Title: Request: Default Contact Form Shortcode
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Request: Default Contact Form Shortcode

 *  [jas8522](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jas8522/)
 * (@jas8522)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-default-contact-form-shortcode/)
 * Since the built in contact form doesn’t support captcha or other spam prevention
   and I usually prefer Contact Form 7, it’s great that you guys offer a shortcode
   option for each listing! Thanks for that 🙂
 * The only downside to it is that some users don’t know how to use shortcodes and
   it’s rather cumbersome to explain them that they need to find the shortcode, 
   copy and paste it in the box for each listing. While we could duplicate each 
   listing, then we end up with photos attached that shouldn’t be there, so it’s
   cleaner to show them how to create a new one.
 * It would be great to have a setting somewhere where I can specify a default value
   for that field for each listing. Thusly whenever a listing is created anew, it
   will automatically have that field filled out with my Contact Form 7 form.
 * I know I can edit the default template (I think singl-listing.php), but I much
   prefer to make changes that will be forward-thinking and prevent potential problems
   in the future with upgrades or security issues in the template file.
 * Thanks for the consideration!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-listings/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-listings/)

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 *  Plugin Author [agentevolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agentevolution/)
 * (@agentevolution)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-default-contact-form-shortcode/#post-5622648)
 * You can edit the single-listing.php with your shortcode or other logic. Place
   it in the root of your theme folder and it will not be overwritten in a plugin
   update.

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