How To Add cc and bcc Fields In Contact Form 7? (Simplest Way)

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Contact Form 7 is by far the most popular WordPress contact form plugin.

However, it does not give you a simple and straightforward way to add cc and bcc fields to your contact form.

Given below are the steps to add cc and bcc fields in Contact Form 7:

1. Edit the contact form.

Go to Contact > Contact Forms page from the left-side WordPress Admin Panel menu. Then, edit the form on which you want to place the cc and bcc fields.

Edit Contact Form 7 form


2. Open the Mail tab on Edit Contact Form page.

Once you are on the Edit Contact Form page, go to the Mail tab.

Contact Form 7 Mail tab


3. Add Cc: <email> in Additional headers field.

Now, in the Additional headers field, enter Cc: <email> to add the cc field to the contact form.

For example, Cc: myname@mysite.com

Add cc field


4. Add Bcc: <email> in Additional headers field.

Then, in the Additional headers field, enter Bcc: <email> to add the bcc field to the contact form.

For example, Bcc: myname@mysite.com

Add bcc field

And that’s it.

You have now added cc and bcc fields to your contact form.

What’s Next?

You can do a lot with the Contact Form 7 plugin.

So, explore the settings of this plugin to see what you can achieve with it.

Here are some tutorials to help you get the maximum out of this plugin:

Video Tutorial

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Parting Thoughts

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