand the list of the fields and fill in the fields. Choose the necessary tab in the block „Action after email is sent“ as well and fill in the field. Save the changes.
- You will see the shortcode under the tab with the necessary language. Please paste that shortcode to the page or post.
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I’m not receiving messages from Contact Form OR the plugin does not send an email – „Sorry, email message could not be delivered.“
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Please follow the instructions below:
- Please check the plugin settings ‚/wp-admin/admin.php?page=contact_form.php‘ => ‚What to use?‘ => change the lines from wp-mail to mail and vice versa.
- Email messages can be marked as spam on the server. Please choose another email instead of the admin’s one (‚Use this email:‘ block) – for example, gmail or similar. If the message is sent, it means that email filtering is set on your server. Please contact your hosting provider.
- Perhaps email sending is not set. You should install an extra plugin called SMTP by BestWebSoft and configure it. Afterwards you should open the „Send A Test Email“ tab on the plugin settings page, check an option „Display log“, send a test email and you will see if the plugin logs have errors.
Note: If the Contact Form sends letters, but you don’t receive them, you can install our plugin Contact Form to DB in order not to lose the sent letters for the time the problem is being solved.
Additional info:
How to Use Contact Form – Step-by-step InstructionSubmit a support request if the problem still remains. Please include the following information when contacting support:
1. URL of the page where Contact Form is located (make sure that the plugin is activated and the form is displayed on the page).
2. Log generated by the SMTP plugin after sending the test message.
Submit a request -
Why the contact form is displayed in one column, if I’ve chosen two columns displaying on the plugin settings page?
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This happens when there is not enough the minimum width of the parent block where the contact form is located.
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Is it possible to create two contact forms using Contact Form?
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Install and activate Contact Form Multi in order to add unlimited number of forms to your WordPress website.
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I have some problems with the plugin’s work. What Information should I provide to receive proper support?
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Please make sure that the problem hasn’t been discussed yet on our forum (https://support.bestwebsoft.com). If no, please provide the following data along with your problem’s description:
- the link to the page where the problem occurs
- the name of the plugin and its version. If you are using a pro version – your order number.
- the version of your WordPress installation
- copy and paste into the message your system status report. Please read more here: Instruction on System Status
Rezensionen
Mitwirkende & Entwickler
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Änderungsprotokoll
V4.2.4 – 28.09.2021
- Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
- Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.8.1.
- NEW : Ability to add several addresses for receiving messages.
- NEW : Compatibility with reCapthcha Plus plugin has been added.
V4.2.3 – 24.05.2021
- Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.7.2.
- Bugfix : Bug with a session_start() function call has been fixed.
V4.2.2 – 28.01.2021
- Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.6.
- Update : The plugin settings page has been updated.
- Update : Catalan language file is updated.
- Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
- PRO : Ability to add Google Analytics Measurement ID for tracking form submission.
- PRO : Phone number mask has been added.
V4.2.1 – 31.08.2020
- NEW : Additional button to go to the Contact Form to DB plugin has been added.
- Bugfix : Bug with incorrect titles in Auto Response has been fixed.
- Update : All functionality for WordPress 5.5 has been updated.
V4.2.0 – 15.07.2020
- NEW : Compatibility with Limit Attempts plugin has been added.
- Update : BWS panel section was updated.
V4.1.9 – 03.06.2020
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug with Multi Attachment.
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug with Captcha by BestWebSoft.
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug with submit button on rtl sites.
- Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.4.1.
- Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
V4.1.8 – 15.10.2019
- Bugfix : Timeout update error was fixed.
V4.1.7 – 07.10.2019
- Update : The compatibility with WordPress version 5.2.3 was updated.
- PRO : An ability to create custom fields has been added.
- PRO : An ability to deactivate default fields has been added.
V4.1.6 – 04.09.2019
- Update: The deactivation feedback has been changed. Misleading buttons have been removed.
V4.1.5 – 09.04.2019
- Bugfix : The ability to translate GDPR Compliance has been fixed.
V4.1.4 – 26.03.2019
- NEW : The ability to attach multiple files has been added.
V4.1.3 – 06.02.2019
- Bugfix : The bug with wp-options call has need fixed.
V4.1.2 – 26.02.2019
- Update : The plugin settings page has been changed.
V4.1.1 – 11.12.2018
- Update : The compatibility with WordPress version 5.0 was updated.
V4.1.0 – 21.05.2018
- NEW : GDPR Compliance has been added.
V4.0.9 – 09.02.2018
- Update : Czech language file has been updated.
- Bugfix : The compatibility issue with Contact Form Multi plugin has been fixed.
V4.0.8 – 04.12.2017
- Bugfix : The compatibility issue with Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) plugin has been fixed.
- Bugfix : The compatibility issue with Captcha plugin has been fixed.
- NEW : The Indonesian language file has been added.
V4.0.7 – 04.07.2017
- Bugfix : The compatibility issue with Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) plugin was fixed.
- Bugfix : The bug with Email field displaying in Appearance tab was fixed.
- NEW : The ability to change width for contact form fields has been added.
- Update : French language file is updated.
