Title: Map frontend submission.
Last modified: June 25, 2018

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# Map frontend submission.

 *  Resolved [Gary Henderson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garyhend/)
 * (@garyhend)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/map-frontend-submission/)
 * Was wondering if the map can be created y the users (frontend). For example, 
   the user specifies an area and submits it as a map.
    Thanks for your time.

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 *  Plugin Author [webaware](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webaware/)
 * (@webaware)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/map-frontend-submission/#post-10434887)
 * G’day Gary,
 * You’d need to build the shortcode for that yourself, e.g. with a bit of code.
   There’s nothing in this plugin that does that for you.
 * cheers,
    Ross
 *  Thread Starter [Gary Henderson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garyhend/)
 * (@garyhend)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/map-frontend-submission/#post-10437073)
 * I will create a shortcode.
    Do you have plans to update the plug-in later?
 * Thanks for the help
 *  Plugin Author [webaware](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webaware/)
 * (@webaware)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/map-frontend-submission/#post-10439141)
 * G’day Gary,
 * No, this plugin won’t ever do that. However, if you combine my answer to your
   other question with a form plugin, you could achieve it fairly easily yourself.
 * First, you need a plugin that can create a new post (in draft is best!) and add
   a custom field to that post. e.g.
 * * [Gravity Forms](https://webaware.com.au/get-gravity-forms) — [front end submission with Gravity Forms](http://pmullen.com/front-end-submission-with-gravity-forms/)
   *
   [WPForms](https://wpforms.com/pricing/) — [use custom fields with WPForms user-submitted posts](https://wpforms.com/how-to-use-custom-fields-in-user-submitted-posts/)
 * Next, build yourself a page template or a shortcode that retrieves the custom
   field value, and if it’s not empty, adds a map as shown on [calling from code](https://flexible-map.webaware.net.au/manual/calling-templates-plugins/)
   in the reference manual.
 * cheers,
    Ross
 *  [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/map-frontend-submission/#post-10439177)
 * Hi Gary and Ross, just FYI here is another good plugin that focuses on [User Submitted Posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/).
   It’s super lightweight and focused on front-end post submission. I am the developer
   of the plugin and will be glad to help however possible with questions, etc.
 *  Plugin Author [webaware](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webaware/)
 * (@webaware)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/map-frontend-submission/#post-10439222)
 * Thanks Jeff. Hey Gary, this could be just what you’re looking for!
 * cheers,
    Ross

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