Title: Edit post Last modified: October 29, 2022 --- # Edit post * Resolved [athep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athep/) * (@athep) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-post-14/) * Hello! * I was wondering if it was possible to pre-fill a form page with a previously submitted entry for easier non-backend editing, how can I achieve this? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/) * (@aurovrata) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-post-14/#post-16168791) * yes you can, see [FAQs](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-my-contact-form-7/#faq) 20 and 23 * Thread Starter [athep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athep/) * (@athep) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-post-14/#post-16169068) * Thank you! * Thread Starter [athep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athep/) * (@athep) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-post-14/#post-16169357) * Hello, I read the F.A.Q and also watched your video on this topic, I’d like to ask how I would go about creating a link that would pre-fill the add post page with the post I want edited, this means the link passing the post ID? * I’m not very proficient with backend so I did my best to implement the code you added on your F.A.Q * Also thank you for the life saving plugin! Great work. * Plugin Author [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/) * (@aurovrata) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-post-14/#post-16172316) * > how I would go about creating a link that would pre-fill the add post page > with the post I want edited, this means the link passing the post ID? * Sure, but i would pass it as a query parameter to your link, something like ` yourdomain.com/form-edit/?pid=123` * On your `form-edit` page you want to look for your [$_GET](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1018970/3596672) query parameter and then ensure the post is editable by the current user (as a security option to stop someone hacking the link). * Now you can do either of 2 things, * 1. if the current user is the author of the post, then simple set the post’s meta field `_cf7_2_post_form_submitted` to `no` and the plugin will pick up that post for editing, pre-filling the values in the mapped form. * 2. You can by-pass the post query by forcing the post to be loaded for this query, for example the `post__in` [property](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#post-page-parameters) using the filter `cf7_2_post_filter_user_draft_form_query` (you have a helper code available in the form’s editor page Actions & Filters metabox (see the [screenshot](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-my-contact-form-7/#screenshots)# 8). * Plugin Author [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/) * (@aurovrata) * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-post-14/#post-16172340) * PS: another way is to programmatically load the form shortcode and add the `cf7_2_post_id` attribute, but you will still need to do step 1 above. * `do_shortcode('[contact-form-7 id=... cf7_2_post_id=123]');` * Thread Starter [athep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athep/) * (@athep) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-post-14/#post-16223007) * I’m not good with PHP, I did however got a bit lucky with this snippet, this is after checking the author credentials and all. * ``` $pid = $_GET['pid']; if( isset( $pid ) && get_post_status( $pid ) ) { update_post_meta($pid, '_cf7_2_post_form_submitted' ,'no'); } else { update_post_meta($pid, '_cf7_2_post_form_submitted' ,'yes'); } ``` * The problem I have with this code is that the `else` part is not working.. if someone sets a different `pid` on `/?pid=123` then the last post I set up for editing still shows up unless I click on submit. * What can I do to set the form to only receive the form details of `pid` and not stay there once I change the `pid`? * Plugin Author [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/) * (@aurovrata) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-post-14/#post-16247176) * > The problem I have with this code is that the else part is not working.. if > someone sets a different pid on /?pid=123 then the last post I set up for editing > still shows up unless I click on submit. * well is the `$pid` isn’t set then surely you want to load a black form, no? In which case simply force the form pre-filling query to return a null result. * > What can I do to set the form to only receive the form details of pid and not > stay there once I change the pid? * I am not sure I follow what you mean * Thread Starter [athep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/athep/) * (@athep) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-post-14/#post-16247993) * > well is the $pid isn’t set then surely you want to load a black form, no? In > which case simply force the form pre-filling query to return a null result. * Thank you, this worked well * Plugin Author [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/) * (@aurovrata) * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-post-14/#post-16263921) * oh good! 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