How to hook into Contact Form 7 Before Send

Question

I have a plugin I am writing that I want to interact with Contact Form 7. In my plugin I added the following action add_action

add_action(\"wpcf7_before_send         


        

Answer 1

Since WPCF7 5.2 the wpcf7_before_send_mail hook has changed quite a lot. For reference, here is how to work with this hook in 5.2+

Skip mail

function my_skip_mail() {
    return true; // true skips sending the email
}
add_filter('wpcf7_skip_mail','my_skip_mail');

Or add skip_mail to the Additional Settings tab on your form in the admin area.

Getting the Form ID or Post ID

function wpcf7_before_send_mail_function( $contact_form, $abort, $submission ) {

    $post_id = $submission->get_meta('container_post_id');
    $form_id = $contact_form->id();

    // do something       

    return $contact_form;
    
}
add_filter( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'wpcf7_before_send_mail_function', 10, 3 );

Get user inputted data

function wpcf7_before_send_mail_function( $contact_form, $abort, $submission ) {

    $your_name = $submission->get_posted_data('your-field-name');

    // do something       

    return $contact_form;
    
}
add_filter( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'wpcf7_before_send_mail_function', 10, 3 );

Send the email to a dynamic recipient

function wpcf7_before_send_mail_function( $contact_form, $abort, $submission ) {

    $dynamic_email = 'email@email.com'; // get your email address...

    $properties = $contact_form->get_properties();
    $properties['mail']['recipient'] = $dynamic_email;
    $contact_form->set_properties($properties);

    return $contact_form;
    
}
add_filter( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'wpcf7_before_send_mail_function', 10, 3 );