How to use this plug-in:

If you install and activate this plug-in before installing Contact Form 7, the default form created by Contact Form 7 will be accessible. If you've already installed Contact Form 7, you'll want to delete the default form and create new forms using the templates available in this plug-in.

Use Contact Form 7 with an accessible default form

This plug-in replaces the default template that Contact Form 7 automatically generates with an accessible equivalent of that form and adds a suite of additional basic form types that you can choose from to model your new forms.

The plug-in doesn't change anything about forms that have already been built with Contact Form 7. The structure of Contact Form 7 is such that it isn't possible for the plug-in to rewrite existing forms for improved accessibility, but it is possible to make sure that the base you have for starting a form is accessible.

Contact Form 7 is actually a very accessible plug-in. It has an accessible back-end, and if you create the right template, the front-end form will have great accessibility.

Since version 4.5, Contact Form 7 has included the label element; but the usage of them is limited, and isn't the best possible method. This plug-in supplies a new default form that includes everything you need to make your default form accessible.

For more information about making Contact Form 7 accessible, read how to set up an accessible form using contact form 7, by Rian Rietveld.

Will this fix all my Contact Form 7 forms?

Nope. All this does is change Contact Form 7 so that the default form it generates is accessible. This gives you a model for what an accessible form should look like in Contact Form 7 (with appropriately associated labels and IDs, and with the response moved to the top of the form.), but does nothing at all to change how Contact Form 7 behaves.

Why aren't there demos for all types of fields?

Two reasons. First, with the current version of Contact Form 7 it's not possible to make the quiz input type accessible. I've already reported this to the plug-in author, and it will be updated soon. Second, because I haven't had time to create forms that use every possible field. If you've got another example you'd like to see in a basic form, let me know!

1.1.9

• Update WordPress versions required to match Contact Form 7.
• Update Tested to.
• Fix docs template.
• Sanitizing & escaping improvements.

1.1.8

• Update code style for PHPCS conformance.
• Update tested to & retest with WordPress 6.4 and Contact Form 7 5.8.3.
• Update copyright.
• Minor text & style changes.
• Code simplification.

1.1.7

• Misc. code quality changes. Minor.

1.1.6

• Test with WordPress 5.4 & Contact Form 7 5.1.6
• Update to docs.

1.1.5

• Test with WordPress 5.2 & Contact Form 7 5.1

1.1.4

• Test with WordPress 4.7 & Contact Form 7 4.6
• Add checkbox example in Address template

1.1.3

• Test with WordPress 4.5
• Bug fix: Only show template selector when creating a new form
• Add info link for this plug-in in Information panel for Contact Form 7
• Changed textdomain to match slug

1.1.2

• Update layout for better usability in Templates tab.
• Updated textdomain loaded method
• Rewrote parts of readme text
• Updated screenshots

1.1.1

• Update to reflect new Contact Form 7 UI

1.1.0

• Bug fix: incorrect label text for message field.
• New Feature: multiple selectable base forms to use as form starters.

1.0.0

• Initial release

1. Upload the contact-form-7-accessible-defaults folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin using the Plugins menu in WordPress
3. Create a new Contact Form 7 form.

Contact Form 7 accessible default form



Contact Form 7 form selection