Contributors: procom.dev, Mário Valney
Tags: contact form 7, action network, cf7, actionnetwork, integration
Official website: https://procom.dev/action-network-integration-for-contact-form-7-free-wordpress-plugin/
Requires at least: 4.7
Tested up to: 6.4
Stable tag: trunk
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Seamlessly connect Contact Form 7 to ActionNetwork with smart field mapping, country detection, and comprehensive tagging support!
Contact Form 7 (CF7) is a widely-used plugin by millions of WordPress websites for creating forms.
The Action Network integration for Contact Form 7 plugin provides a powerful bridge between your WordPress forms and ActionNetwork's organizing platform. Designed for nonprofits, advocacy groups, and political campaigns, this plugin automatically maps CF7 form fields to ActionNetwork's person data structure with intelligent field recognition and enhanced features.
🎯 Smart Field Mapping: Automatically recognizes common form field patterns and maps them to ActionNetwork's standard fields
🌍 Auto Country Detection: Automatically detects user location when country isn't provided in forms
🏷️ Advanced Tagging: Add or remove tags from ActionNetwork contacts with simple configuration
📧 Email Integration: Control ActionNetwork autoresponse emails and skip CF7 emails to prevent duplicates
🔒 Security First: WordPress.org compliant with proper nonces, sanitization, and permission checks
🎨 Modern Admin UI: Clean, responsive interface with real-time URL validation
📊 Source Tracking: Automatic referrer data and custom source identification
🔄 Retry Logic: Built-in exponential backoff for reliable delivery
Disclaimer: This plugin was created without any encouragement from ActionNetwork or CF7 developers.
Setting up the integration is simple:
- Create an ActionNetwork Action: Set up a Form, Petition, Event, Fundraising Page, or Advocacy Campaign in ActionNetwork
- Get the API Endpoint: Copy the API Endpoint URL from the right sidebar when editing your action
- Configure CF7 Form: In Contact Form 7, go to the 'ActionNetwork' tab and paste your URL
- Smart Configuration: The plugin automatically activates when you add a URL - no separate activation needed
- Optional Enhancements: Configure country detection, tags, source tracking, and autoresponse settings
The plugin automatically detects and properly formats data for:
- Forms →
/submissions - Petitions →
/signatures - Events →
/attendances - Fundraising Pages →
/donations - Advocacy Campaigns →
/outreaches
The plugin intelligently recognizes common CF7 field names and automatically maps them to ActionNetwork's person structure:
Email Variations:
your-email, email, email-address → Email address
Name Variations:
your-name, first-name, firstname, given-name → First name
your-last-name, last-name, lastname, family-name, surname → Last name
Contact Information:
your-phone, phone, phone-number, telephone, mobile → Phone number
Address Components:
your-address, address, street-address → Street address
your-city, city, locality, town → City
your-state, state, province, region → State/Region
your-zip, zip, zipcode, postal-code → Postal code
your-country, country → Country
Custom Fields: Any fields that don't match these patterns are automatically included as custom fields in ActionNetwork.
Country Auto-Detection: When enabled, automatically detects user's country using:
- IP geolocation services
- CloudFlare country headers
- Browser language preferences
Tag Management:
- Add tags to new contacts (comma-separated list)
- Remove specific tags from contacts
- Tag operations run automatically on form submission
Source Tracking:
- Configurable source name for campaign tracking
- Automatic referrer URL capture
- Support for
?source=URL parameters
Yes! The plugin is fully compatible with modern WordPress (5.0+) and the Gutenberg editor.
After submitting a test form, check your ActionNetwork action for new submissions. The plugin automatically handles retries and error logging.
This plugin is specifically designed for ActionNetwork's API structure. For general webhooks, consider using CF7 to Webhook.
File uploads are automatically handled - files are copied to a secure directory and the URLs are sent to ActionNetwork before CF7 removes the temporary files.
Yes! Use the actionnetwork option in your CF7 field tags:
[text your-field actionnetwork:custom_field_name]
By default, CF7 emails are automatically disabled when ActionNetwork integration is configured to prevent duplicate notifications. ActionNetwork autoresponse emails can be controlled separately.
The plugin tries multiple methods in order:
- GeoIP functions (if available)
- Free ipapi.co service
- CloudFlare country headers
- Browser language preferences
Yes, you can add multiple URLs (one per line) to send the same form data to different ActionNetwork actions.
Mário Valney Brazilian developer who is part of the WordPress community.
Yes! Visit the GitHub repository to contribute code, report issues, or suggest improvements.
Main section of the plugin, where you just enter the Action Network API Endpoint.
The plugin automatically matches your fields from CF7 to the official Action Network's Core Fields.
You can also add and remove tags to people submitting your form.
- Install Contact Form 7 and activate it.
- Install "Action Network integration for Contact Form 7" by using the plugins dashboard or upload the entire
action-network-integration-for-contact-form-7folder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
- You will find the 'ActionNetwork' tab in the form configuration.
- Enhanced Integration: Complete rewrite with improved ActionNetwork API integration
- Smart Field Mapping: Automatic recognition of 25+ common field name patterns
- Country Auto-Detection: Multiple detection methods for automatic country assignment
- Advanced Tagging: Add/remove ActionNetwork tags with simple configuration
- Security Improvements: WordPress.org compliant with proper nonces and sanitization
- Modern Admin UI: Responsive interface with real-time URL validation
- Simplified Activation: Automatic activation when ActionNetwork URL is provided
- Source Tracking: Enhanced referrer data and campaign source tracking
- Retry Logic: Exponential backoff for reliable API delivery
- Email Control: Configurable ActionNetwork autoresponse and CF7 email management
- Multi-URL Support: Send form data to multiple ActionNetwork actions
- Error Handling: Comprehensive logging and graceful error recovery
- Performance: Optimized data processing and reduced overhead