Route Contact Form 7 Emails by Department
Sends each Contact Form 7 message to the right inbox based on the department or topic the visitor picked, instead of one shared address.
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Code
$wpide_cf7_route_field = 'menu-department';
// Option value => recipient address.
$wpide_cf7_routes = array(
// 'Sales' => '[email protected]',
// 'Support' => '[email protected]',
);
add_filter( 'wpcf7_mail_components', function ( $components, $contact_form = null, $mail = null ) use ( $wpide_cf7_route_field, $wpide_cf7_routes ) {
$submission = class_exists( 'WPCF7_Submission' ) ? WPCF7_Submission::get_instance() : null;
if ( ! $submission || ( $mail && method_exists( $mail, 'name' ) && 'mail' !== $mail->name() ) ) {
return $components;
}
$choice = $submission->get_posted_data( $wpide_cf7_route_field );
$choice = is_array( $choice ) ? reset( $choice ) : (string) $choice;
if ( isset( $wpide_cf7_routes[ $choice ] ) && is_email( $wpide_cf7_routes[ $choice ] ) ) {
$components['recipient'] = $wpide_cf7_routes[ $choice ];
}
return $components;
}, 10, 3 );Notes
Add your choices and addresses to the map at the top (unknown choices keep the form's own recipient); CF7 pipes (Label|email) are an alternative that keeps addresses inside the form.
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