add shortcode to message body

  • Smart Site

    (@polishyourimage)


    9 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for great plugin!

    I would like to add a custom shortcode into the message body that gets emailed by this plugin. How can I accomplish this?

    For example, I’d like to add [phone_number] into the message body.

    From: [your-name] <[your-email]>

CALL US: [phone_number]

Message Body:
Phone Number: [text-351]
Best Time: [menu-215]
Problem: [menu-795]
[your-message]

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This mail is sent via contact form on [_url] from [_remote_ip]

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/

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  • Plugin Author Takayuki Miyoshi

    (@takayukister)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    See Getting Started with Contact Form 7 and How Tags Work.

    Thread Starter Smart Site

    (@polishyourimage)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Dear Takayuki,

    Thanks for your reply.

    I’m actually referring to Shortcodes and not tags. Isn’t there a difference? I use a [phone_number] shortcode in my theme and content that I’d also like to use in the email body. Is there any way to do that?

    Kind Regards,
    Jase

    Plugin Author Takayuki Miyoshi

    (@takayukister)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Contact Form 7’s mail-tags are different from general WordPress shortcodes. You can’t use WP shortcodes in mail content.

    Thread Starter Smart Site

    (@polishyourimage)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for your response.

    Is there some way to insert a variable into the body of the mail without hacking the module? I would be willing to pay a commission/bounty for this feature. What do you think?

    Plugin Author Takayuki Miyoshi

    (@takayukister)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    You can utilize the wpcf7_special_mail_tags filter to replace tags in mail to arbitrary values without directly modifying the plugin code.

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