V4.0.6 – 14.04.2017
- Bugfix : Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was fixed.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
V4.0.5 – 03.03.2017
- Bugfix : The bug with selecting language via BWS Shortcode button was fixed.
- Bugfix : The bug with enabling/disabling Captcha on the plugin additional settings page was fixed.
- Bugfix : The bug with re-ordering Captcha on the plugin appearance settings page was fixed.
- Bugfix : The bug with customizing form on the plugin appearance settings page was fixed.
- Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
V4.0.4 – 15.12.2016
- Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
V4.0.3 – 29.09.2016
- Update : The shortcode [contact_form] has been deprecated.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
V4.0.2 – 15.08.2016
- Bugfix : XSS vulnerability was removed.
- Bugfix : The bug with displaying google captcha has been fixed.
V2.1.4 – 19.07.2016
- Update : An ability to enable/disable Captcha, Google Captcha, Subscribe checkbox and an ability to save email to the database for each multi forms (if Contact Form Multi by Bestwebsoft is activated).
- Update : Color picker script was replaced.
V2.1.3 – 27.06.2016
- NEW : The ability to add custom styles to frontend of your site has been added.
- Update : The Spanish language file is updated.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
V2.1.2 – 27.04.2016
- Bugfix : The bug with adding options to the database was fixed.
V2.1.1 – 25.04.2016
- NEW : Compatibility with plugin Subscriber.
- NEW : The Danish language file is added.
V2.1.0 – 08.01.2016
- NEW : The Czech language file is added.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
V2.0.9 – 04.12.2015
- Bugfix : The bug with sorting on mobile devices was fixed.
- Bugfix : XSS vulnerability was removed.
- Bugfix : The bug with plugin menu duplicating was fixed.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
V2.0.8 – 16.11.2015
- Bugfix : Bug with the options saving on the settings page (appearance tab) was fixed.
V2.0.7 – 05.11.2015
- NEW : An ability to sort contact form fields was added.
- NEW : An ability to displaying contact form in 2 columns.
- NEW : An ability to change the contact form alignment.
- NEW : An ability to change labels position in the contact form.
- NEW : An ability to change labels align in the contact form.
- NEW : A button for contact form shortcode inserting to the content was added.
- NEW : The Dutch language file is added.
- Update : Textdomain was changed.
- Update : The method of the URL obtaining in the attribute „action“ of the contact form has been changed.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
- Bugfix : Vulnerabilities with
$path_of_upload_file
and$form_action
was fixed.
V2.0.6 – 05.08.2015
- New : We’ve made it possible to make Department field required.
- New : Ability to restore settings to defaults.
- Bugfix : We fixed syntax error.
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.4.
V2.0.5 – 03.07.2015
- Update : We fixed the url after the form is submitted.
- Update : We fixed display form for rtl.
V2.0.4 – 03.06.2015
- Update : We fixed ‚Send me a copy‘ email with the attachment.
- Update : We fixed error of a visual display of the settings page.
V2.0.3 – 13.05.2015
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.2.
V2.0.2 – 04.05.2015
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.1.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
V2.0.1 – 26.03.2015
- Bugfix : Error with option name when Contact Form Multi plugin is activated was fixed.
- Update : Plugin performance was improved.
- Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
V1.43 – 19.02.2015
- Bugfix : Bug with Contact Form impacting ‚From name‘ headers in messages sent by other plugins was fixed.
- Update : ‚Additional options‘ block was moved to a new tab, which is now named ‚Additional settings‘.
- Update : ‚Extra settings‘ tab name was changed to ‚Appearance‘.
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1.1.
- NEW : The Greek language file is added.
V1.42 – 26.12.2014
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug with attachment.
- Update : The Estonian and Japanese language files are updated.
V1.41 – 03.12.2014
- NEW : We added functionality for displaying two or more contact forms on a single page.
- Update : We changed the layout of Contact Form from fixed to responsive.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
V1.40 – 21.10.2014
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug with network activation.
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug with close banner button.
- Update : The Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian language files are updated.
- NEW : The Norwegian language file is added.
V1.39 – 27.08.2014
- Bugfix : Bug with saving email addresses with long domain part was fixed.
V1.38 – 22.08.2014
- Bugfix : Bug with saving options during the first installation was fixed.
V1.37 – 21.08.2014
- Bugfix : Bug with saving several email addresses was fixed.
V1.36 – 20.08.2014
- Bugfix : Bug with saving redirection link was fixed.
V1.35 – 13.08.2014
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.0-beta3.
- Bugfix : Security Exploit was fixed.
V1.34 – 08.08.2014
- Bugfix : The bug with not supported MIME type error was fixed.
V1.33 – 01.08.2014
- NEW : Auto Response is added.
V1.32 – 21.07.2014
- NEW : Ability to substitute „name“ and „email“ fields with User’s data for logged-in users, as well as to hide and make these data disabled for editing.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
- Update : The Spanish language file is updated.
V1.31 – 17.07.2014
- Update : We updated all functionality for Email Queue plugin.
V1.30 – 08.07.2014
- Bugfix : The bug related to overwriting of the attachments with the same names was fixed.
