Smart Contact Form Logger

Smart Contact Form Logger is a custom WordPress plugin that captures and logs Contact Form 7 submissions into a dedicated database table and provides a secure admin interface to view, search, paginate, and manage submissions.

This plugin is designed to work independently of email delivery, making it ideal for auditing, debugging, and record-keeping purposes.

🚀 Features

• Logs Contact Form 7 submissions automatically
• Stores data in a custom database table (no post misuse)
• Secure WordPress admin dashboard
• Search submissions by form content
• Pagination for large datasets
• Bulk delete with nonce protection
• Captures metadata:
  • IP address
  • Page URL
  • User agent
  • Submission timestamp
• Fully compatible with localhost (no SMTP required)

🧱 Architecture Overview

🔧 Technologies Used

• PHP (Procedural, WordPress standards)
• WordPress Plugin API
• Contact Form 7 Hooks
• MySQL (via $wpdb)
• HTML (Admin UI)

🔐 Security Practices

• Capability checks (manage_options)
• Data sanitization & escaping
• Prepared database statements
• CSRF protection using nonces
• Direct file access prevention (ABSPATH)

📦 Installation

1. Clone or download this repository
2. Upload smart-contact-form-logger to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin from WordPress Admin
4. Install and activate Contact Form 7
5. Submit a form and view logs under Form Logs

🧪 Tested Environment

• WordPress 6+
• PHP 8.x
• Contact Form 7
• Localhost (XAMPP)

📌 Use Cases

• Backup of contact form submissions
• Debugging email delivery issues
• Compliance and audit logging
• Lead tracking without email dependency

👤 Author

Jayant Choudhari
GitHub: https://github.com/jayantchoudhari25