AN Submission Manager for Contact Form 7

Description

AN Submission Manager for Contact Form 7
allows administrators to view and manage saved form submissions
directly from the WordPress dashboard.

Instead of searching through different forms or dealing with raw database records, you can view your Contact Form 7 forms first, select a form, and then view the submissions belonging to that specific form.

Features

• 📋 List all Contact Form 7 forms
• 📥 View submissions by form
• 📄 Export all entries for a form or one individual entry as CSV
• 🔢 Submission count for each form
• 🗃️ Store submissions in a dedicated database table
• 🆔 Associate submissions with the Contact Form 7 form ID
• 🕒 Record submission date and time
• 🎨 Clean and modern WordPress admin interface
• 📱 Responsive admin layout
• 🔒 WordPress capability-based admin access
• ⚡ Lightweight and simple
• 🧩 Works with existing Contact Form 7 forms
• 🛠️ No complicated configuration required

How It Works

= 1. Open Submission Entries =
After installation, you’ll find a new menu in your WordPress dashboard:

AN Submission Entries

The plugin provides a dedicated interface for managing your form submissions.

2. Select a Form

The first screen displays your available Contact Form 7 forms.

Each form shows:

• Form name
• Contact Form 7 form ID
• Number of stored submissions
• View Entries button

3. View Form Entries

Click View Entries to see submissions belonging to that specific form.

The entries list displays:

• Entry ID
• Submission date and time
• A short preview of the submitted data

Open an entry to see all submitted fields and values. Use Export All CSV on the entries list to download that form’s submissions, or Export This Entry CSV on an individual entry page to download just that submission.

This keeps submissions organized and prevents entries from different forms from being mixed together.

Admin Interface

The plugin is designed around a simple workflow:

Forms → Select a form → View entries → Open an individual entry or export CSV

This makes it easy to manage submissions even when your website contains multiple Contact Form 7 forms.

Requirements

Before using the plugin, make sure your website has:

• WordPress 6.5 or higher
• PHP 7.4 or higher
• Contact Form 7 installed and activated

The plugin is designed to work alongside Contact Form 7 and stores submissions when forms are submitted.

Usage

After activating the plugin:

1. Create or use an existing Contact Form 7 form.
2. Add the form to a page.
3. Submit the form from the frontend.
4. Open:

WordPress Dashboard → AN Submission Entries

1. Select the form.
2. Click View Entries.
3. Open an entry to review its submitted information, or export all entries for the form as CSV.

No shortcode or additional configuration is required for the WordPress admin submission manager.

Data Storage

The plugin stores submissions in a dedicated WordPress database table:

wp_cf7_submissions

The actual table prefix depends on your WordPress installation.

For example:

wp_cf7_submissions

or:

wp123_cf7_submissions

The table stores information such as:

• id: Unique submission ID
• form_id: Contact Form 7 form ID
• form_title: Contact Form 7 form title
• submitted_data: Submitted form data
• submit_time: Submission date and time

The plugin uses WordPress’s database API and dbDelta() for database management.

Security

AN Submission Entries uses WordPress security practices including:

• WordPress capability checks
• Sanitized form IDs
• Escaped admin output
• Prepared database queries
• WordPress database APIs
• Serialized submission data for structured storage

Only users with the appropriate WordPress administrative capability can access the submission management interface.

Why Use AN Submission Entries?

Contact Form 7 focuses on creating and processing forms, while AN Submission Entries provides a convenient way to keep and review submitted entries inside WordPress.

Instead of building a custom submission management system for every website, you can use one dedicated interface:

Forms → Select Form → View Entries

It’s intentionally lightweight and focused on making submission management easier.

Roadmap

Future versions may introduce additional submission management features, including:

• 🔍 Submission search
• 📄 Pagination
• 🗑️ Delete submissions
• ☑️ Bulk actions
• 📅 Date filtering
• 🔔 New/unread submission indicators
• 📊 Submission statistics
• 📎 File attachment handling
• 📧 Submission notifications
• 📤 Advanced export options

Privacy

This plugin stores form submission data in your WordPress database.

The type of information stored depends on the fields included in your Contact Form 7 forms.

Website administrators should review their site’s privacy policy and ensure that storing submitted information complies with applicable privacy requirements.

If your forms collect personal information, clearly inform visitors about how their submitted data is stored and used.

External Services

Submission data is stored in your WordPress database. The plugin also includes Appsero, an optional diagnostics and usage tracking service. Tracking data is sent only if a site administrator opts in. See the Appsero privacy policy for details.

Contact Form 7 is a separate plugin and is required to capture submissions.

License

AN Submission Entries for Contact Form 7 is licensed under the:

GNU General Public License v2.0 or later

GPL-2.0-or-later

You are free to use, modify, and distribute the plugin according to the terms of the license.

Author

Abdullah Naseem

GitHub:

https://github.com/abdullahnart/

Support and Contributions

Found a bug, have an idea, or want to contribute?

You can open an issue or submit improvements through the project’s GitHub repository:

https://github.com/abdullahnart/an-submission-entries

About

A lightweight way to turn Contact Form 7 submissions into an organized, easy-to-manage WordPress dashboard experience.

Create forms. Receive submissions. Manage entries.

Privacy Policy

AN Submission Manager for Contact Form 7 uses Appsero SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user’s confirmation. This helps us to troubleshoot problems faster & make product improvements.

Appsero SDK does not gather any data by default. The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data when a user allows it via the admin notice. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.

Integrating Appsero SDK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY start gathering data, without confirmation from users in any case.

Learn more about how Appsero collects and uses this data.

Disclaimer

This is an independent plugin and is not affiliated with or
endorsed by the Contact Form 7 project or its developers.