- NEW : We added ability to use the changed names of the fields of the contact form in the sent letter.
V1.29 – 26.06.2014
- NEW : We added location selectbox.
V1.28 – 28.05.2014
- Bugfix : We fixed the bugs with Contact Form Multi plugin.
V1.27 – 20.05.2014
- NEW : The Spanish language file is added.
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug of loading the user’s list ( We have limited the list „The user’s email address“ on the settings page to the lowest role – author ).
V1.26 – 09.05.2014
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.9.1.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
V1.25 – 17.04.2014
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.9.
- NEW : Compatibility with plugin Contact Form Multi Pro.
- Update : The Ukrainian language file is updated.
V1.24 – 08.04.2014
- NEW : The Afrikaans language file is added.
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug of the user’s list on multisite.
V1.23 – 24.03.2014
- NEW : Compatibility with plugin Contact Form Multi.
- NEW : ‚xlsx‘ mime-type is added.
- NEW : Added transition to the contact form after submitting.
V1.22 – 10.03.2014
- Budfix : Plugin optimization is done.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug of duplicate MIME-Version.
V1.21 – 20.02.2014
- NEW : The Estonian and German language file are added.
- NEW : Setting of choice for the form’s action URL ($_SERVER[‚HTTP_HOST‘] or $_SERVER[‚SERVER_NAME‘]).
V1.20 – 31.01.2014
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.1.
- NEW : The Turkish and Vietnamese language file are added.
V1.19 – 14.01.2014
- Update : BWS Panel section is updated.
- NEW : The department is added in email.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
- NEW : The Chinese language file is added.
V1.18 – 17.12.2013
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.
- Update : We changed capability to ‚manage_options‘ for the plugins settings pages.
V1.17 – 04.12.2013
- NEW : Ability to reorder elements in the department’s list.
- NEW : Ability to send email in plain format.
- Update : The Ukrainian language file is updated.
V1.16 – 26.11.2013
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug related to warning while saving settings.
- NEW : Ability to hide, make disabled or define subject and message fields.
- NEW : Ability to not use name field.
- NEW : We added mime types for .aar and .sce files.
V1.15 – 19.11.2013
- Update : The French language file is updated.
- NEW : Add checking license key in the plugin settings page.
- NEW : Add Privacy checkbox (Required checkbox for submitting the form).
- NEW : Add Optional checkbox (Optional checkbox, the results of which will be displayed in email).
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug related to use html-special chars.
V1.14 – 4.11.2013
- NEW : Add checking installed wordpress version.
- Update : Activation of radio button or checkbox by clicking on its label.
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.7.1.
V1.13 – 25.10.2013
- NEW : Add option for saving emails into the DataBase.
- Bugfix : File format according JavaScript and CSS Coding Standards.
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.7.
V1.12 – 23.10.2013
- NEW : Compatibility with plugin Contact Form To DB.
V1.11 – 11.10.2013
- NEW : Ability to change required symbol (asterisk).
V1.10 – 01.10.2013
- Update : The Brazilian Portuguese language file is updated.
- NEW : Ability to use the name of the user who fills the form in the field ‚From‘.
V1.09 – 25.09.2013
- Update : The and French language file is updated.
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.6.1.
- NEW : Ability to add SelectBox to the contact form with the title Department, where the message will arrive.
V1.08 – 13.09.2013
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug related to manage languages on the plugin settings page.
- Update : The Ukrainian language file is updated.
V1.07 – 30.08.2013
- Update : Function for displaying BWS Panel section placed in a separate file and has own language files.
- Update : Compatibility test with 20 most popular WordPress plugins.
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug of the wrong message tooltip.
- NEW : Compatibility with Captcha Pro.
- NEW : Ability to add field „Reply-to“ with user email to the email header.
V1.06 – 20.08.2013
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug related to ‚docx‘ mime type.
- Update : We changed plugin settings page displaying.
- NEW : Added an ability to delete an attachment file from the server after the email is sent.
- NEW : The Slovak language file is added.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
- Update : The Japanese language file is updated.
- Bugfix : We fixed the bug related to XSS attack.
V1.05 – 05.08.2013
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.6
- Bugfix : We fixed the email validation bug.
- Update : We removed displaying of additional info in the copy of email to the sender.
V1.04 – 30.07.2013
- NEW : Added an ability to use diffrent shortcodes.
- Update : The Swedish language file is updated.
- Update : The Brazilian Portuguese language file is updated.
V1.03 – 24.07.2013
- Bugfix : We fixed the displaying bug.
V1.02 – 23.07.2013
- NEW : The setting of displaying Captcha is added.
- NEW : Added an ability to view and send system information by mail.
- Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.5.2
- NEW : The Catalan language file is added.
- Update : The French language file is updated.
V1.01 – 25.06.2013
- NEW : The Finnish language file is added to the plugin.
V1.0 – 24.06.2013
- NEW : You can change the Contact Form CSS
- NEW : You can add a placeholder
- NEW : You can add tooltips for each field
- NEW : You can use JavaScript for the form validation with highlighting option