Title: Capturing form data
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Capturing form data

 *  [gary_davison](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gary_davison/)
 * (@gary_davison)
 * [16 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capturing-form-data/)
 * Hi,
 * As WordPress has evolved into becoming more than just a blogging platform, its
   also now a CMS. I was wondering whether there is a plugin that capture’s data
   inputted by a user in a contact form and places it into a MySQL database which
   can then be downloaded by the admin user as a CSV file.
 * Is there any like this available for WordPress, or is this something that I’m
   more likely to find in advanced CMS specific solutions.
 * Thanks
    Gary

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 *  [houseof9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houseof9/)
 * (@houseof9)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capturing-form-data/#post-1109479)
 * Hi Gary,
    I’m looking for a similar feature. Came across this. Is that what you
   are looking for?
 * -Patrick
 *  [shannonwx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shannonwx/)
 * (@shannonwx)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capturing-form-data/#post-1109480)
 * [MM Forms](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mm-forms/) can do exactly what
   you’re looking for. You can create and customize contact forms, and it can save
   the submitted data to a MySQL database. You can then view the data in the WP 
   console as well as export to/save as CSV.
 *  [houseof9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houseof9/)
 * (@houseof9)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capturing-form-data/#post-1109481)
 * Hi ShannonWX,
    Does a CSV file open in in MS Excel? My client wants their form
   submissions to end up as Excel Spreadsheet.
 * Thanks!
    Patrick
 *  [shannonwx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shannonwx/)
 * (@shannonwx)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capturing-form-data/#post-1109489)
 * Usually, yes! You can find some great information about opening CSV files in 
   Excel [here](http://cas.sdss.org/dr7/en/help/howto/graph/open.asp). The only 
   downside is that you might need to instruct your client on how to open CSV files
   in Excel, since a CSV file might not appear in Excel’s “Open” dialogue box by
   default.
 *  [luispunchy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luispunchy/)
 * (@luispunchy)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/capturing-form-data/#post-1109572)
 * ShannonWX – you have been able to get the MM Forms export function to work properly?
   I only get a 404 error – see here for details, if you care to help: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/267860?replies=6#post-1342954](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/267860?replies=6#post-1342954)
 * Thanks!

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