Form Submitted

Trigger a workflow when a Contact Form 7 form is submitted.

Overview

The Form Submitted trigger fires when a visitor submits a Contact Form 7 form on your site. This enables automation for one of WordPress’s most popular contact form plugins.

When It Fires

Visitor submits a CF7 form
AJAX submission completes
Standard form submission

Configuration

Field	Type	Required	Description
Form	select	Yes	Select the specific form

Available Data

Submission Information

Variable	Type	Description
`{{Trigger.form_id}}`	integer	Form post ID
`{{Trigger.form_title}}`	string	Form name
`{{Trigger.submission_date}}`	string	Submission timestamp
`{{Trigger.ip}}`	string	Submitter’s IP address
`{{Trigger.user_agent}}`	string	Browser information
`{{Trigger.page_url}}`	string	Page where submitted

Form Fields

Access fields by their tag name:

Variable	Type	Description
`{{Trigger.fields.your-name}}`	string	Name field value
`{{Trigger.fields.your-email}}`	string	Email field value
`{{Trigger.fields.your-subject}}`	string	Subject field value
`{{Trigger.fields.your-message}}`	string	Message field value

Special Fields

Variable	Type	Description
`{{Trigger.special.remote_ip}}`	string	IP address
`{{Trigger.special.user_agent}}`	string	User agent
`{{Trigger.special.url}}`	string	Submission URL
`{{Trigger.special.date}}`	string	Date/time

Example Workflows

Auto-Response

Send immediate confirmation:

Trigger: Form Submitted
- Form: Contact Form
Action: Send Email
- To: {{Trigger.fields.your-email}}
- Subject: Thanks for contacting us!
- Body: Confirmation with response timeline

Lead Capture

Add to CRM:

Trigger: Form Submitted
Action: Airtable - Create Record
- Name: {{Trigger.fields.your-name}}
- Email: {{Trigger.fields.your-email}}
- Message: {{Trigger.fields.your-message}}
- Source: {{Trigger.page_url}}

Subscribe to mailing list:

Trigger: Form Submitted
- Form: Newsletter Form
Action: Mailchimp - Subscribe
- Email: {{Trigger.fields.your-email}}
- Name: {{Trigger.fields.your-name}}

Team Notification

Alert team of new message:

Trigger: Form Submitted
Action: Send Email
- To: team@yoursite.com
- Subject: Contact form: {{Trigger.fields.your-subject}}
- Body: Full message with sender details

Support Ticket

Create support ticket:

Trigger: Form Submitted
- Form: Support Request
Action: Create ticket in helpdesk
- Email: {{Trigger.fields.your-email}}
- Subject: {{Trigger.fields.your-subject}}
- Description: {{Trigger.fields.your-message}}

Finding Field Names

In Contact Form 7, field names come from the form template tags:

[text* your-name]
[email* your-email]
[textarea your-message]

The part after the asterisk/type is the field name.

Best Practices

Match field names exactly from CF7 form template
Set up auto-responses for better UX
Backup submissions to external systems
Use for lead capture and CRM integration

Limitations

Contact Form 7 doesn’t store submissions by default. Sequensy captures the data at submission time, but consider using a storage plugin like Flamingo for backup.