Title: Inbox AI
Author: Aminul Islam
Published: <strong>July 28, 2026</strong>
Last modified: July 28, 2026

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# Inbox AI

 By [Aminul Islam](https://profiles.wordpress.org/theaminuldev/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/inbox-ai.0.6.0.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/inbox-ai/#installation)
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## Description

Inbox AI adds a unified review inbox on top of your Contact Form 7 forms, without
modifying Contact Form 7 itself. It combines:

 * Persistent local storage of every submission to your chosen forms.
 * An AI-drafted summary, suggested reply, category, priority, and confidence score
   for each submission.
 * A searchable, filterable inbox and a per-submission review screen.
 * A manual, confirmed **Send Reply** action — the AI drafts, you decide. Nothing
   is ever sent automatically.
 * Bring-your-own-key support for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini.

#### Current status

The plugin is under active development. Built and working today:

 * AI Inbox: a searchable, filterable list of every captured submission (by form,
   status, priority, category, and date range), with a per-submission detail screen,
   AI summary/category/priority/confidence, an AI-drafted reply composer, retry-
   on-failure, and CSV export.
 * Settings: AI Provider connection (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google), Monitored Forms,
   Automatic Processing rules, customizable AI prompts, a Usage & Billing dashboard,
   Notifications (email + Slack), and a Flamingo import wizard for migrating older
   submissions.

A full step-by-step user guide is included with the plugin under `docs-platform/`.

### External services

This plugin connects to a third-party AI provider — OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google
Gemini, whichever one the site administrator chooses and configures with their own
API key in Settings  AI Provider — so it can generate a summary, suggested category,
priority, and a suggested reply for each Contact Form 7 submission the administrator
chooses to analyze.

What data is sent, and when: each time a monitored form is submitted (or an administrator
clicks “Retry”/”Regenerate”), the submission’s text content (message body, subject,
and the customer’s name, to the extent the administrator’s own prompt template references
them) is sent to the selected provider’s API, along with the site’s configured prompt
instructions. No data is sent to any provider until an AI provider is connected 
and at least one form is turned on under Monitored Forms. The administrator’s API
key is sent with each request (as required by the provider’s own API) and is otherwise
stored only on the site, encrypted, and never transmitted anywhere else.

Only one provider is contacted per request — whichever one is currently selected
in Settings  AI Provider. The plugin never uses a shared or proxy key; the site 
owner must supply and pay for their own API key directly with the provider.

Provider terms of service and privacy policy:
 * OpenAI — https://openai.com/policies/
business-terms/ (Business Terms, which govern API use) and https://openai.com/policies/
privacy-policy/ * Anthropic — https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms (
Commercial Terms of Service, which govern API use) and https://www.anthropic.com/
legal/privacy * Google Gemini — https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms (Gemini API
Additional Terms of Service) and https://policies.google.com/privacy

## Installation

 1. Install and activate Contact Form 7 (required).
 2. Upload and activate Inbox AI.
 3. Go to **Contact  Settings** to connect an AI provider and choose which forms to
    monitor, then check **Contact  AI Inbox**. See the included user guide (`docs-platform/`)
    for full setup steps.

## FAQ

### Is this ready to use?

Yes. AI Inbox (list, filters, submission detail, AI-drafted replies) and Settings(
AI Provider, General, Prompts, Usage & Billing, Notifications, Import & Migration)
are built and working. A Campaigns (bulk email) feature is still in development 
and not yet available.

### Will this modify Contact Form 7?

No. It’s designed to integrate only through Contact Form 7’s public hooks and will
never edit CF7 core files or its outgoing mail.

### Will replies ever be sent automatically?

No. The AI drafts a summary and reply, and a human reviews and explicitly confirms
before anything is sent to a visitor.

