# Add Visitor Details to Contact Form 7 Emails

> Appends the page the form was sent from, the date, the visitor's browser and IP address to every Contact Form 7 email, without editing each form's mail template.

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Run everywhere
- Category: [Forms](https://wpide.com/library/category/forms/)
- Tags: contact-form-7, notifications, details
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/cf7-append-submission-details/

## Code

```php
add_filter( 'wpcf7_mail_components', function ( $components, $contact_form = null, $mail = null ) {
    $submission = class_exists( 'WPCF7_Submission' ) ? WPCF7_Submission::get_instance() : null;

    if ( ! $submission || ( $mail && method_exists( $mail, 'name' ) && 'mail' !== $mail->name() ) ) {
        return $components;
    }

    $details = array(
        'Page'    => (string) $submission->get_meta( 'url' ),
        'Date'    => wp_date( get_option( 'date_format' ) . ' ' . get_option( 'time_format' ), (int) $submission->get_meta( 'timestamp' ) ),
        'Browser' => (string) $submission->get_meta( 'user_agent' ),
        'IP'      => (string) $submission->get_meta( 'remote_ip' ),
    );

    $html = $mail && method_exists( $mail, 'get' ) && $mail->get( 'use_html' );
    $text = '';
    foreach ( $details as $label => $value ) {
        $text .= $html ? '<br>' . esc_html( $label . ': ' . $value ) : "\n" . $label . ': ' . $value;
    }

    $components['body'] .= ( $html ? '<hr>' : "\n\n--" ) . $text;

    return $components;
}, 10, 3 );
```

## Notes

Applies to the main mail only, not the autoresponder; remove the IP line if your privacy policy does not cover it.

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Add Visitor Details to Contact Form 7 Emails" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new PHP snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/