Title: Mime Type Check for Contact Form 7
Author: Umar Khan
Published: <strong>10 October 2021</strong>
Last modified: 10 October 2021

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# Mime Type Check for Contact Form 7

 By [Umar Khan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hmumarkhan/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/cf7-mime-type-check.zip)

 * [Details](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-mime-type-check/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-mime-type-check/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-mime-type-check/#installation)
 * [Development](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-mime-type-check/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-mime-type-check/)

## Description

Mime Type Check for Contact Form 7 plugin is created after a problem arises in CF7
file upload validation, CF7 is a widely used plugin but there was a problem in validation
of file mime type. The CF7 validation was only validating the file on the extension

 * File type changes by renaming it to allowed types in operating system as shown
   in screenshot
 * Uploaded using CF7 upload and it was uploaded susscessfully.
 * Installed the plugin and now file is validating on mime type. Renamed allwoed
   extensions are not catered.

## Screenshots

[⌊This screen shot is showing how we can change the file type extension but not 
the mime type⌉⌊This screen shot is showing how we can change the file type extension
but not the mime type⌉[

This screen shot is showing how we can change the file type extension but not the
mime type

## Installation

 1. Upload `cf7-mime-type-check` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

### Will this plugin add any tab in CF7

There is no change in UI, just one more layer added for file mime type validation.

### Do we need to do any setting for this plugin

There is no special setting needed, it will work on CF7 filetypes validation.

### Can we ammend the error messages

You can use the same error messages setting provided in CF7.

## Reviews

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## Contributors and Developers

“Mime Type Check for Contact Form 7” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Umar Khan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hmumarkhan/)

[Translate “Mime Type Check for Contact Form 7” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cf7-mime-type-check)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf7-mime-type-check/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/cf7-mime-type-check/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cf7-mime-type-check/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cf7-mime-type-check/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Change Log

#### 1.0.0

 * Plugin Developed.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **5 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.8.18**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-mime-type-check/)
 * Tags
 * [cf7](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cf7/)[file](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/file/)
   [mimetype](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mimetype/)[validation](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/validation/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-mime-type-check/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Umar Khan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hmumarkhan/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-mime-type-check/)

## Donate

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