Title: user submitted posts install
Last modified: September 8, 2019

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# user submitted posts install

 *  Resolved [onkelniete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onkelniete/)
 * (@onkelniete)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-submitted-posts-install/)
 * Hello to all,
    I want to write the entry”[user-submitted-posts]” to the wordpress
   file to aktivate the input field on my page.
 * But I don’t know which file, php or html, and what position.
 * Thank you for answering.
 * Nico
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fuser-submitted-posts-install%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-submitted-posts-install/#post-11911671)
 * Hi Nico, I want to help but not sure what you are asking. Can you clarify or 
   elaborate so I can understand and try to help, thank you.
 *  Thread Starter [onkelniete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onkelniete/)
 * (@onkelniete)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-submitted-posts-install/#post-11911722)
 * Hi Jeff,
    it should be very easy for you, but it is all new for me.
 * You write in the installation file: “To display the form on any WP Post, Page,
   or widget, add the shortcode:
    [user-submitted-posts]”
 * But I dont know which file I have to change.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-submitted-posts-install/#post-11911732)
 * Okay thanks, I think I understand; you are asking where to add the USP shortcode
   that displays the form, correct? If so, you can copy/paste `[user-submitted-posts]`
   to any WP Post or Page. So for example, if you have a Page named something like“
   Submit a Post” or whatever, you can visit the page in the Admin Area, under the
   Edit Page screen. There you can add content to your page and so forth. So in 
   the content area of the page, paste the shortcode and save changes. Then visit
   the page on the front-end, you will see the form displayed.
 *  Thread Starter [onkelniete](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onkelniete/)
 * (@onkelniete)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-submitted-posts-install/#post-11911812)
 * Hi Jeff,
    My page is only shown in the theme editor, not in dashboard/all pages.
 * In theme-editor, I tried to copy the text in any files, but not css.
 * I tried also theme.php , header.php and index.php and saved changes every time.
 * There is no new window in the frontend.
 * Any ideas left?
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-submitted-posts-install/#post-11911836)
 * I’ve never heard of WP Pages that are not displayed in the Admin Area under the
   Pages menu, but OK. So you are editing the pages directly via PHP/code editor,
   correct? If so, WordPress provides a function to call any shortcode. For USP 
   shortcode, it would look like this:
 * `echo do_shortcode('[user-submitted-posts]');`
 * But for that to work, the pages must be handled/processed by WP. If the pages
   are outside the scope of WP, then core functions like `do_shortcode()` will not
   work (and neither will shortcodes). That is to say that, WordPress plugins such
   as USP require WP core functionality in order to work properly.

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 * [User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/)
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 * Last reply from: [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-submitted-posts-install/#post-11911836)
 * Status: resolved