Hi everyone,
I’m trying to trigger a Zap when someone submits a Contact Form 7 form on a WordPress site, using a webhook. Just sharing what worked for me in case it helps someone else (and also open to better approaches).
What I did was first create a new Zap and choose “Webhooks by Zapier” as the trigger. Then I selected the “Catch Hook” option and copied the webhook URL Zapier generated.
Since Contact Form 7 doesn’t support webhooks out of the box, I had to either use a plugin that lets CF7 send data to an external API, or handle it with custom PHP. Using a webhook/API plugin was the simpler route. I just pasted the Zapier webhook URL, set the method to POST, changed the content type to application/json, mapped the form fields to JSON keys, and tested it. After submitting the form while Zapier was waiting for data, it picked up the payload correctly.
The other option is adding custom code using the wpcf7_mail_sent hook and sending the data with wp_remote_post(), but that obviously requires some development work.
A couple of things that caused issues initially were accidentally using GET instead of POST and incorrect JSON formatting. Also, it helps to test while Zapier is actively listening for the hook.
If anyone has tips on handling retries or making webhook delivery more reliable from WordPress to Zapier, I’d love to hear how you’re doing it.
Thanks
