Placeholder

@tristanslater

The quick and dirty way to add placeholder text is to edit the plugin file.

Edit this file: /wp-content/plugins/checkmail-validation-for-contact-form-7/checkmail-validation-for-contact-form-7.php

Around Line 117 change this:

$html = '<input type="text" name="checkmail_' . $name . '" />';

to this:

$html = '<input type="text" name="checkmail_' . $name . '" value=""' . $atts . ' placeholder="Confirm Email Address" />';

So you’re basically just manually adding the placeholder text to the text field.

Also remember that if the developer ever updates the plugin, your edit to the checkmail-validation-for-contact-form-7.php file will be overwritten.

Thank you for you help.

Do you think there a way to add a add this to maybe overwrite the shortcode with a new plugin or just in functions.php?

You should not use the quick and dirty version unless you really, really have to. Instead use jQuery to add the placeholder text:

<script>
	$(document).ready(function() {
		$(".wpcf7-checkmail").attr("placeholder", "Confirm Email Address");
	});

</script>

Thank you