Contact Form 7: Get Parameter from URL into Form Plugin
Updated 11/18/2012
There are times when using the Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin where I need to pass a parameter from the URL and into a hidden field or display it in the form. This is great for passing things such as order numbers, selected packages, or even security information.
Installation
- Copy the getparam.php file into: /wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/modules/
Adding a Hidden Field
When editing a form in Contact Form 7, enter the getparam shortcode. There is only one valid parameter which is the name of the $_GET value.
[getparam value]
For example, if the URL is http://mysite.com/contact?ordernum=12345, the shortcode will be:
[getparam ordernum]
Then when building the response email, you can pass the value with [ordernum]
Showing the $_GET Value on the Form
When editing a form in Contact Form 7, enter the showparam shortcode. There is only one valid parameter which is the name of the $_GET value.
[showparam value]
For example, if the URL is http://mysite.com/contact?ordernum=12345, the shortcode will be:
[showparam ordernum]
You cannot pass a value to the response email using this method, to do that, you will also have to add a hidden field.
great! really! very thank you!
Hello!
How do I display the content of the value in the form before Submit…?
rgds
Bo
Bo,
That sounds like a good idea for an update to the plugin, I will put that in my schedule to work on.
Hi…
Displaying the parm in the submit form is exaclty what I need!
Please help us Chad!
Thanks
@Kobi, I have updated the plugin to include that functionality.
@Bo Kylberg, I have updated the plugin to include the “showparam” shortcode. This will allow you to display the value on the form.
Awesome plugin…. Search everywhere … was about to go write one.
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Hi guys,
I am pretty new to this and your plugin is exactly what i need. Could you please walk me through in a few steps what exactly i do here?
I have been playing around with the contact form but cant seem to get it right.
I appreciate your time.
Jason
Jason,
What issues are you having with it exactly? If you follow the instructions on this page you should be up and running.
Works like a charm….. and it gives greater field control. I wanted to set the field to be a text field and it did so. I also set the field as read only and it worked.
Thanks man
Hi Chad
Thanks for the reply, i am a wordpress novice so please forgive me here. I have figured out how to get the hidden fields in contact form but not sure what to enter in the 3 fields, name id and default value. no matter where is enter the shortcode [getparam affid] i cannot get the email to work.
yes i have the file getparam.php in /wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/modules/ and my URL string is domain/page?affid=1
thanks
Jason
Jason,
As long as you have [getparam affid] with the url: domain/page?affid=1, you will be able to return the value in the email form by inputting [affid] into the email form (in this case, the email form will display “1″ in place of [affid]).
I hope that helps!
SWEET…. you saved my lot of time…. thanks…
Hello @Jason
First I wanna say thank you for creating this I was looking EXACTLY for this. I have the plugin module working, however I wanted to ask you about this tricky scenarios im experiencing.
#1. I have my aff script code set to HIDE the AFF URL once the visitor lands on my site. So what happens is when a visitor for example clicks http://www.ABC.com/Survey/?aff_id=joe When they visitors arrive at my site the URL in the browser will only have http://www.ABC.com/survey The aff id is saved as a cookie at this point.
ISSUE: when the visitor fills out the survey form (contact form 7) I have your code set to look for aff_id from the URL parameter, but since my site is hiding the URL once the visitor land on the page, your code is NOT grabbing the AFF_ID. and passing it into my contact form
Possible: Solution Is there a way I can or code, GET the current COOKIE on the users browser for AFF_ID
Possible: Solution GET the hidden URL before the AFF_ID is dropped
I know your code works because I tested on DO NOT HIDE AFF_id and it grabs it just fine. but In my case my site I really need to drop the aff id when the visitor arrives for other reasons. thanks so much
Great plugin mate! Very useful!
Thank you very much for this enhance
I am really curious why this doesn’t work for me , guys.
Maybe I am blundering terribly ?
Here is my code :
In the page there exists this link
http://example.com/page?tp=orange
In the Contact Form 7, among other things :
[showparam tp]
I have copied the .php file in the plugins’s directory and permissions are 644, but I get this :
[showparam tp]
on the browser page, so I believe the short code doesn’t translate properly.
I would appreciate some help
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Mike, triple-check that the plugin is installed correctly! Also, maybe try more relaxed permissions? 777 just to verify it is working. If so, then bring those down a bit.
Many thanks !!!!
I just wanted to check some key in the $_GET and pass it on silently to the WP Contact-Form
First link on Google !
works out-of-the-box ; chmod 644 is enough (see post above)
This plugin works great, but I’d like to do something similar to what Phil has done “I wanted to set the field to be a text field and it did so. I also set the field as read only and it worked.” @Phil, how did you do that, could you share what you put into your Form? @Chad maybe you know how to do this?
Chad, thank you ! It was a silly mistake : instead of copying into /modules, the .php was copied to the upper directory . Now working like a breeze