Create content based on form content – WPForms, CF7

  • Resolved mungbean

    (@mungbean)


    5 years, 7 months ago

    I’d like users to be able to create content based on matching fields in a contact form – CF7, WPForms. Some of the content plugins do not offer a frontend submission form, so I’m wondering if this plugin can enable that?

    I’d imagine mapping form fields (input types match – text, droplist, url etc.) in custom made contact forms and matching them to necessary fields of the desired content type.

    One particular content type I’d like to create is a coupon with the Affiliate Coupons plugin: https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/affiliate-coupons/

    Thanks

    • This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by mungbean.
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  • Plugin Author Uncanny Owl

    (@uncannyowl)

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hi @mungbean, it’s an interesting use case.

    I haven’t tested that plugin, but assuming it’s a standard post, then yes, Automator can take content from a form and use it to create a new post with custom postmeta. We should really get some documentation up around this, because this type of thing could be pretty powerful.

    Just a note though that all recipes must be associated with a WordPress user. If you wanted to submit forms anonymously you could with the Pro version, but you still have to have an associated user/author, either a generic user, an existing user or a user created as part of the form submission.

    Thread Starter mungbean

    (@mungbean)

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Excellent. I’ll try it out. This could be a very powerful feature, essentially giving any plugin a frontend submit capability. It should be tested across plugins, and then marketed aggressively.

    Do you know if frontend submit will be compatible with admin-moderation rules of the primary plugin (the plugin post that is being created by Automator) or is that something to be handled by Automator? An example, using my initial case is, if I want to allow frontend submit for a coupon, but want them to be verified by the site admin before publishing, will that be handled by the coupon plugin, or by Automator?

    Also, how does/would Automator handle a spam prevention/Captcha on the post it’s creating?

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter mungbean

    (@mungbean)

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Unfortunately, after testing it turns out the Affiliate Coupon plugin does not treat coupons as a post type, so it cannot be directly used with Uncanny via Post type.

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