Title: Plugin is for coders only
Last modified: February 16, 2022

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# Plugin is for coders only

 *  [troyw2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/troyw2015/)
 * (@troyw2015)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-for-coders-only/)
 * While Contact Form 7 does work, it will only give you a rather ugly contact form
   which you won’t be able style without an advanced understanding of CSS, HTML 
   and PHP. If you are not fully versed in coding and want a contact form you can
   style alongside your website, this is not the plugin for you.
 * The reason I give this plugin 1 star is simply because if you are able to write
   your own CSS and PHP function code, you probably don’t need a plugin to create
   a contact form.
 * While I get that this is a free plugin, you are better off paying for one that
   actually allows you to style it, than this horror which will consume days of 
   your life for little in return.
 * It almost scores 2 stars because it is the only Free Contact Form Plugin out 
   there that connects to CRM’s like Mail Chimp. However, if you have this ugly 
   form on your website, your customers might not be too keen on using your services
   in the first place.
 * This plugin shouldn’t be in the WordPress library, it should be on Github or 
   Stack Exchange for coders to play with instead of wasting everyone elses time.

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 *  [martymcleod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martymcleod/)
 * (@martymcleod)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-for-coders-only/#post-15371545)
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 *  [Yordan Soares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yordansoares/)
 * (@yordansoares)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-for-coders-only/#post-15466962)
 * Hi [@troyw2015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/troyw2015/),
 * I understand your frustration, and I think you’re right in part: the learning
   curve for Contact Form 7 is higher as most contact form plugins you get out there.
   However, once you understand how it works (which you can learn in the plugin 
   [documentation](https://contactform7.com/docs/) or with any of the hundreds of
   tutorials on the web, including [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=contact+form+7)),
   you will appreciate having the flexibility that this plugin provides.

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