I am trying to add a contact field to my site but the dashboard is missing a contact plugin. It does have the wpform plugin, but that does not give me the result detailed in the documentation.
As per your request, To Display contact form 7 plugin on your dashboard you need to install contact form 7 plugin. Follow the below steps to install and activate contact form 7 plugin.
1)Go To Dashboard >> Plugins >> Installed Plugins >> Add new >> Then search the plugin from search box install it and activate it after that contact form 7 plugin will be displayed on your dashboard.
I would recommend that you add these instructions to the documentation because it currently does not mention anything about needing to install the Contact Form 7 plugin.