Guest Post

Contributors: devdanidhariya Tags: Guest Post, CTP, form, Requires PHP: 5.6 Tested up to: 5.1.10 Stable tag: 1.0.0 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

This exercise is about creating an interface in Front-end site of website, so that guest authors can submit posts from front-side.

Description

Using this plug-in user can create beautiful guest post submit form.

This exercise is about creating an interface in Front-end site of website, so that guest authors can submit posts from front-side. Using this interface, the guest author should be able to create a post from front side. You will also need to create another page where all the posts created by this author will be listed.

Guest Post is the most powerful and intuitive WordPress plug-in to create custom post type form builder. Fully responsive and works with any WordPress theme. Create beautiful post and tell stories without any code.

Demo

• Demo URL: https://gp.devidas.in/
• Add guest post page: https://go.devidas.in/add-post/
• List guest post page: https://gp.devidas.in/list-guest-posts/

Multidots review team

login credentials

Administrator user

• Login URL: https://gp.devidas.in/wp-admin
• User name: gpauthor
• Password: S*^9(oKTfEQYsqfEPX3n5Y$G

Author role user

• Login URL: https://multidots.devidas.in/wp-admin
• User name: md_author
• Password: KMFhsMaQ^la*f$(DykksA@XS

Installation

1. Upload the guest-post folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

Shortcode

1. Add Guest post form shortcode [gp_add_post /]
2. Show the list of posts which are in pending status for admin approval shortcode [gp_list_posts /]

Usage Examples

After active plugin, you should create a new user from wp-admin dashboard with Author role or also you can use exist author role user's.

1. If user with author role not exist then go to wp-admin dashboard and create new user with author role.
2. For add custom post type form go to wp-admin dashboard → page → new page or use existing page and add [gp_add_post /] in post editor or gutenberg shortcode block.
3. Show the list of posts which are in pending status for admin approval showing go to wp-admin dashboard → page → new page or use existing page and add [gp_list_post /] in post editor or Gutenberg shortcode block.

Features

• Create responsive custom post type form with save post data in custom post type functionality.
• Provision to easily add a guest post form to any post or page via a short code.
• Using shortcode to show the list of posts which are in pending status for admin approve.
• Anywhere usable shortcode in post and page and a custom PHP file.
• After add new post admin can get notification mail.
• show pending status post using shortcode.
• Much more...

WP-CLI

The default guest post plugin role is author. But you can change this role using wp-cli.

Using this command to you can change default guest post role.

$ wp guest_post set_gp_author --role=administrator

Using this command to you can check current  guest post role

$ wp guest_post get_gp_author

Frequently Asked Questions

Screenshots

• Add guest post form

• Pending status for admin approval post list

• WP-CLI screen

Change log

1.0.0

• First release