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Contact Form 7 Textarea Wordcount
Adds an option to Contact Form 7's Textarea field for a Max Wordcount, and limits input to max wordcount on the front end.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 2
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 17 Mar 2016
- Added
- Jan 2011
- Requires WP
- 4.3
- Tested up to
- WP 4.4.34
- Downloads
- 9,120
Our analysis
AI-assistedContact Form 7 Textarea Wordcount is a WordPress plugin that enhances the text area field in the Contact Form 7 plugin. It allows you to set a maximum word count for text areas, displaying the current word count to users and limiting input to the specified number of words.
This plugin is suitable for users of Contact Form 7 who need to manage the length of text input in forms, ensuring that submissions do not exceed a certain word limit.
Best for: This plugin is best for users of Contact Form 7 who require word count restrictions on text areas.
What it does well
- ✓Adds word count functionality to text areas in Contact Form 7
- ✓Allows setting a maximum word count for user input
- ✓Displays current word count to users
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in March 2016, may not support newer versions of WordPress
- •Limited compatibility with Contact Form 7 versions beyond 4.2
Verdict
Contact Form 7 Textarea Wordcount provides a straightforward solution for managing text input length in forms, but its age and compatibility issues may limit its effectiveness for some users.
From the developer
alex chousmith's own description of Contact Form 7 Textarea Wordcount, lightly tidied.
NOTE : Due to a lack of time, the latest version of this plugin supports the latest version 4.4 of Contact Form 7, which itself has a minimum requirement of WordPress 4.3. The 1.0.2 version of this plugin only works with older versions of Contact Form 7. It has been verified as working with versions 3.0 – 3.3.3, but with the CF7 update starting at their version 3.4 up through 4.2, this particular plugin may not work.
The Contact Form 7 Textarea Wordcount plugin inserts some additional functionality into the “Text area” field from the Contact Form 7 plugin. Enabling this plugin adds an additional field when creating a new Text area, where you can specifiy a “Max Wordcount” for that form field. When such a max wordcount is given, extra html/js is inserted on the front end view of your site’s contact form(s), which shows the current word count for that textarea, and cuts off the text inside the field after the given number of words.
For more information, check out http://www.ninthlink.com/2010/12/30/contact-form-7-textarea-wordcount/.
Tagged as
purpose
Contact & Custom Forms
platform
Contact Form 7
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