How to save forms generated in WordPress to the Database?
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 4:55 am
One of the worst nightmares a business manager can have is having the leads generated by their WordPress site go missing in limbo. Especially if you don't have a professional to perform WordPress updates and functional tests, you have to consider the possibility that an update could ruin your form system and it could take days for you to realize it.
To be on the safe side, you can have the leads generated through your website's forms saved in your installation's database so that if their submission fails and doesn't reach the destination email, at least there is a record of their submission in the backend for reference. In this tutorial, we are going to create a form using the plugin that many template developers include by default, Contact Form 7 . You can download the Contact Form 7 installation package from the WordPress plugin repository .
What plugin will we use to save the forms?
After installing and publishing the contact form configured with jordan number dataset Form 7 on our website, we are going to install a second plugin that saves the form data in our database. There are several plugins that can do this, the fastest and easiest to use that we have found is Email Log. This plugin has a free version, more than enough for simple forms. We can install it from the WordPress plugin repository or through Add Plugin in our installation :
We have to take into account that this plugin saves all the emails issued by the system. This means that if we have Woocommerce or WordFence installed , for example, when an order or a security alert is registered, it will be saved in the database, so it is important to periodically clean the records so as not to slow down the site.
After installation, you can check how in the Administration sidebar just below the Contact Form 7 plugin -Contact- the access to Email Log will appear:
Saving WordPress Forms to Database
Let's do a test, once the two plugins are installed, we will send an email through the form created with Contact Form 7:
Contact Form 7 plugin save to database
By clicking on Email Log in our backend we will see how the email has been entered into the database of our WordPress installation.
Plugin to save Contact Form 7 in WordPress
Specifically, the plugin is managed through the wp_email_log table , a very simple table that does not have to slow down our site excessively, although we do recommend deleting the logs regularly:
Is there a Premium version of Email Log?
Email Log has a premium version with advanced features that may interest you:
If you need to save more fields, this is especially useful if you have forms with attachments.
You can send the logs from Email Log to any email address or reply to it. To do this, use the default address of your server, although you can configure it to use the email address and name in "from" that you want.
A very interesting option is the automatic deletion of records, especially recommended if you use your website as an online store, since it will also collect order confirmation shipments and if you have many transactions it can slow down your database.
To be on the safe side, you can have the leads generated through your website's forms saved in your installation's database so that if their submission fails and doesn't reach the destination email, at least there is a record of their submission in the backend for reference. In this tutorial, we are going to create a form using the plugin that many template developers include by default, Contact Form 7 . You can download the Contact Form 7 installation package from the WordPress plugin repository .
What plugin will we use to save the forms?
After installing and publishing the contact form configured with jordan number dataset Form 7 on our website, we are going to install a second plugin that saves the form data in our database. There are several plugins that can do this, the fastest and easiest to use that we have found is Email Log. This plugin has a free version, more than enough for simple forms. We can install it from the WordPress plugin repository or through Add Plugin in our installation :
We have to take into account that this plugin saves all the emails issued by the system. This means that if we have Woocommerce or WordFence installed , for example, when an order or a security alert is registered, it will be saved in the database, so it is important to periodically clean the records so as not to slow down the site.
After installation, you can check how in the Administration sidebar just below the Contact Form 7 plugin -Contact- the access to Email Log will appear:
Saving WordPress Forms to Database
Let's do a test, once the two plugins are installed, we will send an email through the form created with Contact Form 7:
Contact Form 7 plugin save to database
By clicking on Email Log in our backend we will see how the email has been entered into the database of our WordPress installation.
Plugin to save Contact Form 7 in WordPress
Specifically, the plugin is managed through the wp_email_log table , a very simple table that does not have to slow down our site excessively, although we do recommend deleting the logs regularly:
Is there a Premium version of Email Log?
Email Log has a premium version with advanced features that may interest you:
If you need to save more fields, this is especially useful if you have forms with attachments.
You can send the logs from Email Log to any email address or reply to it. To do this, use the default address of your server, although you can configure it to use the email address and name in "from" that you want.
A very interesting option is the automatic deletion of records, especially recommended if you use your website as an online store, since it will also collect order confirmation shipments and if you have many transactions it can slow down your database.