Post Title

• Summary
• Common Settings
• General Settings
• Merge Tags
• Usage
• Modifiers

Note: This field cannot be used with the Advanced Post Creation Add-On. If utilizing that plugin for post creation, use a standard field type instead.

Note: Using any of the Post Fields in a form to collect information without configuring the field will create Untitled draft posts after the form is submitted.

Summary

The Post Title field allows users to submit data that is then used to populate the title for a post. It is available under the Post Fields section within the form editor. This field works in tandem with the other Post fields to allow you to create a form that can generate post data from a user submission. The Post Title field can be formatted using the Create Post content template option.

Common Settings

This field uses only common field settings for the Appearance and Advanced settings. For a description of each of the common field settings, refer to this article. Below you will find description of specialty settings that are particular to this field.

General Settings

Setting	Description
Post Status	Select the post status that will be used for the post that is created by the form entry. Available options are Draft, Pending Review, and Published.
Default Post Author	Select the author that will be used for the post that is created by the form entry.
Use logged in user as author	Select the category that will be used for the post that is created by the form entry.
Post Format	Select the post format that will be used for the post that is created by the form entry. i.e. Gallery, Image, Quote
Post Category	Add a text input as the final choice of your radio button field. This allows the user to specify a value that is not a predefined choice.
Create Content Template	Check this option to format and insert form fields into the Post Title.

Merge Tags

For more information on the use of merge tags, refer to these articles.

Usage

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Modifiers

This merge tag does not have any modifiers.