Contact Form to Email Pro creates WordPress contact forms and gives you two ways to handle submissions: send them to configured email addresses and save them in the WordPress database for later review. The administration area includes a visual form builder, a messages list, and reporting tools.

Build forms and set field rules

Use the visual drag-and-drop builder to add, edit, and arrange fields, set labels, and configure validation rules. Labels and validation text support any language, including languages that use special characters. To place fields in columns, assign the predefined column2, column3, or column4 CSS class to fields that should share a line.

Send notifications and reply to messages

Send form data to one or more email addresses, with notification content in plain text or HTML. Administrator notifications and user confirmations can be enabled or disabled separately, and you can configure an automatic reply for the person who submits a form. A fixed sender address is recommended because some hosting providers restrict sending from a user’s address. The visitor’s email can be set as the Reply-To address so replies reach them.

From the messages list, you can reply directly to a submission. The free, keyless AI assistant can draft a response from brief instructions; it requires no API key or external account. Sent replies are added to the message record.

Review records and export data

Filter submissions by date range and text, and choose whether to view messages from a specific form or from all forms. You can print a list of messages for a selected date range or export selected contact data to CSV or Excel. The database record gives you another way to review a submission if you do not handle it from an email notification.

Reports and submission patterns

Reports can display submissions by day or by hour, or the values entered for a selected form field. You can print reports for specific fields. Automatic email reports can be sent to selected addresses on a configured schedule, giving administrators a periodic summary of form activity.

Choose how forms respond

Built-in CAPTCHA provides anti-spam protection without requiring an external anti-spam service. Choose classic or Ajax submission. Visitors can be redirected to a thank-you page or shown a thank-you message on the form page without a refresh.

Install and configure

Before installing the Pro edition, delete the free version if it is installed. The supplied instructions state that this does not remove the extension’s data or options. After installation, make or adjust fields, set validation rules, configure notification recipients, and choose the submission and confirmation behavior. If a previous version remains during an upload, remove it first or overwrite the extension documents through an FTP connection.

The troubleshoot area includes an option to adjust character encoding. For non-Latin characters, try UTF-8 first.