User Submitted Posts in WordPress

User submitted posts can transform a website.

Visitors can easily create posts on a website without accessing WordPress's back-end. This keeps your website secure and automates user-generated content.

That turns the site into a content-generation machine. Guest blog posts, member directories, community content, resources, databases...we think you get the point! With user-submitted posts and pages, there is a lot you can do on a website.

Best of all? You only need one plugin to do it. And that's the best WordPress form builder, Formidable Forms.

Why use Formidable Forms for user submitted posts?

Managing a website is enough work as it is.

And if there's a way you can save time and effort, you'll take it. So, if a plugin speeds up user-generated content gathering, that's a huge amount of time saved.

You may think Formidable Form is just a plugin for creating contact forms, but it's much more than that.

Here's how Formidable can save you time.

Easy front-end post creation

All you need is a simple form.

You can turn Formidable Forms into a WordPress form to post plugin with one form. Visitors submit content through the form, which creates a post on the website—all without accessing the admin panel.

This feature is perfect for using WordPress to create a post from forms, which means guest blogs, community stories, and more.

But you keep control of what gets posted on the front-end.

You can choose what content a user can submit. This includes titles, post author, post excerpts, content, post category, and custom form fields. You can even allow file uploads. This is perfect to image uploads for featured images. Or allow users to upload images of in-content pictures.

Ultimately, you get the simplicity of user-generated content but the control of what gets shown and how.

Powerful control and security

Formidable doesn't stop at accepting guest post submissions and stopping there.

It can also act as a post approval WordPress plugin, which lets you moderate submissions. Set them to draft for admin review. Automatically publish if you don't want to review them. Or set it up depending on the custom post type. The power is yours.

You can also manage user permissions.

For example, if you trust a group of editors, you can give them more access to the back end of WordPress. But for random users, set their permissions to keep them as far away from the back end as possible to keep it secure.

Better user engagement

Post creation, security...what else could Formidable take off your hands?

How about allowing users to edit and update their submissions? This would take another task off your plate and allow you to focus on more important things. This feature is perfect for business directories or classified adverts, where information needs to stay current.

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But there are also Formidable Views.

This takes all that data and displays it beautifully. Using this, you can customize how posts appear, whether as part of a directory, portfolio, or blog.

The choice is yours.

User-Generated Posts WordPress Sites Rely on

Formidable Forms is the WordPress user submitted post plugin you can depend on. Over 400,000 customers use our plugin to create custom forms, run eCommerce stores, and accept user-submitted content.

So, if you're ready to make accepting user submitted posts in WordPress super easy, no matter your skill level.

User-submitted posting is included in the Pro version of the Formidable Forms plugin.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What user-submitted posts can I accept through WordPress forms?

With Formidable and WordPress, submit posts from the frontend plugin user interface. Logged-in users can add postings, start image uploads, set the post ID, input text, and use an editor. With Formidable, you decide what user-generated content you need.

Formidable Forms is a premium WordPress form maker that works with any WordPress theme. Getting started with user-generated content is as easy as creating a form. Just use our form builder to make your post submission form, then publish with a shortcode or Gutenberg block.

Can I control and customize user-submitted post settings?

Worried about the kind of content users might submit? No one needs spam or irrelevant content ending up on their website. With Formidable Forms, you'll have full permission control over what gets submitted.

As an admin, you can assign whatever user roles and permissions you desire. Allow users to submit posts as private, draft status (awaiting administrator approval), or simply publish them immediately.

If you want to check everything that’s submitted or schedule it for publishing at a more convenient time, you can do all that with Formidable Forms. You create the form that accepts posts, so you define what fields and custom fields are active.

Can I use front-end editing on user-submitted posts?

Want to allows users to edit their user-submitted posts? This saves you from having to edit them yourself which can be very time consuming for both you and your users.

You can give your registered users the option to also edit their posts through the same form they used to create and submit it. This enables logged in users to have greater control over front-end publishing and post content.

Our WordPress front-end posting and editing tool open the door to many opportunities on your website.

The possibilities are endless. It all depends on what you want to create and what your business needs are.

Formidable Forms Pro is the power tool in any toolbox for your website. Our WordPress forms plugin ensures you’re fully equipped to tackle virtually any website build project you want.

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