Layout shortcodes and grid CSS fail
Column and row shortcodes show as raw text, and grid styles fail to load after migration or updates.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
7 public reports · first reported 6 December 2023 · last reported 25 May 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners who use column and row layouts for Contact Form 7 forms say the layout tags are missing, shortcodes print as plain text on pages, or the grid stylesheet does not load on the front end. Some lost the add-row or add-column buttons in the form editor, and others could no longer find the column label option after updating. After migrating sites, forms sometimes showed raw shortcodes or failed to appear at all. The problem affects agencies moving sites between hosts and owners who rely on side-by-side fields. A migration check that scans forms for orphaned layout shortcodes would help.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports.
Products affected
CF7 Mate – AI Form Builder, Styler & Multi-Step Forms for Contact Form 7.
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Who has this problem
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