contact form 7: continuous spinning arrows

I’ve been having trouble with this for months. I deactivated every plugin one by one, with no success. Then I came across this little tidbit and figured it was worth a shot… to my amazement it worked!
https://www.gracegray.info/2012/10/04/contact-form-7-arrow-keeps-spinning/
I don’t know why it worked, but it worked! Thank you, GraceGray!

@scruffypuppy – This not a solution I would recommend to anyone. The link gives PHP code to disable all of Contact Form 7’s Javascript. It does stop the arrow spinnning bit it’s a purely cosmetic change which achieves nothing. You might as well let the arrow spin.

Importantly it doesn’t deal with the core issue which is Javascript conflict in your theme or one of your other plugins. Javascript conflicts can be very difficult to solve – see see Solving CF7 Javascript Conflicts for some guidance.

FINALLY!!! I fixed it!!!!

Here is how:

1. FTP into your site. (I use Filezilla.)
2. Go to /public_html/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7
3. Find the file called wp-contact-form-7.php
4. Right click on the file and select View/Edit
5. Look through the code for:

if ( ! defined( ‘WPCF7_LOAD_JS’ ) )
define( ‘WPCF7_LOAD_JS’, true );

and edit it to read:

if ( ! defined( ‘WPCF7_LOAD_JS’ ) )
define( ‘WPCF7_LOAD_JS’, false );

6. Save it.
7. You should now be back in business and all of your Contact Form 7 forms should now be working perfectly.

I wasted many hours activating/deactivate and tweaking plugins, java, flash and browsers. I even wasted much time looking into competing products. Am very glad to have solved this major annoyance that was killing my website. This fix actually worked for me. Hopefully, I can save others some precious time with which they can spend with their families.

Sponge Bob
PC Professor Computer Training

@sponge Bob – Your solution is really the same as scruffypuppy and is not a solution I would recommend to anyone.

All you’ve done is disable all of Contact Form 7’s Javascript. It does stop the arrow spinning but it’s a purely cosmetic change which achieves nothing IMHO. You might as well let the arrow spin – and you’ve of course lost all of Contact Form 7’s useful Javascript based functionality.

Importantly it doesn’t deal with the core issue which is Javascript conflict in your theme or one of your other plugins.

@sponge Bob – Your solution worked! Thank you so much!

@buzztone said:

All you’ve done is disable all of Contact Form 7’s Javascript. It does stop the arrow spinning but it’s a purely cosmetic change which achieves nothing IMHO. You might as well let the arrow spin – and you’ve of course lost all of Contact Form 7’s useful Javascript based functionality.

This is completely false. Without @sponge Bob‘s solution, the arrows spin and the submission is never confirmed. With it, you at least get a notification that the form was submitted. How is that cosmetic?

@maxawesome – while some people, like yourself, may be comfortable with this solution, it’s still not one I would recommend to others.

You can read how to stop loading the CF7 JavaScript at loading-javascript-and-stylesheet-only-when-it-is-necessary/

You will of course lose all of CF7’s Javascript functionality and you are almost certainly not dealing with the real cause – a Javascript Conflict with the theme or other plugin.

For me Javascript Conflicts are a warning sign of a poorly written theme or plugin which I definately avoid using.

Hi there

I have installed cf7 on many websites that I manage and is working perfectly, but for unknown reason in just one of them is giving me the spinning problem. (1 in 20)

Since few months ago I got no issue.

I have already checked and disabled all plugins and checked also with another theme.
But noway to make it works.

@corrado Prever – As per the Forum Welcome, please post your own topic.

Posting in an existing topic prevents being able to track issues by topic. Added to which, your problem – despite any similarity in symptoms – is likely to be completely different.