ifthenpay | Payments for Contact Form 7

Description

This plugin integrates the ifthenpay payment gateway with Contact Form 7 to enable seamless payment collection directly from your forms. Payments are processed through a secure pay-by-link system, ensuring that no sensitive card or banking data is stored on your website. After form submission, customers are redirected to a secure ifthenpay payment page where they finalize the transaction. ifthenpay then sends a server-side callback to automatically update the payment status in your entries.

In plain terms you get:

• One-time payments directly from Contact Form 7 forms
• Secure automatic payment confirmations via callback
• Payment entries page to manage and track all transactions
• Revenue dashboard widget with period breakdown
• No card numbers stored on your website

All global settings are configured on the CF7 Integration page. Per-form settings (enable/disable, amount source) are managed inside each form editor.

Key Features

1. Full integration with Contact Form 7 forms
2. Secure transactions via pay-by-link
3. Automatic payment confirmation via server-side callback
4. Support for multiple payment methods (cards, wallets, bank transfers)
5. Per-form configuration — enable payments and set amount source per form
6. Flexible amount — fixed price or read dynamically from any CF7 field
7. Payment entries page with filtering, search, bulk actions, and column customization
8. Revenue dashboard widget with last 24 h / 7 d / 15 d / 30 d breakdown
9. Admin bar shortcut and keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+F) to Entries page
10. Multi-language support (EN, ES, FR, PT)
11. Security-first — no card data stored, anti-phishing key validation, HTTPS only

Requirements

• An active ifthenpay merchant account.
• The payment methods you want enabled (our helpdesk team will guide you).
• WordPress 6.5+ and PHP 8.2+, with Contact Form 7 5.9+ installed and activated.
• HTTPS (SSL) enabled on your site.

Form Tag Reference

The [ifthenpay_payment] tag renders the payment button in the form. Place it once where the submit button should appear and remove the default [submit] tag.

Supported options:

• amount:X.XX — (Required) Payment amount in euros. Use . or , as decimal separator.
• “Button text” — (Optional) Custom button label. Default: “Pay with ifthenpay”.
• css:”my-class” — (Optional) Extra CSS class appended to the button element.
• hide:yes — (Optional) Hides the payment method logos displayed above the button.

The tag generator in the form editor builds the tag for you with a visual UI.

External Services

This plugin integrates with the ifthenpay payment platform to process payments for Contact Form 7 submissions. ifthenpay is a third-party service that provides secure payment processing for various methods including cards, wallets, and local bank transfers.

• Contact Form 7

  • What it is and what it is used for: A free form builder plugin used to create contact and payment forms. This plugin extends its capabilities by adding a payment button tag and processing.

• Gravatar (Automattic)

  • What it is and what it is used for: A profile image service used to retrieve and display the sender’s avatar next to their form submission on the plugin’s administration entries page.
  • What data is sent and when: An anonymized string created from the user’s email address (also called a hash) is sent to the Gravatar service whenever an administrator views the Single Entry Page.
  • Automattic Terms of Service: Terms of Service
  • Automattic Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy.

• ifthenpay Backoffice & Integrations

  • What it is and what it is used for: The ifthenpay Backoffice is the merchant dashboard used to manage integrations and payment configurations. The plugin uses the ifthenpay API to generate payment links and validate transactions.
  • What data is sent and when:
  • During setup: Backoffice Key and Gateway Key for authentication and configuration retrieval.
  • During payment processing: Transaction ID, amount, description, enabled payment method accounts, success/error/cancel return URLs, language, and optionally the selected payment method, customer email, customer name, and form field data.
  • During callbacks: Payment status, Transaction ID, and payment method (received from ifthenpay).
  • Network & VPN Requirements: Outbound HTTPS requests are made to ifthenpay APIs for setup, link generation, and status validation. Servers behind strict firewalls or restrictive outbound VPNs must allowlist the following domains to prevent connection timeouts:
  • api.ifthenpay.com
  • ifthenpay.com
  • End-User License Agreement (EULA): EULA
  • Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy

All network requests are performed server-side over HTTPS. Sensitive credentials are stored securely and are not publicly exposed. No raw card or bank details are stored.

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv3.

Support

For assistance use the WordPress.org support forum:

Pre-checks before posting:
* Payment method enabled on Gateway Key AND mapped to Integration
* Running current recommended versions of WordPress, PHP & Contact Form 7

Commercial helpdesk available (no direct email required): helpdesk.ifthenpay.com
* ifthenpay support: suporte@ifthenpay.com
* Contact Form 7 docs: contactform7.com/docs