{"id":41132,"date":"2011-02-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weixiaoduo.com\/plugins\/2024\/02\/22\/contact-coldform\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T23:38:00","slug":"contact-coldform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weixiaoduo.com\/plugins\/contact-coldform\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Coldform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perishablepress.com\/contact-coldform\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Contact Coldform<\/a> is a secure, lightweight, flexible contact form with plenty of options and squeaky clean markup. Coldform blocks spam while making it easy for your visitors to contact you from your WordPress-powered website.<\/p>\n<p>The plugin settings make it easy to take full control with plenty of options and several built-in themes for styling the form. Coldform delivers everything you need and nothing you don\u2019t \u2014 no frills, no gimmicks, just pure contact-form satisfaction.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Even better! Check out my new Ajax-powered <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/contact-form-x\/\" rel=\"ugc\">Contact Form X \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use shortcode or template tag to display Coldform anywhere<\/li>\n<li>Coldform sends descriptive, well-formatted plain-text email<\/li>\n<li>Safe and secure: Coldform blocks spam and malicious content<\/li>\n<li>Lightweight, standards-compliant, semantic, valid HTML markup<\/li>\n<li>Easy to configure and style from the Coldform Settings page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Slick toggle-panel Settings Page makes it easy to customize<\/li>\n<li>Style Coldform using built-in \u201ccoldskins\u201d or use custom CSS<\/li>\n<li>Use template tag to display Coldform anywhere in your theme<\/li>\n<li>Use shortcode to display Coldform on any WP Post or Page<\/li>\n<li>Displays customizable confirmation message to the sender<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Anti-spam & Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anti-spam: Coldform includes optional challenge question<\/li>\n<li>Bot trap: hidden input field further reduces automated spam<\/li>\n<li>Solid security: protects against bad bots and malicious input<\/li>\n<li>User-friendly error messages to help users complete the form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Customize Everything<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Includes option to enable users to receive carbon copies<\/li>\n<li>Coldform message includes IP, host, agent, and other details<\/li>\n<li>Customize field captions, error messages, and success message<\/li>\n<li>Includes three built-in themes \u201ccoldskins\u201d to style, or<\/li>\n<li>Style the Coldform with your own custom CSS<\/li>\n<li>Option to add a custom prefix to the subject line<\/li>\n<li>Option to disable the captcha for registered users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clean Codes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coldform brings delicious code on every front:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Standards-based code, built with the WordPress API<\/li>\n<li>Valid, semantic source code with proper formatting<\/li>\n<li>Coldform emails include descriptive, well-formatted content<\/li>\n<li>Better performance: CSS loaded only when form is displayed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Works perfectly without JavaScript<\/li>\n<li>Option to reset default settings<\/li>\n<li>Options to customize many aspects of the form<\/li>\n<li>Options to customize success, error, and spam messages<\/li>\n<li>Option to enable and disable CSS styles<\/li>\n<li>Works perfectly with or without Gutenberg Block Editor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like Contact Coldform? Please <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/plugin\/contact-coldform\/reviews\/?rate=5#new-post\" rel=\"ugc\">give a 5-star rating<\/a>, thank you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Privacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contact Coldform enables visitors to send a message via contact form. Any information that the user enters into the form will be sent directly to the recipient(s) according to plugin settings. Each email message optionally includes the sender\u2019s IP address, user agent, and other data (visit the plugin setting \u201cDisable Data\u201d to disable sending of IP address and other user data). This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party location(s).<\/p>\n<p>Contact Coldform is developed and maintained by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/perishable\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Jeff Starr<\/a>, 15-year <a href=\"https:\/\/plugin-planet.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">WordPress developer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/books.perishablepress.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">book author<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support development<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/monzillamedia.com\/donate.html\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">make a donation<\/a> or purchase one of my books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-tao.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">The Tao of WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digwp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Digging into WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/htaccessbook.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">.htaccess made easy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-tao.com\/wordpress-themes-book\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">WordPress Themes In Depth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.perishablepress.com\/downloads\/wizards-collection-sql-recipes-wordpress\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Wizard\u2019s SQL Recipes for WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And\/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plugin-planet.com\/bbq-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">BBQ Pro<\/a> \u2013 Super fast WordPress firewall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plugin-planet.com\/blackhole-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Blackhole Pro<\/a> \u2013 Automatically block bad bots<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plugin-planet.com\/banhammer-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Banhammer Pro<\/a> \u2013 Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plugin-planet.com\/ga-google-analytics-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">GA Google Analytics Pro<\/a> \u2013 Connect WordPress to Google Analytics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plugin-planet.com\/head-meta-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Head Meta Pro<\/a> \u2013 Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plugin-planet.com\/simple-ajax-chat-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Simple Ajax Chat Pro<\/a> \u2013 Unlimited chat rooms<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plugin-planet.com\/usp-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">USP Pro<\/a> \u2013 Unlimited front-end forms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. 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