Title: Some Recent Issues
Last modified: December 10, 2025

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# Some Recent Issues

 *  [cuckoofair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cuckoofair/)
 * (@cuckoofair)
 * [5 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-recent-issues/)
 * Is it possible to export the sequence number?
 * I moved all the messages to the Bin, we had 100s for the 5 different forms. For
   the next messages submitted the sequence number re-started at 1?
 * There are three types of folders – Inbox/Spam/Bin. They all a ‘View Channels’
   dropdown. However, the values in the dropdown are set by whatever is in the Inbox.
   If you move all your entries to the bin then View All Channels is blank!
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 *  [ytsuyuzaki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ytsuyuzaki/)
 * (@ytsuyuzaki)
 * [5 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-recent-issues/#post-18759437)
 * I’ll answer based on the assumption that the “sequence number” refers to the `
   serial_number` stored in the message metadata. If that’s not what you meant, 
   please let me know.
 * At the moment, it seems that the metadata shown on the individual message view(
   such as serial_number) is not supported for export. Only the main message fields
   are included in exports.
 * Regarding how serial_number is assigned: after checking the implementation, it
   is calculated as (number of existing entries) + 1.
   Because of this, if all messages
   are removed from the Inbox (for example, moved to the Bin), the next submitted
   message will start again from 1.
 * The relevant code is implemented in Contact Form 7 itself.
   While serial_number
   is stored, it doesn’t appear to be actively used anywhere else in the codebase.
 * Out of curiosity, is there a particular benefit or use case you’re aiming for
   by having a serial_number (sequence number)?

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 * Last activity: [5 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-recent-issues/#post-18759437)
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