WS Form Post Management

Description

The Post Management addon connects WS Form submissions to the WordPress post system, mapping form fields to title, content, excerpt, featured image, custom fields, and taxonomies of any registered post type. Designed for those who need to receive public submissions that automatically become posts, pages, or custom post types, it is useful for collaborative news portals, directories, classifieds, and editorial workflows where the author submits material via front-end form.

Main Features of Post Management

• Post field mapping
  Associates each form field to the generated post’s title, content, excerpt, slug, or author.
• Support for custom fields
  Saves submitted values directly into the target post’s custom metadata.
• Linking with taxonomies
  Assigns the post to categories, tags, or custom taxonomies according to user selection.
• Featured image by upload
  Converts the attachment sent through the form into the created post’s featured image.
• Editing existing posts
  Allows the form to update an already published post, not just create new records.

Benefits of Post Management

• Public submitted content
  Enables editorial submissions without granting access to the WordPress admin panel.
• Simplified editorial workflow
  Reduces manual steps by turning forms into drafts or automatically published posts.
• Scalability for many authors
  Supports large volumes of external contributions without multiplying admin logins.
• Submission standardization
  Ensures each post arrives with the same fields, taxonomies, and structure defined in the form.

Who Is Post Management For?

• Those who run collaborative news portals and receive articles from readers or external correspondents.
• Directory and classified sites that collect ads for real estate, companies, jobs, or events via public form.
• Those who need editorial submissions through the front-end, without exposing WordPress admin to occasional collaborators.

How to Download Post Management

Post Management is available for download here on Ultrapack. After downloading the .zip file, install it in Plugins, Add New, Upload Plugin, select the file, and activate it with WS Form already installed on the site. Mapping options appear in each form’s settings under the dedicated post creation tab.

Combined with WS Form’s form engine, Post Management transforms submissions into native WordPress content, with granular control over the resulting post’s status, author, and metadata. It’s a consistent choice for those operating sites based on external collaboration who want to keep the admin panel restricted to the editorial team, outsourcing data entry to the public form.

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