Sarika Contact Form

A custom WordPress contact form plugin that saves messages to the database and sends email notifications — built without any third-party libraries.

Features

• Shortcode [sarika_contact_form] — add form to any page
• Saves all submissions to a custom database table
• Email notification sent to admin on every new message
• Reply-To header set to the sender's email
• Success and error messages after submission
• Security — nonce verification on every submission
• Input sanitization and validation
• Admin panel to view, mark as read and delete messages
• Unread message count displayed in admin
• Fully styled dark form matching portfolio theme

Tech Stack

• PHP
• MySQL (via $wpdb)
• WordPress Hooks and Shortcodes
• HTML5 / CSS3

Plugin Structure

sarika-contact-form/
├── sarika-contact-form.php     # Main plugin file
├── includes/
│   ├── shortcode.php           # Renders the contact form
│   ├── form-handler.php        # Processes form submission
│   └── admin-page.php          # Admin messages panel
└── assets/
    └── contact-form.css        # Form styles

Installation

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Upload the sarika-contact-form folder to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins in WordPress admin
4. Activate Sarika Contact Form
5. Create a new page and add shortcode: [sarika_contact_form]
6. Visit the page to see the form

Usage

Add this shortcode to any WordPress page or post:

[sarika_contact_form]

Admin Panel

After activation go to Contact Messages in the WordPress admin sidebar to:

• View all submitted messages
• Mark messages as read
• Delete messages

Author

Sarika Yadav

• GitHub: github.com/sarikayadav24
• Email: sarika86.yadav@gmail.com