This plugin adds a double opt-in functionality to CF7 forms.
As of April 2026, Double Opt-in for CF7 is a WordPress email plugin with 100 active installations and a 3.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Top alternative: WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most….
[This plugin is outdated and no longer maintained. Please use the much easier Honeypot for CF7 instead.]
Adds double opt-in functionality to CF7 forms submissions. Double opt-in means that form submitters have to confirm their identity by their email account. The plugin is ready for translation.
Double opt-in dependencies
This plugin is an add-on to Contact Form 7 plugin by Takayuki Miyoshi.
Functionality of this plugin also depend on installing and activating one of the plugins, which saves Contact Form 7 submissions to WordPress database. At the time, compatible plugins are:
Note that BOTH Contact Form 7 and one of the listed above plugins are required for double opt-in functionality to work.
Help and Docs
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| WordPress | 5.3+ requiredTested up to 5.9.13 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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