been using salesforce for a while and always struggled with getting wordpress form data into it without paying for zapier or any middleware
recently figured out a way to send Contact Form 7 submissions directly into salesforce as leads using a free wordpress plugin called Contact Form to Any API
you just install it from wordpress repo then add your salesforce REST API endpoint set up authentication and map your cf7 fields to salesforce lead fields like firstname lastname email phone and thats it. every form submission goes straight into salesforce automatically
took me around 15 mins total the oauth part takes a little time but once its done everything works perfectly no recurring fees no third party tools nothing
hope this helps someone who was stuck like me. drop a comment if you need help with the setup
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Hi @Kevin Miller - One small thing to keep in mind when sending Contact Form 7 data directly to Salesforce:
- Use the Salesforce REST endpoint like /services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/Lead/
- Authenticate with OAuth (Connected App).
- Map the CF7 fields to Lead fields such as FirstName, LastName, Email, Phone.
- If needed, you can also send extra fields like Lead Source = Website so you can track where submissions came from.
For more advanced setups later, you can also trigger a Salesforce Flow on Lead creation to handle things like assignment rules, campaign association, or notifications.
