Placeholder In Contactform 7 - Wordpress

I am making a website for a client of me but im running into a problem. I've made a contact form in wordpress using Contact Form 7. This plugin is really easy to use but when i wan

Solution 1:

If anyone is having trouble with this, it could be that you're using class: or id: attributes.

It worked for me when I added placeholder after all those:

[email* your-email id:your-email class:form-control placeholder "ex. Jon.Smith@email.com"]

Solution 2:

Its very simple.You can add placeholder like this:

[text* first_name placeholder"First Name"] 

Documentation : https://contactform7.com/setting-placeholder-text/

Solution 3:

Same problem, then I change the input background color and the placeholder text is white on background white ...

So I sudgest to try to change the backrgound input color to test:

input[type="text"], textarea {
  background-color : #d1d1d1; 
}

Solution 4:

[text* your-name placeholder "Name"] The syntax was what you gave correct once check the contact form settings. Because I am also using same as like your syntax it was working properly in my contact form.

Solution 5:

If you are using class or id attributes.Simply do the following:

[text* your-name class:form-control id:name placeholder "Enter Name"]