there are only three main contact form plugins that have opportunity to save emails to database (hereinafter db). one of them includes all features as contact form and an opportunity to save emails to db. the others are only add-ons for certain plugins.
this article is for bloggers, users and people who want to control and keep tab on letters from their contact forms.
the users receive a lot of useful and additional functions from the use of plugin that category.
well, let’s begin. we will review following plugins: contact form db by michael simpson, contact form to email by codepeople and contact form to db by bestwebsoft.
each plugin has a number of advantages and disadvantages.
best contact form mail management plugins.1. contact form db.
it works only with certain plugins. this “cfdb” instrument saves contact form submissions to your wordpress database and provides shortcodes to retrieve and display the data. once you install the plugin, it will automatically begin to capture submissions from:
? jetpack contact form plugin
? contact form 7 (cf7) plugin
? fast secure contact form (fscf) plugin
advantages:
? it is a functional plugin to store “contact us” data into database.
? plugin displays data you collected from custom forms.
? cfdb will help you to find and recover the information that cf7 didn’t send.
disadvantages:? multilanguage problem. when you import from csv to excel some languages can get missed.
? developers of jetpack, contact form 7, fast secure contact form plugins are not the developers of this plugin. so, there is no single concept.
? it works only with certain plugins.
? your wordpress site must be running php5 or better. this plugin will fail to activate if your site is running php4.
? it is so hard to install and there are a lot of additional installation processes.
? to extend the functionality of this plugin you need to use and install certain shortcodes.
conclusion:so what can we say about this plugin. it looks like it is a very functional and easy to use plugin but some little disadvantages can upset users of this plugin. for example for novice users it will be little difficult to clear up with using shortcodes or understand additional installation processes.
2. contact form to email.the main purpose of the contact form to email is, as the name indicates, to create contact forms and send their data email addresses. in addition to that basic feature it also saves the contact form data into a database, provides printable reports and the option to export selected data to csv/excel files.
advantages of this plugin:? gives the opportunity not to lose submissions and keep a record of the received contact form messages.
? email delivery / notifications: the contact form data is sent by email to one or more email addresses. it also supports the configuration of auto-replies to the user who filled the contact form.
? form data saved into the database: avoid losing submissions and keep a record of the received contact form messages.
? printable list of messages: get the list of contacts received from the contact form within a selected date range and print it.
? export data to csv/excel: export the contact form data to a standard format that can be used by other applications. export the email addresses and other contact form data using date and text search filters.
? form validation: set validation rules for each contact form field. keep your data clean.
? anti-spam protection: built-it captcha anti-spam protection. no need to rely on external services for the contact form anti-spam protection.
disadvantages of this plugin:? it is hard to use and install.
? free version is not customizable. you have to get the professional version to be able to customize your contact form.
? doesn’t include technical support (60 days of support service can be purchased for $25).
conclusion:i think that contact form to e-mail is rath