Add Expire date to WPForms Post Submission

  • Resolved jevaldez

    (@jevaldez)


    8 months, 1 week ago

    I have an internal site where users can use a form (WPForms) to create a post. I’d like to add a way for them to choose an expiration date for the post so that they don’t have to use the wordpress editor. I had hoped that there is an easy way to do this, but I can’t figure it out. Any help is much appreciated.

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  • Plugin Author Steve Burge

    (@stevejburge)

    Hi @jevaldez. Thanks for using PublishPress Future.

    I think WPForms may offer a date field that can store metadata. If that’s correct, then this is possible using the “Metadata Scheduling” feature in Future Pro: https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/metadata-scheduling

    Thread Starter jevaldez

    (@jevaldez)

    Thanks! It works….mostly. I have a date field in my form and I’ve set the post meta ( _expiration-date ) to use the value from that field. The only problem seems to be that the date is not applied unless the post is edited after it has been published. Is there a way to have the date applied without having to edit the post? The post is automatically published when the form is submitted.

    Thank you for your help!

    Thread Starter jevaldez

    (@jevaldez)

    Just a bit more information:

    I have WPForms Pro and WPForms Post Submissions. I am using PublishPress Future Pro so that users creating a post can set an expiration date from the Post Submission form. I am able to set the Custom Post Meta, but it isn’t being triggered because – I think – the creation of the post is not triggering the PublishPress Future cron job. If I go back and just open the Quick Edit for the post and I don’t change anything, the expiration date is applied on save.

    I know that this involves other plugins so I appreciate any insight that you have.

    Plugin Support Riza Maulana Ardiyanto

    (@rizaardiyanto)

    Thanks for your question @jevaldez

    Sure, we could help you investigate this further. Could you please open a ticket on: https://publishpress.com/new-support-ticket/ so we can investigate this further?

    Thanks,

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