WordPress Contact Form 7 Duplicate Email Field Plugin

This plugin helps ensure users enter their email address correctly by requiring them to type it twice.

Plugin created 2025.06.19

How to Use This Plugin:

1 — Add plugin to WordPress Plugins.

- Add .zip file “cf7-duplicate-email.zip” from your desktop (download the file via button on right)

2 — Activate the Plugin:

- Go to your WordPress Admin Dashboard.
- Navigate to “Plugins” > “Installed Plugins”.
- Find “CF7 Duplicate Email Field” in the list and click “Activate”.

3 — Modify Your Contact Form 7 Form:

IMPORTANT

- Go to “Contact” > “Contact Forms” in your WordPress Admin.
- Edit the form where you want to add the duplicate email field.
- In the “Form” tab, add two email fields. It’s crucial that one is named your-email and the other is your-email-confirm.

IMPORTANT. YOU MUST USE EXACTLY THESE SETTINGS IN THE FORM

Example Form Fields (in the “Form” tab):

HTML:—

<label> Your Email (required)
[email* your-email] </label>

<label> Confirm Email (required)
[email* your-email-confirm] </label>

[submit “Send”]

Important: Make sure your [email] fields are named your-email and your-email-confirm exactly.

4 — Customize the Validation Message (Optional): If you want to change the “Email fields do not match.” message, you can add and edit the following code to your theme’s functions.php file:

PHP

add_filter( 'cf7_duplicate_email_validation_message', 'my_custom_cf7_email_message' );
function my_custom_cf7_email_message() {
    return 'Oops! Your email addresses don\'t match. Please try again.';

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How to Use This Plugin:

Create the Plugin File:
- Create a new folder in your WordPress installation under wp-content/plugins/ called cf7-duplicate-email.
- Inside this new folder, create a file named cf7-duplicate-email.php.
- Copy and paste the entire code block provided above into this cf7-duplicate-email.php file.
Activate the Plugin:
- Go to your WordPress Admin Dashboard.
- Navigate to “Plugins” > “Installed Plugins”.
- Find “CF7 Duplicate Email Field” in the list and click “Activate”.
Modify Your Contact Form 7 Form:
- Go to “Contact” > “Contact Forms” in your WordPress Admin.
- Edit the form where you want to add the duplicate email field.
- In the “Form” tab, add two email fields. It’s crucial that one is named your-email (or whatever you set as the primary email in the PHP code) and the other is your-email-confirm.