Custom Contact Form
A lightweight custom WordPress contact form plugin developed to provide a simple and dependency-free alternative to Contact Form 7. This plugin was built to avoid common conflicts and performance issues sometimes experienced with third-party form plugins.
Install
This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.
Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:
wp plugin install https://github.com/himanshuchaurasiya/custom-contact-form/archive/refs/heads/main.zipA lightweight custom WordPress contact form plugin developed to provide a simple and dependency-free alternative to Contact Form 7.
This plugin was built to avoid common conflicts and performance issues sometimes experienced with third-party form plugins.
🚀 Features
Custom Admin Menu Integration
Simple Contact Form (Name, Email, Phone, Description)
Lightweight and Fast
No External Plugin Dependency
Easy to Customize
Beginner-Friendly Code Structure
🛠️ Technologies Used
PHP
WordPress Plugin API
HTML
jQuery (CDN)
WordPress Hooks (add_action)
📦 Installation
Download or clone this repository.
Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/
Activate the plugin from WordPress Admin → Plugins
Access the form from the WordPress Admin Menu.
📌 Purpose of This Project
This plugin was developed for personal use to:
Reduce dependency on heavy form plugins
Avoid unnecessary performance overhead
Gain deeper understanding of WordPress plugin development
Practice custom admin menu and form handling
👨💻 Author
Himanshu Chaurasiya WordPress Developer (5+ Years Experience) Theme Development | Plugin Development | WooCommerce | Custom Solutions