wpsnoop: fix General Contact Form plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin General Contact Form conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.

Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by General Contact Form, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with General Contact Form.

Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what General Contact Form leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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What does General Contact Form version 1.7 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for General Contact Form to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.7 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 1.7 of General Contact Form behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for General Contact Form by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Summary of WordPress plugin analysis: General Contact Form

Plugin Slug: general-contact-form Internal ID: 30311 Addon Type: Plugin Version: 1.7 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 22 (632.56kB) Short Codes: [ / ] 1 Database Tables: 2 Function Count: 8 Code Review: Search Provit

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Which new files does General Contact Form add to WordPress?

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The plugin General Contact Form added 22 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/	632.56kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/add_fields.php	5.80kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/captcha.jpg	1.54kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/captcha.php	1.01kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/contact_admin.php	9.28kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/delete_fields.php	627.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/delete_records.php	376.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/index.php	12.17kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/mail.php	4.68kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/more_records.php	1.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/README.txt	2.38kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/screenshot1.jpg	148.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/screenshot1.png	221.10kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/screenshot2.jpg	37.27kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/screenshot2.png	22.81kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/screenshot3.jpg	44.61kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/screenshot3.png	91.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/screenshot4.jpg	12.21kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/screenshot4.png	6.30kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/search_records.php	2.04kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/update_fields.php	6.80kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/general-contact-form/update_records.php	952.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does General Contact Form add to WordPress?

The plugin General Contact Form added 1 new shortcode when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

ShortCode		Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[Contact]		The Contact shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Note: We have not yet checked to see if these shortcodes work as expected in pages, posts, sidebar widgets, or when set as the page title, in content, in the excert, in menus or anywhere else within a WordPress installation. A shortcode could produce errors due to parameters added when it is used, or if the plugin is updated and the format of the shortcode has changed.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin General Contact Form?

General Contact Form created 2 new database tables when it was installed in our test environment:

Table name	Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
wp_CF_fields	The wp_CF_fields table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_CF_records	The wp_CF_records table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

After uninstalling and deleting General Contact Form using WP-CLI there were 2 database tables that still remained:

Table name	Status
wp_CF_fields	Orphan/Zombie
wp_CF_records	Orphan/Zombie

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Which new options are added to the wp-options table by General Contact Form?

When General Contact Form was activated and loaded for the first time it created 7 new options in the wp_options table. Any known conflicts will be shown in red.

Option Name		Known Conflicts
CF_fields		The CF_fields option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_CF_fields
CF_On_Captcha		The CF_On_Captcha option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
YES
CF_On_MyEmail		The CF_On_MyEmail option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
evileric+wpsnoop@gmail.com
CF_On_MySubject		The CF_On_MySubject option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
contact form
CF_On_SendEmail		The CF_On_SendEmail option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
YES
CF_records		The CF_records option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_CF_records
CF_title		The CF_title option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
Contact Us

During use General Contact Form may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

After disabling and deleting General Contact Form there were 8 options still present in the wp-options table:

CF_fields
CF_On_Captcha
CF_On_MyEmail
CF_On_MySubject
CF_On_SendEmail
CF_records
CF_title
recently_activated

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What new PHP functions does General Contact Form declare when it is active?

Installing General Contact Form added 8 new function to Wordpress at run-time. These functions are internal and generally aren't meant to be used except by developpers who wish to interface with the plugin to enhance or alter its behavior.

Function	Conflicts	Common Errors
cf_install	2 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cf_install()
contact_admin	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare contact_admin()
cf	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cf()
cf_add_javascript_files	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cf_add_javascript_files()
cf_add_to_menu	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cf_add_to_menu()
cf_admin	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cf_admin()
cf_widget	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cf_widget()
cf_widget_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cf_widget_init()

Using General Contact Form from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.

How to install General Contact Form from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install general-contact-form

How to activate General Contact Form from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate General Contact Form after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install general-contact-form --activate

How to reinstall General Contact Form from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of General Contact Form which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install general-contact-form --force

How to update General Contact Form to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update general-contact-form

How to delete General Contact Form from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete general-contact-form

Where can you download earlier versions of General Contact Form?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of General Contact Form from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in General Contact Form

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with General Contact Form. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.