Title: Setting up user submitted posts
Last modified: June 2, 2026

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# Setting up user submitted posts

 *  [jimt4383](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimt4383/)
 * (@jimt4383)
 * [6 days, 3 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-up-user-submitted-posts/)
 * I am a retired IT rep for a local hospital, not a software developer. I am the
   webmaster for a City page at [https://cityofchristopher.org/](https://cityofchristopher.org/)
   hosted by GoDaddy. The City would like for me to set up a page where people can
   type a story about their past in our city. I talked with a GoDaddy rep and he
   suggested user submitted posts. I am planning to use the URL of [https://cityofchristopher.org/stories](https://cityofchristopher.org/stories)
   for the site. We would like for an administrator to read the story that someone
   submitted and determine if it is suitable to be posted on the site. It looks 
   like user submitted posts will work great for our application but I have been
   unable to figure out how to install it on our site. I have read the install instructions
   but I am not sure my knowledge level is high enough to figure it out. Can you
   help me get started? Thank you. Jim Taylor
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsetting-up-user-submitted-posts%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [6 days, 2 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-up-user-submitted-posts/#post-18926812)
 * Glad to help.
 * Actually installing USP is the same as installing any other WP plugin. Here is
   a guide that explains better than I would be able to do here:
   [https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-plugins/](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-plugins/)
   Once you’re familiar with how to install a plugin, go ahead and install User 
   Submitted Posts. That’s pretty much it. Then to use the plugin, there are a couple
   of first things that users typically like to do:
    - Display the post-submission form by adding the shortcode [user-submitted-posts]
      to any WP Post or Page
    - And/or visit the plugin settings page to customize options, etc.
 * I hope this helps, it’s basically an overview of the plugin documentation. Let
   me know if I can provide any further information.

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 * [User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/)
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 * Last activity: [6 days, 2 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-up-user-submitted-posts/#post-18926812)
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