Title: Old, outdated and needlessly complex
Last modified: March 14, 2022

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# Old, outdated and needlessly complex

 *  [motti_b](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motti_b/)
 * (@motti_b)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-outdated-and-needlessly-complex/)
 * Yes, it’s free and even then, not worth wasting your time. The plugin has not
   changed in the last 10 years and it looks like it.
 * If you need a simple contact form download something else, you will save hours
   of trying to understand and configure this outdated plugin.
 * When trying to configure the plugin to send emails to your email you will be 
   introduce to the dreaded mail tags that either work or not. It is a complex technic
   that will leave you scratching your head in disbeleif.
 * It is so not user friendly. Do not use.

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 *  [Yordan Soares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yordansoares/)
 * (@yordansoares)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-outdated-and-needlessly-complex/#post-15466935)
 * Hi [@motti_b](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motti_b/),
 * I agree with you. The mail tags could be intimidating at first, but once you 
   understand them, you will set them up very easily. You may miss a visual drag-
   and-drop interface, but the [plugin documentation](https://contactform7.com/)
   provides a variety of articles that will help you understand how everything in
   the plugin works. Personally, I have been using this plugin for years because
   of its great flexibility and the large number of extensions that have been developed
   for it.
 * In any case, if after taking a look at the documentation you still have issues
   with your contact form, feel free to ask for help and I, or any other volunteer,
   will try to answer your questions to help you set up your contact form successfully.
 *  Thread Starter [motti_b](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motti_b/)
 * (@motti_b)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-outdated-and-needlessly-complex/#post-15468646)
 * Hi Yordan,
 * Thank you for replying! I used CF7 many years ago and then, due to lack of other
   plugins, I had to learn all the quirks of the plugin. It was disappointing to
   see how nothing was change in so many years.
 * Yes, it is a very comprehensive plugin but I wish coders would give the author
   a hand and make it more friendly user.
 * I did manage to finally create the form I wanted. The CF7 instructions, well….
   they were not written for the simple user, they were written the way lawyers 
   write contracts. Not too helpful I am afraid.
 * I do have an issue with CF7 not sending confirmation emails. I do have a second
   email setup and sometimes it sends confirmation and sometimes it does not. I 
   am not sure if it is a server issue or a plugin issue. When sending email to 
   an address belonging to a regular domain name (personal@photosbymotti for example)
   it seems to work almost always. However, when sending to a Gmail account, it 
   does not always work, about 4 out of ten attempts. Strange.
 * Maybe you have a solution. Thank you in advance.
 * Cheers!!

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