Do you need to collect IP addresses with your contact form but do not want the form submitter to know you are collecting it?  Here is a quick tip!

Contact Form 7

In contact form 7, it is relatively easy to collect the IP address.  Some situations where collecting the IP address is a good idea may include:

• Answering a visitors question is determined by their location
• Spam is being sent through the form and you want to add their IP to a blacklist
• You want to collect IPs from your visitors to assist in your analytic reporting

 

How do I collect IPs using Contact Form 7?

When creating your form in CF7, you will need to add the following short code in the Message (body) portion of the Mail tab.

[wpcf7.remote_ip]

That’s it.  It is that easy.  You now will collect IP addresses each time someone submits the form.