Overview

LinkLens Pro Contact Forms is designed to do one job well:

• Provide a clean, fast contact form
• Reliably log every submission
• Deliver messages via email when licensed
• Give admins a simple inbox with status tracking

No builders, no field overload, and no third-party dependencies.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0+
• PHP 7.4+
• Email sending via wp_mail() (works with WP Mail SMTP, Postmark, SendGrid, etc.)

WooCommerce is not required.

Installation

1. Upload the plugin ZIP via Plugins → Add New
2. Activate LinkLens Pro Contact Forms
3. (Optional) Activate your license in the admin dashboard
4. Add the form shortcode to any page

That’s it.

Adding a Contact Form

Insert the shortcode anywhere in a page, post, or block:

[llcf]

This outputs a fully styled contact form with Name, Email, Message, spam protection, and AJAX submission.

Shortcode Options

Example:

[llcf title="Contact Us" to="support@yoursite.com" subject_toggle="1" button="Send" success="Thanks — we’ll reply soon."]

Spam Protection

Spam prevention is built in and always enabled:

No CAPTCHAs. No third-party services. No tracking scripts.

Submission Logging

Every valid submission is logged to the database before any email is sent.

Stored data includes:

• Date & time
• Name
• Email
• Subject
• Message
• IP address
• User agent
• Mail sent status

This ensures messages are never lost, even if email delivery fails (or email is disabled).

Admin Submissions Inbox

Access submissions via:

WordPress Admin → LL Contact Forms → Submissions

Features

• View recent submissions (latest 200)
• See email delivery status (Sent / Not Sent)
• Mark messages as Open / Answered / Closed
• Delete submissions when no longer needed

This provides a simple workflow without turning WordPress into a helpdesk system.

Email Delivery

Email is sent using WordPress’s native wp_mail() function.

Headers

• Proper From address using your site domain
• Reply-To set to the sender’s email

SMTP Support

Works with popular SMTP plugins including WP Mail SMTP, FluentSMTP, Postmark, SendGrid, and Amazon SES.

License Activation

Email delivery is license-gated, but logging always works.

Where to activate

WordPress Admin → LL Contact Forms → License

License behavior

This allows safe use on staging or development sites.

Database Table

The plugin creates a single table:

wp_llcf_submissions

• Created automatically on activation
• Verified at runtime
• No scheduled jobs or background processes

Styling & Customization

The plugin includes minimal default styling that works with most themes. Markup uses stable class names prefixed with llcf-.

Recommended places to add custom CSS:

• Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS
• Your child theme stylesheet
• A small “Code Snippets” style plugin

CSS recipes

.llcf-card{
  max-width:none;
}

.llcf-actions{ justify-content:flex-start; }
.llcf-submit{ width:100%; justify-content:center; }

.llcf-card .llcf-actions .llcf-submit{
  background: #111827;
  color: #ffffff;
  border: 0;
  opacity: 1;
  visibility: visible;
}

/* Force Message field to full width */
.llcf-card .llcf-field .llcf-label{
  width:100%;
  max-width:100%;
  display:block;
}

.llcf-card textarea[name="message"]{
  width:100%;
  max-width:100%;
  box-sizing:border-box;
}

.llcf-submit{
  background: #0b5fff; /* your brand */
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(11,95,255,.18);
}

.llcf-card{ padding:14px; }
.llcf-field{ margin:0 0 10px; }
.llcf-form input,.llcf-form textarea{ padding:10px 10px; }

.llcf-card{
  background: rgba(17,24,39,.92);
  border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.10);
}
.llcf-label span{ color: rgba(255,255,255,.85); }
.llcf-form input,.llcf-form textarea{
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.06);
  border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.12);
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.92);
}

Tip: If your theme styles overwrite the form fields, increase specificity by prefixing with body or your page container class.

Extending Behavior (functions.php)

This plugin is intentionally lean and does not provide a large hook API (yet). However, you can still customize common behavior safely using: shortcode attributes, theme CSS, and standard WordPress mail filters.

Change the From name/email globally

If you want all outgoing mail to use a specific From name/email (recommended for deliverability), you can use:

// Add to child theme functions.php or a snippets plugin
add_filter('wp_mail_from', function($from){
  return 'no-reply@yourdomain.com';
});
add_filter('wp_mail_from_name', function($name){
  return 'Your Site Name';
});

Override the default styling (advanced)

If you prefer to style everything yourself, you can disable plugin CSS by dequeuing the style handle:

// Add to child theme functions.php
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', function(){
  wp_dequeue_style('llcf-lean');
}, 100);

Note: The plugin registers/enqueues llcf-lean (CSS) and llcf-lean (JS). Dequeuing is for advanced users.

Performance

Designed to be extremely lightweight:

• No external libraries
• No admin page builders
• No front-end frameworks
• Minimal inline CSS & JS
• Single database query per submission

Safe for high-traffic sites.

Security

• Nonce verification on submissions
• Sanitization and validation of all fields
• Honeypot and timing checks
• Capability checks on admin actions

Troubleshooting

Translation Support

The plugin is translation-ready and uses the text domain:

ll-pro-contact-forms

Frequently Asked Questions

Support

Documentation covers standard usage. For license or technical issues, contact LinkLens Labs support.

Final Notes

LinkLens Pro Contact Forms is built for developers, site owners, and agencies who want predictable behavior, clean output, reliable logging, and no unnecessary features.

It does exactly what a contact form should — and nothing it shouldn’t.