Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults
Replaces the default Contact Form 7 form with an accessible equivalent and provides a suite of selectable base forms.
5(6 reviews)
·5.0K+ active installs·Updated 10 months agoAs of April 2026, Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults is a WordPress a11y plugin with 5.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 55K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Downloads are down 14% this week. Top alternative: Ally – Web Accessibility & Usability.
5/56 reviews
5.0K+active installs
55K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
How to use this plug-in:
If you install and activate this plug-in before installing Contact Form 7, the default form created by Contact Form 7 will be accessible. If you’ve already installed Contact Form 7, you’ll want to delete the default form and create new forms using the templates available in this plug-in.
Use Contact Form 7 with an accessible default form
This plug-in replaces the default template that Contact Form 7 automatically generates with an accessible equivalent of that form and adds a suite of additional basic form types that you can choose from to model your new forms.
The plug-in doesn’t change anything about forms that have already been built with Contact Form 7. The structure of Contact Form 7 is such that it isn’t possible for the plug-in to re…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Amazingly Helpful
by Jane·5 years ago
It is essential to have the right accessible contact form on the website. This plugin should be used by all members who are using Contact Form 7. It works perfectly on my end.
Truly Accessible Plugin
by jojomccid·8 years ago
My site passed the achecker.ca validation because of this contact form. As for the Checkbox, I simply made the tag label_first so that the online validator can read the label first before the checkbox.
My site is [link removed] Thanks Joe!
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perfect
by Zsolt Edelényi·10 years ago·1 reply
Thank you very much for this plugin. I appreciate very much.
Great for client sites
by Adrian Roselli·10 years ago·1 reply
I use this on client projects to help ensure their forms are accessible without the need for me to handhold (and bill) through the process. I consider it a necessary plug-in when Contact Form 7 is installed.
Excellent! Simple and effective.
by Joseph Karr O'Connor·10 years ago·1 reply
Instead of rewriting the code output by Contact Form 7 just use this simple plugin to make an accessible form. Thanks Joe!
Download Trends
Today: 22Yesterday: 25This week: 113Period total: 7K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.1
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1.9
- Update WordPress versions required to match Contact Form 7.
- Update Tested to.
- Fix docs template.
- Sanitizing & escaping improvements.
Contributors
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