Title: Shortcode forms not selectable
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Shortcode forms not selectable

 *  Resolved [normv2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/normv2/)
 * (@normv2)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-forms-not-selectable/)
 * Hi,
 * I have the Contact Form 7 updated to version 4.2 and CFDB to version 2.9.2. Under
   shortcodes >> “form” newly created forms (contact form 7) are no longer selectable.
   Old forms can I choose.
 * Thanks a lot
 * Greetings from bavaria
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-forms-not-selectable/#post-6247602)
 * The forms will not appear until you have at least one submission recorded in 
   the database.
 *  Thread Starter [normv2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/normv2/)
 * (@normv2)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-forms-not-selectable/#post-6247641)
 * What exactly do you mean, on my test site I had with the previous version no 
   problems. I could create forms and were instantly selectable. Two minutes later,
   after the updates, operate only the old forms.
 *  Thread Starter [normv2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/normv2/)
 * (@normv2)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-forms-not-selectable/#post-6247667)
 * Now I have wordpress reinstalled (new Domain, new db), and only Contact Form 
   7 and contact form DB installed. The result is the same, the default form of 
   Contact Form 7 can not be selected at the shortcut menu and the contact form 
   db view shows nothing.
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-forms-not-selectable/#post-6247699)
 * You are mistaken about your previous experience. CFDB has _no knowledge_ of the
   forms you define in CF7 or any other plugin. But _when you submit a form_, CFDB
   intercepts the form submission and records the information. Only at that point
   it is aware that a form exists.
 *  Thread Starter [normv2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/normv2/)
 * (@normv2)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-forms-not-selectable/#post-6247708)
 * Sorry, I was somewhere else, now i understand the first response. Thanks Alot

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 * Last reply from: [normv2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/normv2/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-forms-not-selectable/#post-6247708)
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