Can I use Contact Form DB plugin in my wordpress site for saving and displaying data without sending emails

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1. You can use wpcf7_before_send_mail action hook to prevent form being sent to email..
   (I have tested this with “Contact Form DB” plugin – it saves data before email is filtered)

   To filter only specific Form IDs – use something like this:

   function wpcf7_skip_email_sending($wpcf7_data)
   {
       if ( in_array($wpcf7_data->id(), array(2,3,7)) ) {
           $wpcf7_data->skip_mail = true;
       }
   }
   add_action("wpcf7_before_send_mail", "wpcf7_skip_email_sending");
   

   (For older CF7 version you might have to change $wpcf7_data->id() to $wpcf7_data->id)

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2. If you setup the Contact form 7 and put in a junk or noreply email address to send the message to on Contact form 7 it will still log the message being sent in the contact form DB

   So in the shortcode template send message to junk@yourdomain.com and whenever a user submits it will try to send to that email and will still log the email as being sent. Personally I would actually create that email address so that your smtp doesn’t get flooded with bounce back from smtp server.

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3. To avoid sending emails, without even touching the files, the fastest way is to add in the additional settings tab

   demo_mode: on
   

   or

   skip_mail: on
   

   With Contact Form DB both works fine. The difference is that demo_mode won’t work with Flamingo.

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