Yes custom form fields are saved on the submitted post as custom fields. Normally you can find them on the Edit Post screen in the Custom Fields box.
The custom fields I’m using aren’t in the “Custom Fields” section of the editor. They’re in a different section created by another plugin. Is it possible to have the fields map to something specific?
It’s not something that is supported by the plugin at this time, but sounds like a good idea for a possible future update. Where/how exactly do you need to map the custom fields?
Well, basically I am setting up a website that will be a community music events listing. We’re trying to make it as easy as possible for anyone to add an event to the site. We have the following fields we’d like to collect from a user submission: title (usually a list of artists/bands), event date, event time, location, and cost. The Events plugin we’re using (Very Simple Event List) helps to organize and display the events on the frontend – for example, we can easily display “upcoming events”, hiding any that have already happened.
Another plugin I’m using is WP All Import, which allows you to batch-import from a csv file. With their import process, it “auto-detects” custom fields (or you can manually specify) and then you can select which fields from the csv will map to which custom fields in the post. A process like that could be useful when setting up the form submission as well.
Alright thanks, will look at maybe adding something for this in a possible future version of the plugin. Thank you for the feedback and ideas Kay.
You’re welcome! Thanks for the plugin!
