ManpreetDev Mail Designer for Contact Form 7
Reusable, brandable email templates for Contact Form 7. Design once, assign to any form, and keep every submission.
Solid choice
ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Is rated 5/5 and was last updated 6 days ago, and scores 71/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed — last update 6 days ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- Needs PHP 8.1 or newer
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Rankings
Where ManpreetDev Mail Designer f… stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| contact form 7 | >100 |
| email designer | #92 |
| email template | >100 |
| html email | >100 |
| submissions | >100 |
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About ManpreetDev Mail Designer for Contact F…
From the official readme · v2.0.0Description
ManpreetDev Mail Designer for Contact Form 7 is a template layer for Contact Form 7. Contact Form 7 keeps doing what it does best — rendering, validating and submitting forms, and sending the mail. This plugin manages what those emails look like, and keeps a record of what people sent.
Your Contact Form 7 settings are never overwritten. Templates are applied at runtime, so your form’s own Mail configuration stays exactly as you left it and takes over again the moment you detach a template.
Templates
- Reusable HTML and plain-text email templates
- Visual block builder — drag Heading, Text, Form Fields, Button, Image, Divider and Spacer blocks into the email and reorder them
- Hand-written HTML can be converted to blocks, and any template can still be edited as source on the HTML tab
- Separate admin-notification and customer-confirmation templates per form
- Preview with realistic sample data, plus test sends
- Duplicate, search, filter, bulk actions, JSON import and export
- Nine starter templates, installable at any time from Tools
Tags
- Every mail-tag on a form is detected through Contact Form 7’s own API
- Click-to-insert tags with friendly names, search and a recently used list
- All of Contact Form 7’s special mail-tags, including the [user*] set for logged-in visitors
- A warning when a template uses a tag the form does not have — nothing is ever removed for you
- A notice when a form gains new fields the template is not using yet
- File upload fields are detected, and the uploaded file is attached to the email
Submissions
- Every accepted submission is saved to its own database table, with the email result recorded alongside it
- Pick a form to get one column per field; Details expands the whole record in place
- Uploaded files are copied out of Contact Form 7 before it deletes them, then served through a capability-checked download link. The store itself is closed to the web
- Search across stored answers, filter by email result, sort, paginate, delete individually or in bulk
- Export to CSV — exports everything the current filters match, not just the page on screen
Branding
- One place for logo, colours, footer text, address and social links, used by every template
- Branding values that are left empty leave no gap in the email
- A warning when the logo is hosted somewhere only your own machine can reach, such as localhost
Installation
- Install and activate Contact Form 7.
- Upload this plugin to
/wp-content/plugins/and activate it. - Go to Mail Designer in the admin menu.
The nine starter templates are installed the first time an editor opens the admin with Contact Form 7 active. You can add any that are missing later from Tools.
Frequently asked questions
Does this change my Contact Form 7 mail settings?
No. Templates are injected when a form is used, not written into Contact Form 7’s database. Detaching a template restores your original settings instantly, because they were never touched.
What happens if I edit the Mail tab in Contact Form 7 while a template is assigned?
Nothing breaks. The plugin steps aside on Contact Form 7’s own screens, so saving there edits your Contact Form 7 settings as usual. A notice tells you a template is currently in charge of what actually gets sent.
Will my SMTP plugin still work?
Yes. Contact Form 7 still sends the mail through WordPress, so any SMTP plugin keeps working. This plugin never stores or displays mail credentials.
Why is my logo missing from the email I received?
Almost always because the logo URL points at a host the recipient cannot reach — localhost and .local addresses are the usual culprits. It renders in the admin preview because your browser is on that machine. Global Branding warns you when it spots one.
What happens to my data if I delete the plugin?
Templates, submissions and stored files all stay. They are only removed if you tick “Delete all plugin data” in Settings → Advanced first.
Changelog
Compatibility pass for Contact Form 7 6.2, plus the special mail-tags that were missing from the editor sidebar.
2.0.0
- Renamed the plugin to ManpreetDev Mail Designer for Contact Form 7. Existing templates, submissions, branding and settings are migrated automatically on the first admin page load.
- Added the Requires Plugins header, so WordPress 6.5+ checks for Contact Form 7 before activation.
- The missing-dependency notice now appears only on this plugin’s screens and the plugins list.
1.4.2
- Clean pass on the WordPress.org Plugin Check: no errors, and the variable-prefix warnings in the admin screens are gone too.
- Uninstall now removes the upload folder through WP_Filesystem rather than calling rmdir() directly.
- The distributed zip is built from .distignore, so development files and hidden files are never shipped.
1.4.1
- Checked against Contact Form 7 6.2. Nothing this plugin relies on has changed.
- Added the special mail-tags CF7 supports that the sidebar was not offering: [post_id], [_post_name], [_post_author_email] and the seven [_user*] tags, each with sample data for Preview.
- New compatibility checks in the smoke test, so a future CF7 release that moves one of these shows up immediately.
1.4.0
- New Export CSV button on the Submissions screen. It exports every row the current form, email-result and search filters match, with one column per field and the uploaded file names.
- Cells that open with =, +, – or @ are written as plain text, so an exported answer cannot run as a formula when the file is opened in a spreadsheet.
1.3.1
- Fix: a file upload field showed Contact Form 7’s internal digest as if it were the visitor’s answer. Upload fields are now recorded only as files.
- Submitted Data in the list is now a Details button that expands the whole submission in place.
1.3.0
- Refreshed the whole admin interface: a new colour system, rounded cards, pill filters and badges, icon tiles on the dashboard, and consistent form controls.
- WordPress’s own buttons, search boxes and bulk-action menus inside these screens now match the rest of the plugin.
- Fix: a warning shown inside a field rendered inline and overlapped the controls around it.
- Every grey used for text now clears the 4.5:1 contrast minimum.
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FAQ
ManpreetDev Mail Designer for Conta…: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
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Is ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… free?
Yes. ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… safe to use in 2026?
ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Is rated 5/5 and was last updated 6 days ago, and scores 71/100 on our health check.
How many websites use ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C…?
ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 81 times since it launched in October 2026. It was downloaded 86 times in the last 30 days.
Does ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… up to WordPress 7.1.3, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.5 or newer.
What PHP version does ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… need?
ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… requires PHP 8.1 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… last updated?
The latest version, 2.0.0, was released on October 14, 2026 (6 days ago).
Who makes ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C…?
ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… is developed and maintained by Manpreet Singh.
What are the best alternatives to ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C…?
The most popular alternatives to ManpreetDev Mail Designer for C… are Database Addon for Contact… (600K+ installs), Redirection for Contact For… (200K+ installs) and ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Fo… (200K+ installs).
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