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Double Opt-In for Contact Form 7 & Avada – Secure, GDPR-Compliant Email Verification icon

Double Opt-In for Contact Form 7 & Avada – Secure, GDPR-Compliant Email Verification

Protect your forms with GDPR-compliant Double Opt-In. Ensure valid emails, prevent fake signups, and stay compliant with Contact Form 7 and Avada.

By Forge12 Interactive GmbH·GDPR·Free
5(8 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks ago
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As of April 2026, Double Opt-In for Contact Form 7 & Avada is a WordPress GDPR plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 17K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 25% this week. Top alternative: CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie….

5/58 reviews
1.0K+active installs
17K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022

Overview

Double Opt-In adds a mandatory email verification step to your Contact Form 7 and Avada forms.
When a visitor submits your form, the original mail is not sent immediately. Instead, the plugin:

  1. Stores the submission in a secure database table.
  2. Sends a confirmation email with a unique, time-limited link.
  3. Only after the visitor clicks that link is the original form mail delivered.

This ensures:

  • Only valid, verified email addresses reach your inbox.
  • GDPR / DSGVO requirements are met with proper consent tracking, IP logging, and data retention.
  • Your database stays clean and reliable — no fake or mistyped addresses.

Seamless integration with Contact Form 7 and Avada Forms.
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Ratings & Reviews

58 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Great plugin.
by evoratec·1 month ago

Perfect plugin to avoid multiples entries on mail db. Great work.

Einfach zu bedienen ohne viel Schnickschnack
by satler·2 months ago

Endlich mal ein Tool, welches von der Funktionalität das macht, was es soll.

Funktioniert
by lucafriedrich·4 months ago

Funktioniert alles und Support ist super kompetent und sympathisch

Works as promised, outstanding support
by jbraucker·1 year ago

I tried this plug-in as I needed a simple double opt-in form and was already using wpcf7 for other forms.
Configuration was easy and the plug-in packs everything I needed and more.

It did not work at first, so I contacted the customer support and did not expect much.
To my surprise, they replied within hours, checked my configuration, confirmed everything was right, took a backup of my website to investigate the issue and then sent me a fix (which had to do with a change in wpcf7’s checkbox validation through an update). All of that within a day.
This is customer support at its best! The amount of effort that went into fixing my problem and the fast replies were exceptional. Thank you Marc Wagner and Forge12!

Perfect for a simple email subscription form with double opt-in
by James C·2 years ago

After some trial and then error with other more sophisticated plug-ins, I was delighted to find this simple one does exactly what it says. It’s not trying to be fancy and it integrates perfectly with Contact Form 7.

I now have a simple email newsletter sign-up form with double opt-in. Once the user confirms their email address via the opt-in email request, the Contact Form 7 plug-in sends me an email with their address, and sends the subscriber a thank-you email.

Download Trends

Today: 10Yesterday: 9This week: 108Period total: 11K

Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP8.0+ required

Version Adoption

v3.7
42.0%
v3.1
23.3%
v3.0
18.0%
Other
6.3%
v2.15
5.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

3.7.2

Bug Fixes:

  • Fix: Fixed all form field placeholders ([doi_email], [doi_name], [doi_phone], etc.) not being replaced in confirmation emails for Avada forms. The Avada integration stores opt-in content in a nested structure ({data: {...}, field_labels: {...}}), but the placeholder replacement expected a flat field array. The nested data key is now extracted correctly before replacement.
  • Fix: Applied the same nested content handling to the legacy OptInFrontend::addPlaceholders() code path.
  • Fix: Added missing [doubleoptin_privacy_url] system placeholder to the new AbstractFormIntegration::addSystemPlaceholders() method. This placeholder was available in the legacy code but was not ported to the 4.0.0 integration architecture, causing it to appear unreplaced in emails.
  • Fix: Fixed the admin opt-in detail view displaying Avada metadata keys (data, field_labels, field_types, etc.) instead of actual form field values. The nested content structure is now unwrapped before rendering.
  • Fix: Fixed the AJAX opt-in detail modal showing the same incorrect metadata for Avada opt-ins.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Forge12 Interactive GmbHForge12 Interactive GmbH
Plugin Info
Version
3.7.2
Last Updated
Mar 14, 2026
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
8.0+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
17K+
Added
Dec 16, 2022
Business
Free

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Developer

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Forge12 Interactive GmbH
6 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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