edit form submissions

  • Resolved Jules Colle

    (@jules-colle)


    6 years, 2 months ago

    Hey, I abandoned the CF7 to DB plugin, because the author does not seem to care on fixing bugs (even after adding the fix as a pull request in github) and does not respond to change requests.

    I’m giving your plugin a try now, and at first glance it looks better that the other plugin. There is one thing I would like to add though: the ability to edit a form submission in the back end. This looks like it’s pretty straightforward since you are using post_meta to save the form submissions.

    I’m willing to contribute on this, if you think this is an option that should be added to your plugin.

    Please let me know what you think, and if you want me to help you out, point me to the repo where I can add pull requests.

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  • Plugin Author jasongreen

    (@jasongreen)

    6 years, 2 months ago

    Hi @jules-colle

    Thanks for checking out my plugin, I too had issues with cf7 to db which is why I wrote my version.

    With regards to adding the ability to edit submitted contact forms, this isn’t something I’d ever considered developing. Reason being I use this purely as a logging tool for backup or exporting when required by clients.

    As you say, the way I’ve developed the plugin is using posts for the exact reason like this so you can customise it with other plugins or your own code. To add the ability to edit already posted data you I’d probably use the ACF plugin and map the fields to each contact form. The issue with that though would be that if your keys (contact form 7 fields) change then you’d need to update ACF. Alternatively you could write a custom metabox and loop through all the fields, making an editable input for each one.

    Hope this helps.

    Regards

    Jason

    Thread Starter Jules Colle

    (@jules-colle)

    6 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Jason, thanks for getting back to me. Sorry to hear you don’t want to extend it’s functionality. It’s something ninja form and most premium form plugins offer for example.

    I’ve extended your plugin with editable field, using the field types defined in the cf7 form. I will use this a couple of times in my client’s projects and fine-tune it along the way. if I ever release it I’ll make sure to give you proper credit.

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