Contact Form 7 Prevent Duplicate Submissions | Stop Multiple Form Submissions | CF7 Tutorial Part: 4

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Extensions For CF7 - Taking Contact Form 7 to the Next Level

Welcome to our tutorial on preventing duplicate submissions in Contact Form 7, ensuring your forms are submitted once per user, thereby enhancing the user experience and data integrity on your WordPress site.

This Contact Form 7 tutorial is dedicated to mastering the Extensions for the CF7 plugin, which significantly enhances the functionality of the popular Contact Form 7 plugin.

In this video, we go through the Extensions For CF7 plugin, a powerful tool that extends the capabilities of Contact Form 7 by preventing multiple submissions, among other features.

Learn how to efficiently use this plugin to stop duplicate submissions, manage form submission data, and more.

How to Prevent Multiple Submissions in Contact Form 7 Using Extensions for CF7: Step by Step Guide Tutorial

Step 1: Installing the Plugin

Option A: Directly from the WordPress website admin panel
1. Navigate to your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins - Add New.
2. In the search bar, type "Extensions For CF7" and press Enter.
3. Find the plugin in the search results and click "Install Now," then activate the plugin.

Option B: Downloading and Uploading
1. Visit the plugin's WordPress repository page at Extensions For CF7.
2. Download the plugin to your computer.
3. Go back to your WordPress dashboard, and navigate to Plugins - Add New - Upload Plugin.
4. Choose the downloaded plugin file, then install and activate it.

Step 2: Configuring the Plugin
After installation and activation:
1. Locate the "Extensions For CF7" menu in your WordPress admin panel. This is your gateway to enhancing Contact Form 7's functionality.
2. Click on the "Extensions" menu. Here, you'll find various features that the plugin offers.

Step 3: Enabling Duplicate Submission Prevention

1. Look for the "Already Submitted" feature within the Extensions menu. This is the key to preventing multiple submissions.
2. Toggle the switch to "ON" for the "Already Submitted" feature. This action enables the plugin to check for duplicate submissions.
3. Click the "Save" button to apply your changes.

Step 4: Setting Up Unique Fields in Your Contact Form
1. Navigate to the Contact Form 7 form editor where you wish to prevent multiple submissions.
2. Insert the "HT Unique Fields" shortcode into your form. This shortcode allows you to specify which fields should be unique for each submission.
For example, if you wish to prevent duplicate submissions based on email addresses, you would include the email field within the "HT Unique Fields" shortcode.
3. After adding the shortcode and specifying your unique fields, save your form.

Step 5: Testing Your Setup
Congratulations on completing the setup! It's now time to test your contact form:
1. Visit the page where your contact form is published.
2. Try submitting the form twice with the same information in the "unique" fields.

If everything is configured correctly, the second submission should be blocked, indicating that the setup is successful.

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