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Plugin Description
Use the shortcode [essential_form] where you want a contact form with the fields: name, email, message, and agreement checkbox.
Essential Form has a very powerful inbuilt anti-spam system that will block all the robots. It will not be possible for robots to send you spam. Only humans will be able to do it manually.
Most of the time, in your contact form you just need the fields name, email, message, and an agreement checkbox. If you need more, this plugin is not for you.
Essential Form adds no HTTP requests. It consumes zero. When we say it’s the lightest contact form we are not joking at all.
The entire zip of the plugin is 9 kB. On the page where you add the shortcode it inlines a very tiny script of pure Vanilla JavaScript that is 1 kilobyte.
No jQuery, no libraries, nothing of this kind of bloated stuff.
The anti-spam system runs behind the scenes in a very clever way without the need for any annoying captcha or other similar systems which some times even fail.
How to add a contact form on the page
- Add the shortcode [essential_form]
- Done!
Features of Essential Form
- Extremely lightweight. It inlines 1 kb (when the document is compressed it will be even lower) of pure Vanilla JavaScript only on the page where you add the shortcode, and never above the fold. On the other pages, it doesn’t exist. We can say it exists on the page where you add the shortcode only because you see the contact form, in another case, it would be impossible to see that this plugin exists on that page. No tools will be able to measure consumption due to this plugin.
- The contact form will have only the fields name, email, message, and an agreement checkbox. Nothing else. If you need more, better you use a different plugin. If those fields are all that you need, you will love this plugin.
- It inherits the style of your theme. If you want a different style, you need to write your custom CSS or use a different plugin.
- It has a very powerful anti-spam system. It will be impossible for robots to send spam through the contact form. Only humans can send spam manually.
- No need for annoying captcha or similar systems that make visitors lose their nerves. The anti-spam system is behind the scenes, and it’s very powerful.
How to customize Essential Form
The shortcode [essential_form] accepts the following parameters:
*label_email
*label_message
*button_text
*agreement_text
*success_message
If assigned, the shortcode will look like [essential_form label_emal=”Your email” lable_message=”Your message” button_text=”Send” agreement_text=”You agree with our privacy policy” success_message=”Thank you for your message!”]
If you don’t assign the parameters of the shortcode, the plugin will take the default settings.
You can also customize the contact forms throught the filter hook ‘essential_form_settings’.
Here an example.
add_filter( 'essential_form_settings',function( $options ){
return array(
'email_from' => 'youremail@mail.com',
'email_to' => 'youremail@mail.com',
'email_subject' => sprintf( esc_html__( 'Message from %s','your-domain' ),get_bloginfo( 'name' ) ),
'label_name' => __( 'Name','your-domain' ),
'label_email' => __( 'Email','your-domain' ),
'label_message' => __( 'Message','your-domain' ),
'button_text' => __( 'Send','your-domain' ),
'agreement_text' => __( 'By submitting this form I agree with the privacy policy','your-domain' ),
'success_message' => __( 'Form submitted successfully! Thank you for your message!','your-domain' ),
'name_missing_error' => __( 'Name is a required field!','your-domain' ),
'email_missing_error' => __( 'Email is a required field!','your-domain' ),
'email_not_valid_error' => __( 'Email not valid!','your-domain' ),
'message_missing_error' => __( 'Message is a required field!','your-domain' ),
'message_too_long_error' => __( 'This message is too long! Please, write not more than 50000 characters.','your-domain' ),
'missing_agreement_error' => __( 'You have to agree with our privacy policy to submit the form.','your-domain' )
);
} );
If you need to do a custom action after the sending of the email, you can use the action hook ‘essential_form_after_sending’.
Here an example.
add_filter( 'essential_form_after_sending',function( $name,$email,$message,$post_id ){
//$name is the name of the user who submitted the contant form
//$message is the message which is sent through the contact form
//$post_id is the ID of the page where is included the contact form
//Your code here
},10,4 );
If you need to custommize the message that is included in the email, use the filter hook ‘essential_form_message’.
Here you have an example.
add_filter('essential_form_message',function( $message,$name,$email,$post_id ){
if( isset( $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ) ){
$message .= '<p>IP: '.sanitize_text_field( $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ).'</p>';
}
return $message;
},10,4 );
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