### Where will my API key be stored?

Your AI provider API key is stored encrypted in the WordPress options table and 
is never exposed in any frontend page, script, or REST response — only a masked 
version (e.g. `sk-••••••7f2A`) is ever displayed after saving.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Inbox AI” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Aminul Islam ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/theaminuldev/)

[Translate “Inbox AI” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/inbox-ai)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inbox-ai/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/inbox-ai/), or subscribe 
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/inbox-ai/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/inbox-ai/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### Inbox AI/v0.6.0 – 2026-07-28

**Changed**
 * Shortened the plugin name to “Inbox AI” (was “InboxAI for Contact
Form 7”). * Finalized the slug/text domain as `inbox-ai` (was `inboxai-for-contact-
form-7`). * Confirmed with WordPress.org that the slug could still change before
the first SVN push. * Kept the internal PHP namespace (`InboxAI\`) unchanged. * 
Kept the code-level hook/option/capability prefix (`inboxai_`) unchanged. **Added***
Added the plugin icon (`icon-128x128.png`) to `.wordpress-org/`. * Added the plugin
banner (`banner-772x250.png`) to `.wordpress-org/`.

#### Inbox AI/v0.5.0 – 2026-07-27

**Changed**
 * Renamed the plugin from “CF7 AI Inbox” to “InboxAI for Contact Form
7”. * Set the new slug/text domain to `inboxai-for-contact-form-7`. * Made the rename
to avoid implying affiliation with the Contact Form 7 project. * Corrected the OpenAI
Terms of Service link to the Business Terms (the terms that actually govern API 
use). * Corrected the Anthropic Terms of Service link to the Commercial Terms of
Service. * Corrected the Google Gemini Terms of Service link to the Gemini API Additional
Terms. * Rewrote the “Current status” section, which had been left describing an
early pre-release state. * Rewrote the “Screenshots” section to match the AI Inbox
and Settings screens that were actually built. **Added** * Added a “Source Code”
section to the readme. * Documented where the human-readable source for the compiled
admin assets is maintained.

#### Inbox AI/v0.4.0 – 2026-07-25

**Added**
 * Added a real “Received” date-range filter to the AI Inbox List. * Filter
options cover 7/30/90 days, this month, and 1/2/3/5 years. * Added the same period
filter to the Usage & Billing tab. * Replaced the previously decorative “Last 30
days” control on Usage & Billing with the working filter. * Added a live “N submissions
this month” count under each form in Monitored Forms. * Added a full step-by-step
user guide (`docs-platform/`). * The guide covers setup, every Settings tab, the
AI Inbox list, submission replies, and troubleshooting. **Improved** * Reorganized
admin template files into per-page subfolders (`inbox/`, `settings/`) for maintainability.*
Removed duplicate CSS rules from the settings stylesheet. * Removed conflicting 
CSS rules from the shared admin stylesheet. **Fixed** * Fixed the AI Provider Settings
Model dropdown not updating when switching between OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

#### Inbox AI/v0.3.0 – 2026-07-15

#### 0.3.0 – 2026-07-15

**Added**
 * Added AI Inbox with filters, search, sorting, pagination, and submission
details. * Added AI reply composer with draft, regenerate, retry analysis, and send
workflow. * Added background AI analysis queue with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini
support. * Added per-form AI categories with real-time category management in the
Contact Form 7 editor. * Added spam auto-archive, validation, and normalization 
for AI results. * Added failure screen with one-click retry for failed AI analysis.*
Added CSV export of the current filtered list. **Improved** * Improved inbox actions,
permissions, and overall admin experience. **Fixed** * Fixed AI Categories UI rendering
on the Contact Form 7 editor. * Fixed admin stylesheet build issue.

#### Inbox AI/v0.2.0 – 2026-07-10

**Added**
 * Added a settings page to configure AI providers and plugin options.*
Added monitored forms management to choose which Contact Form 7 forms are analyzed.*
Added customizable AI analysis prompts for better response quality. * Added email
notification settings for inbox activity. * Added usage tracking, spending limits,
and secure API key management. * Added Flamingo import to migrate existing Contact
Form 7 submissions.

#### Inbox AI/v0.1.0 – 2026-07-01

**Added**
 * Initial release. * Added plugin setup, requirements checks, and Contact
Form 7 dependency. * Added database schema and upgrade routines. * Added user capabilities
and uninstall cleanup.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.6.0**
 *  Last updated **12 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.2**
 *  PHP version ** 8.1 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[anthropic](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/anthropic/)
   [contact form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contact-form-7/)[inbox](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/inbox/)
   [openai](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/openai/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/inbox-ai/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Aminul Islam ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/theaminuldev/)

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