Description
CraftForms Builder is a professional drag-and-drop builder that adds a modern visual editing experience on top of Contact Form 7. Design forms in a live canvas, add multistep flows and conditional logic, store and manage submissions, and review built-in analytics — all without leaving the WordPress admin.
This plugin is an add-on for Contact Form 7 and requires Contact Form 7 to be installed and active.
Visual builder
- Drag-and-drop field placement with a live preview
- Inline label editing, field duplication and section grouping
- Responsive (desktop / tablet / mobile) preview
- Undo / redo
Field types
Text, Textarea, Email, Phone, URL, Number, Dropdown, Multi-select, Country, Checkbox, Radio, File, Date, Hidden, Signature, Rating, Repeater (with sub-fields), and Submit.
Multistep forms
- Progress bars and step indicators
- Animated step transitions
- Autosave and “save & continue later” drafts
- Conditional step skipping
Conditional logic
- Visual IF / THEN rule builder
- AND / OR conditions and nested groups
- Conditional emails and redirects
Submission management
- Submissions stored in the site database
- Search, filter and status management (unread / read / starred / spam / trash)
- CSV export and print-ready (PDF) export
- Front-end entry list via the
[cfb_entries]shortcode
- Works with Contact Form 7 mail and second mail (autoresponder)
- Optional HTML email wrapper
- Conditional email workflows
Analytics
- Views, starts, submissions and conversion rate
- Abandonment and device analytics
- Field interaction reporting
- Dashboard under Contact → Analytics
Privacy & security
- GDPR acceptance field support
- Honeypot and rate limiting for spam protection
- Accessibility-minded markup (ARIA, focus handling, high contrast)
Third-party resources
This plugin bundles the following libraries for enhanced country, multiselect, and phone fields:
- Select2 4.1.0-rc.0 — MIT License
- intl-tel-input 19.5.6 — MIT License
Installation
- Make sure Contact Form 7 is installed and active.
- Upload the
craftforms-builderfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory, or install the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress. - Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen. The required database tables are created automatically on activation.
- Go to Contact → Contact Forms, edit a form, and open the Visual Builder tab.
- Use Contact → Entries and Contact → Analytics for submission management and reporting.
FAQ
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Does this plugin require Contact Form 7?
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Yes. It is an add-on for Contact Form 7 and will not function without Contact Form 7 installed and active. An admin notice is shown if Contact Form 7 is missing.
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Where are submissions stored?
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Submissions are stored in dedicated custom database tables created when the plugin is activated. You can browse, search, filter and export them from the Entries screen.
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Can visitors save a form and finish later?
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Yes. Multistep forms support autosave and a “save & continue later” draft link so visitors can return and complete the form.
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How do I show a visitor their own submissions on the front end?
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Add the
[cfb_entries]shortcode to any page. Logged-in users will see the submissions associated with their account. -
Does it support conditional logic?
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Yes. You can build IF/THEN rules with AND/OR conditions and nested groups to show, hide or require fields, and to drive conditional emails and redirects.
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Contributors & Developers
“CraftForms Builder” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Drag-and-drop visual form builder for Contact Form 7.
- Multistep forms with autosave and save & continue later.
- Conditional logic (AND/OR, nested groups, conditional emails and redirects).
- Submission storage, search, filters, status management, CSV and print/PDF export.
- Front-end entry list shortcode
[cfb_entries]. - Built-in form analytics (views, conversions, abandonment, devices, field interactions).
- GDPR acceptance field, honeypot and rate-limit spam protection.