Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7

Give any Contact Form 7 form a clean multiple-file field. Visitors drag files in or click to browse. You control the button text, file types, size limits, and where each form stores uploads.

Upload that feels easy

• Drag and drop, or click the browse button
• Several files in one field — no extra [file] tags
• Custom button label (default: Choose files) and CSS class
• Optional or required: [hbwa_mfile] / [hbwa_mfile*]
• Limits you set: file types, size per file, and max number of files

Save files your way — per form

Each form has its own Multi-file Upload tab. Turn saving on only where you need it.

• Media library — add uploads to WordPress Media
• Folder under wp-content — keep files in a path you choose, such as uploads/invoices

Folders that stay organized

When you save under wp-content, pick how subfolders are created:

• By year
• By year / month (same idea as the WordPress media library)
• By year / month / day
• By logged-in user
• By user / year
• By form name (slug, for example contact-form-1)
• Custom pattern, such as {year}/{form_slug}

Name saved files with tokens like {filename}, {date}, {time}, and {random}. The original extension is always kept.

Email that is ready to open

• Attach files in the Mail tab with the matching mail-tag, for example [attachments]
• Put the same tag in the message body
• When saving is on, that tag becomes a link to open each file instead of a plain name

Built for Contact Form 7

• multi-file button in the form-tag generator
• Works with Mail and Mail (2)
• Settings apply to that form only — other forms stay unchanged

Requirements

• Contact Form 7 must be installed and active

How to use the shortcode

1. Edit a Contact Form 7 form.
2. Click the multi-file button in the form-tag generator.
3. Set the field name, button label, CSS class, file types, size limit, and max files, then insert the tag.
4. In the Mail tab, add the same field name under File attachments (for example [attachments]).
5. Optionally add the same mail-tag in the message body.
6. Open the Multi-file Upload tab if you want to keep copies: enable Save uploaded files, then choose Media library or a folder under wp-content.

Basic shortcode examples

Optional field:

[hbwa_mfile attachments]

Required field:

[hbwa_mfile* attachments]

Custom button label and class:

[hbwa_mfile* attachments class:my-upload-btn "Select files"]

With options:

[hbwa_mfile* attachments filetypes:jpg|jpeg|png|pdf|doc|docx limit:2mb maxfiles:5 "Choose file"]

Shortcode options

• Quoted value — browse button label (default: Choose files)
• class: — CSS class added to the file input and the browse button
• filetypes: — pipe-separated extensions (example: jpg|jpeg|png|pdf)
• limit: — max size per file (example: 2mb, 500kb, or bytes)
• maxfiles: — maximum number of files allowed in one submission

Save files (per form)

On the form’s Multi-file Upload tab:

1. Enable Save uploaded files.
2. Choose one destination:
   • Media library
   • Folder under wp-content — base path relative to wp-content (for example uploads/invoices), then organize subfolders by year, month, user, form name slug, or a custom pattern
3. Optional File name pattern (default {filename}). The original extension is always kept.

When saving is enabled, the mail-tag in the message body outputs links to open each file.

Uploaded files are sent as real email attachments when Contact Form 7 file uploading is enabled for that mail template. Make sure your hosting PHP upload limits (upload_max_filesize, post_max_size) allow the sizes you configure.

Guidelines

• Always put the matching mail-tag in File attachments if you want files attached to the email.
• Use [hbwa_mfile*] when at least one file is required.
• Keep maxfiles: and limit: realistic for your server and mailbox size limits.
• Restrict filetypes: to what you actually need (for example images and PDFs only).
• This field does not replace CF7’s native [file] tag — use [hbwa_mfile] when you need multiple files and drag-and-drop.

Author: hell0bunny