wordpress contact or message pages

Question

I have an idea for my wordpress blog.

I want to have a page where my readers can send me messages, not by email. Sort of like a comment, but they shouldn't be listed on the blog itself. And, I don't want to read them in the comment field, but instead have a separate view for it.

I have a few ideas, but I need your guidance to find the best way.

• I make a special page, using the php_exec

• I add a comment field to the page but make it store in some other place than usual comments do.

• I use an already existing plugin that I have totally missed.

How would you do it?

Answer 1

If there is one good thing about wordpress, it's the number of plugins available that do almost anything you can imagine. You can check if WATS suits your needs, if it doesn't just google "wordpress ticket plugin".

Answer 2

Another option is to use a plugin that can create a new post via a frontend form such as Advanced Custom Fields Pro - http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/pro/, or Gravity Forms - http://www.gravityforms.com/ to create a new page with a form on it that submits data to a custom post type.