Deployment Toolkit for Contact Form 7 lets you export, import, and migrate Contact Form 7 forms using structured JSON packages or ZIP archives. It preserves form templates, mail settings, messages, and additional settings while helping streamline deployments between development, staging, and production sites.

Version 1.1 adds a Deployment Toolkit dashboard and a Form Entries experience so you can store, browse, search, print, and manage Contact Form 7 submissions from the WordPress admin.

This plugin is designed for developers, agencies, and site administrators who regularly move Contact Form 7 forms between local, staging, and live environments.

This plugin requires Contact Form 7 to be installed and activated.

📦 Import / Export

Export individual Contact Form 7 forms as structured JSON files.
Bulk export multiple forms into a ZIP archive.
Import individual JSON exports.
Import ZIP archives containing one or more Contact Form 7 form exports.
Automatically detects existing forms and updates them when appropriate.
Skips importing identical forms.
Displays a detailed ZIP import summary showing:
- Imported forms
- Updated forms
- Skipped (identical) forms
- Failed imports
Preserves:
- Form template
- Mail settings
- Mail (2) settings
- Messages
- Additional settings
Uses deterministic JSON formatting for reliable deployments.

🏠 Dashboard

Deployment Toolkit dashboard with sidebar navigation for Dashboard, Import/Export, and Entries.
Dashboard overview with form and entry stats, quick actions, and helpful resources.
Combined Deployment Toolkit metabox on the Contact Form 7 form editor for Export and Entries.

📑 Form Entries

Store Contact Form 7 submissions in a custom database table.
Browse form entries in a standard WordPress list table.
Filter entries by All, Unread, Starred, Spam, and Trash.
Search entries, mark as read/unread, star, trash, or permanently delete.
View individual entry details with submitted field values and metadata.
Keep files uploaded through a form and open them from the entry by file name.
Print a clean entry PDF with form data only and a branded footer.
Entries column and row action on the Contact Form 7 forms list.

Deployment Toolkit for Contact Form 7 is an independent plugin and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the developers of Contact Form 7.