Title: SimpleMailer Contact Form Author: Bigin Published: 17. Oktober 2017 Last modified: 17. Oktober 2017 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/simplemailer/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1748551) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/simplemailer/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1748574) # SimpleMailer Contact Form By [Bigin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bigin/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simplemailer.zip) * [Details](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/simplemailer/#description) * [Reviews](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/simplemailer/#reviews) * [Installation](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/simplemailer/#installation) * [Development](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/simplemailer/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simplemailer/) ## Description A common feature of many websites is a contact form. SimpleMailer – is an end-user friendly contact form plugin, it is quite easy to configure and customize. The basic plugin has been kept extremely simple to allow an easy and quick implementation in your WordPress site. SimpleMailer supports SMTP by default, but if you like, you can also use the PHP** mail()** function. Standard SimpleMailer form submits data via «normal» browser request(POST), but you can make them nicer by using AJAX to submit the form data in the background. This plugin was developed completely object-oriented and requires at least **PHP 5.6 >**. SimpleMailer places a great importance on the security of sensitive user data such as the password and treats it with special care. ## Screenshots * [[ * SimpleMailer automatically adapts to your website’s style. * [[ ## Installation 1. Upload the SimpleMailer plugin to your plugins directory **/wp-content/plugins/**, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress. 3. Once done, go to the plugin settings page at **Settings » SimpleMailer** and enter the relevant data, then save (Note that you also need «administrator» capability to change the SimpleMailer settings). #### Displaying the contact form on the front-end There are three options on how to display the contact form on your WordPress site: 1. Displaying the SimpleMailer Widget 2. Including Short Code **[simplemailer]** on a specific page 3. By calling the function **getForm(); ?>** in your theme file Let’s just say, you want to add the SimpleMailer form widget to your website’s sidebar. You can find the SimpleMailer form widget on **Appearance » Widgets** page in your WordPress dashboard. Go ahead and add SimpleMailer widget into your right sidebar area. If you visit your website now, you will be able to see the contact form widget in the sidebar on your page. Note that your WordPress theme should support the widget areas. The easiest way to display SimpleMailer form on a specific page is to use Shortcode. For instance, the following Shortcode in the body of a post or page would add contact form to that post or page: **[simplemailer]** And the third option can be used to display the form anywhere you want in your theme files. To do this, simply add the function **getForm(); ?>** to one of your theme PHP files. #### Configuring SimpleMailer As mentioned before, SimpleMailer supports SMTP by default, the checkbox **Enable SMTP** must be activated. Now, fill in the child input fields below this checkbox to complete the SMTP settings. A valid configuration for a Gmail account could look something like this: * Enable SMTP: Checked * SMTP Host name: smtp.gmail.com * SMTP Port: 25 * Encryption: START_TLS * SMTP username: fake.user@gmail.com * SMTP password: your_password * SMTP Debug: 0 If you would like to use the PHP **mail()** function instead, just deactivate the** Enable SMTP** checkbox. The entries in the child input fields below are then irrelevant. At the bottom of the settings page you will find the Google [reCaptcha](https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/) configuration. To start using reCAPTCHA, you need to sign up for an API key pair for your site. You then insert these into the corresponding input fields. Please also note that the PHP cURL extension has to be installed on your server for reCAPTCHA to work. All other settings are self-explanatory. #### Advanced settings for advanced users Advanced configuration settings are managed within the **config.php** file. By default, however, there is no config.php file in your plugin installation directory, you have to create this file first, as follow. The directory **/wp-content/plugins/simplemailer/** contains a **custom.config.php** file. You will need to make a copy of the custom. config.php file and name it config.php, that one will take priority over default SimpleMailer settings. ## FAQ Installation Instructions 1. Upload the SimpleMailer plugin to your plugins directory **/wp-content/plugins/**, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress. 3. Once done, go to the plugin settings page at **Settings » SimpleMailer** and enter the relevant data, then save (Note that you also need «administrator» capability to change the SimpleMailer settings). #### Displaying the contact form on the front-end There are three options on how to display the contact form on your WordPress site: 1. Displaying the SimpleMailer Widget 2. Including Short Code **[simplemailer]** on a specific page 3. By calling the function **getForm(); ?>** in your theme file Let’s just say, you want to add the SimpleMailer form widget to your website’s sidebar. You can find the SimpleMailer form widget on **Appearance » Widgets** page in your WordPress dashboard. Go ahead and add SimpleMailer widget into your right sidebar area. If you visit your website now, you will be able to see the contact form widget in the sidebar on your page. Note that your WordPress theme should support the widget areas. The easiest way to display SimpleMailer form on a specific page is to use Shortcode. For instance, the following Shortcode in the body of a post or page would add contact form to that post or page: **[simplemailer]** And the third option can be used to display the form anywhere you want in your theme files. To do this, simply add the function **getForm(); ?>** to one of your theme PHP files. #### Configuring SimpleMailer As mentioned before, SimpleMailer supports SMTP by default, the checkbox **Enable SMTP** must be activated. Now, fill in the child input fields below this checkbox to complete the SMTP settings. A valid configuration for a Gmail account could look something like this: * Enable SMTP: Checked * SMTP Host name: smtp.gmail.com * SMTP Port: 25 * Encryption: START_TLS * SMTP username: fake.user@gmail.com * SMTP password: your_password * SMTP Debug: 0 If you would like to use the PHP **mail()** function instead, just deactivate the** Enable SMTP** checkbox. The entries in the child input fields below are then irrelevant. At the bottom of the settings page you will find the Google [reCaptcha](https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/) configuration. To start using reCAPTCHA, you need to sign up for an API key pair for your site. You then insert these into the corresponding input fields. Please also note that the PHP cURL extension has to be installed on your server for reCAPTCHA to work. All other settings are self-explanatory. #### Advanced settings for advanced users Advanced configuration settings are managed within the **config.php** file. By default, however, there is no config.php file in your plugin installation directory, you have to create this file first, as follow. The directory **/wp-content/plugins/simplemailer/** contains a **custom.config.php** file. You will need to make a copy of the custom. config.php file and name it config.php, that one will take priority over default SimpleMailer settings. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “SimpleMailer Contact Form” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Bigin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bigin/) [Translate “SimpleMailer Contact Form” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simplemailer) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simplemailer/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simplemailer/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simplemailer/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simplemailer/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog Nothing changed yet ## Meta * Version **0.9** * Last updated **8 Jahren ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.8.28** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simplemailer/) * Tags * [contact form](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contact-form/)[email](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email/) [form](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/form/)[smtp](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/smtp/) * [Advanced View](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/simplemailer/advanced/) ## Ratings Es wurden noch keine Rezensionen eingereicht. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simplemailer/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simplemailer/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Bigin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bigin/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simplemailer/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://ehret-studio.com/lab/simplemailer-kontaktformular-plugin-fur-wordpress/#donate)