Hooks List – Contact form 7

Explore a comprehensive list of action and filter hooks available in Contact Form 7. Enhance and customize your WordPress forms by leveraging hooks.    

Hook	Doc	Type	File(s)
deprecated_function_trigger_error		filter	functions.php
wpcf7_acceptance		filter	submission.php
wpcf7_additional_mail		filter	submission.php
wpcf7_admin_footer		action	edit-contact-form.php
wpcf7_admin_init		action	admin.php
wpcf7_admin_load		action	admin.php
wpcf7_admin_menu		action	admin.php
wpcf7_admin_menu_change_notice		filter	admin.php
wpcf7_admin_misc_pub_section		action	edit-contact-form.php
wpcf7_admin_notices		action	edit-contact-form.php, admin.php
wpcf7_admin_warnings		action	edit-contact-form.php, admin.php
wpcf7_after_create	Save	action	contact-form.php
wpcf7_after_flamingo		action	flamingo.php
wpcf7_after_save	Save	action	contact-form.php
wpcf7_after_update	Save	action	contact-form.php
wpcf7_ajax_json_echo		filter	rest-api.php
wpcf7_ajax_onload		filter	rest-api.php
wpcf7_akismet_comment_check		filter	akismet.php
wpcf7_autop_or_not		filter	functions.php
wpcf7_before_send_mail	Mail	action	submission.php
wpcf7_captcha_url		filter	really-simple-captcha.php
wpcf7_collect_mail_tags		filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_config_validator_validate		action	config-validator.php
wpcf7_constant_contact_contact_post_request_builder		filter	constant-contact.php
wpcf7_constant_contact_submit		filter	constant-contact.php
wpcf7_contact_form		action	contact-form.php
wpcf7_contact_form_default_pack		filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_contact_form_properties		filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_contact_form_shortcode		filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_copy		filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_default_template		filter	contact-form-template.php
wpcf7_display_message		filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_editor_panels		filter	edit-contact-form.php
wpcf7_enqueue_scripts		action	controller.php
wpcf7_enqueue_styles		action	controller.php
wpcf7_flamingo_get_value		filter	flamingo.php
wpcf7_flamingo_submit_if		filter	flamingo.php
wpcf7_form_action_url	Generating Form HTML	filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_form_autocomplete	Generating Form HTML	filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_form_class_attr	Generating Form HTML	filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_form_elements		filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_form_enctype	Generating Form HTML	filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_form_hidden_fields		filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_form_id_attr	Generating Form HTML	filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_form_name_attr	Generating Form HTML	filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_form_novalidate	Generating Form HTML	filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_form_response_output		filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_form_tag		filter	form-tags-manager.php
wpcf7_form_tag_data_option		filter	form-tag.php
wpcf7_init		action	settings.php
wpcf7_is_date		filter	formatting.php
wpcf7_is_email		filter	formatting.php
wpcf7_is_number		filter	formatting.php
wpcf7_is_tel		filter	formatting.php
wpcf7_is_url		filter	formatting.php
wpcf7_load_css		filter	functions.php
wpcf7_load_js		filter	functions.php
wpcf7_log_remote_request		filter	functions.php
wpcf7_mail_components		filter	mail.php
wpcf7_mail_failed		action	submission.php
wpcf7_mail_html_footer		filter	mail.php
wpcf7_mail_html_header		filter	mail.php
wpcf7_mail_sent		action	submission.php
wpcf7_mail_tag_replaced		filter	mail.php
wpcf7_mail_tag_replaced_{$type}		filter	mail.php
wpcf7_map_meta_cap		filter	capabilities.php
wpcf7_messages		filter	contact-form-template.php
wpcf7_post_edit_form_tag		action	edit-contact-form.php
wpcf7_posted_data		filter	submission.php
wpcf7_posted_data_{$type}		filter	submission.php
wpcf7_recaptcha_actions		filter	recaptcha.php
wpcf7_recaptcha_threshold		filter	recaptcha.php
wpcf7_recaptcha_verify_response		filter	recaptcha.php
wpcf7_remote_ip_addr		filter	submission.php
wpcf7_save_contact_form		action	contact-form-functions.php
wpcf7_skip_mail		filter	submission.php
wpcf7_spam		filter	submission.php
wpcf7_special_mail_tags		filter	mail.php, flamingo.php
wpcf7_submission_is_blacklisted		filter	submission.php
wpcf7_submit		action	contact-form.php
wpcf7_subscribers_only_notice	Generating Form HTML	filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_support_html5		filter	functions.php
wpcf7_support_html5_fallback		filter	functions.php
wpcf7_upgrade		action	settings.php
wpcf7_upload_dir		filter	functions.php
wpcf7_upload_file_name	Validation + upload handling filter add_filter( 'wpcf7_validate_file', 'wpcf7_file_validation_filter', 10, 2 ); add_filter( 'wpcf7_validate_file', 'wpcf7_file_validation_filter', 10, 2 );	filter	file.php
wpcf7_use_really_simple_captcha		filter	functions.php
wpcf7_validate		filter	submission.php
wpcf7_validate_configuration		filter	functions.php
wpcf7_validate_{$type}		filter	submission.php
wpcf7_validation_error		filter	contact-form.php
wpcf7_verify_nonce		filter	contact-form.php

How do you save data to the database?

We can use this action hook and save by using $wpdb or MySQL functions, or we can use the CFDB7 plugin or CF7ADB plugin. CF7ADB is easy to manipulate data.