Comments on: File Uploading and Attachment

By: Rob Ratliff

Rob Ratliff — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:16:47 +0000

I was trying to get the file attachment to work, I placed [file* your-file] in the form, and [file* your-file] in the field under file attachments section of the “Mail” section.

The email message was coming through, but the attachment was not. I made sure the file permissions were set to write, but the mail message would come through and the attachment still would not. I then changed the code in the file attachments field in the “mail” section to just “[your-file]” while leaving the [file* your-file] in the “form section” and it works great.

I don’t know if this will help others, but I thought I’d put it out there.

By: Takayuki Miyoshi

Takayuki Miyoshi — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:28:54 +0000

Example: [file your-file filetypes:pdf|zip]

It’s easy to use the tag generator (right pane to the ‘Form’ field) to get it.

By: HiTechHustling

HiTechHustling — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:35:26 +0000

Could you provide an example of the proper syntax for a file attachment that allows a pdf and a zip file only. Thank you.

By: Takayuki Miyoshi

Takayuki Miyoshi — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:40:08 +0000

It is not possible.

By: Dennis Deacon

Dennis Deacon — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:39:25 +0000

Love the plug-in for the typical contact form functionality. However, and additionally, we have a new need; to allow people to upload a file(s). Once the file is uploaded to a directory on the server, an email is generated to a predetermined email address, with a link to the file(s) that were uploaded.

From my basic understanding from the documentation, this is possible. However, the inquiries and responses in this forum seem to contradict this.

Is what we’re looking to do possible with Contact Form 7?

By: rehan

rehan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:59:45 +0000

thanks alot.. attachments are now working for me after following your instructions.

By: Takayuki Miyoshi

Takayuki Miyoshi — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:10:18 +0000

Yes, you can upload & attach zip files if you set up correctly.

By: HiTechHustling

HiTechHustling — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:27:37 +0000

First of all, thank you for this great plugin! I do have a quick question about file attachments.

Does Contact Form 7 support the attachment of file types other than the included by default (jpg, jpeg, png, gif, pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, odt, avi, ogg, m4a, mov, mp3, mp4, mpg, wav, and wmv)?

I am having trouble using the contact form to attach zip files, even when I add it as an acceptable file type.

By: TrouvePhoto

TrouvePhoto — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:34:56 +0000

OK. I understand why. Thanks.

By: Takayuki Miyoshi

Takayuki Miyoshi — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:40:03 +0000

No. It can cause security issues.