Posted 1 year ago #
I'm trying to write a form for visitors to submit content (posts) directly from a page I have created.
I'm using the "wp_insert_post" function, and found this tutorial:
http://wpshout.com/wordpress-submit-posts-from-frontend/
However, I can't make it post to the database — it just returns a "page not found" when submitted.
Any pointers or tips?
Thanks in advance.
Posted 1 year ago #
At the top of the form, action is left blank:
action=""
Action specifies where the form should send the data. The php, which handles the data from the form must be saved to a file on your web server, at the root of the wp installation. If you were to name this 'frontpost.php', you would amend action as follows:
action="/frontpost.php"
That way the form sends the data to the php file, which then processes it.
Hope that helps - I'm trying to use this too, but i'm getting the following error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_insert_post() in /homepages/25/d288611421/htdocs/intranet/front-post.php on line 26
Something in the php doesn't seem to be working.
Posted 11 months ago #
If action is left blank and you only have _POST info for the title and content then it works, but if you have any fields that are meant to add meta data, then the php breaks and returns a 404 error.
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