How to install a contact page on WordPress
Up until a few days ago I had no contact page on this WordPress blog. It didn’t hit me at first but not having a contact page can seriously damage the development of a blog. Not only can individuals submit feedback and ask questions through a contact form but they can also offer to:
- Purchase ad space
- Guest blog on your blog
- Have you guest post on their blog
- Create partnerships/joint ventures
- Exchanges blogroll links
Come to think of it, there are a lot of offers I may have missed out on during the first few weeks of this blog while it had no contact form. Even though I have very little traffic, there is no telling who might have come across my blog.
Setting up a contact page in WordPress
The easiest and fastest way to set up a contact form in WordPress is to install a plugin. I use the famous Contact Form 7 which allows you to install a contact form on a page by copying and pasting a chunk of code into the HTML tab of your page editor. You can also choose to paste the code into an individual post rather than a page.
In the plugin settings of Contact Form 7, you can easily change the email address mailed to as well as other settings for the contact form. You can enable a drop down menu, a quiz and CAPTCHA (to protect against spam), file uploading, checkboxes, radio buttons and many other cool features. Contact Form 7 is probably the most advanced contact form plugin for WordPress but you can find others using a plugin search.
Tags: creating your blog, plugins
