In this article, I will walk you through the steps to make a field mandatory in Contact Form 7. As someone who has extensive experience with this plugin as a web developer, I recognize the significance of ensuring that all required information is provided by users when submitting a form.
Why make a field required?
Requiring certain fields in a contact form helps to ensure that users provide essential information. This information can include their name, email address, phone number, or any other details that you need to effectively respond to their inquiry. By making fields required, you can minimize the chances of receiving incomplete or inaccurate submissions.
Step-by-step guide to making a field required
To make a field required in Contact Form 7, follow these simple steps:
- First, open the contact form in your WordPress dashboard.
- Locate the field that you want to make required.
- Within the field’s settings, add the “required” attribute.
- Save the changes to the contact form.
Let’s break down these steps further.
Step 1: Open the contact form in your WordPress dashboard
Log in to your WordPress admin panel and navigate to the page where the Contact Form 7 form is embedded. From the dashboard, click on “Contact” in the left-hand navigation menu.
Step 2: Locate the field that you want to make required
Scroll through the list of fields within the contact form until you find the field that you want to make required. Each field will have a corresponding tag in square brackets, such as [text], [email], or [textarea].
Step 3: Add the “required” attribute
To make the field required, add the attribute “required” within the square brackets of the field. For example, if you want to make the email field required, the tag should be [email*]. The asterisk (*) indicates that the field is required.
Step 4: Save the changes to the contact form
After adding the “required” attribute, click the “Save” button to save the changes to the contact form. The field will now be marked as required, and users will be prompted to fill it out before submitting the form.
Conclusion
By making fields required in Contact Form 7, you can ensure that users provide essential information when submitting a form. This helps to streamline your response process and ensures that you have all the necessary details to provide accurate and timely assistance.