When I was working on the same the issue was that when you try to add custom meta box before the post is created it did not work. So what I did was once the post was created added the following code $imagepath = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $upload[1], $size ); update_post_meta($post_id, ‘image_path’, $imagepath[0]; So what happen’s here … Read more
Okay, I’ll need some clarification to answer this properly, but I’ll provide a brief explanation of options below, as well. Firstly, when you say , “I want to have a front-end option for users to enter such a post,” do you mean that you want users to enter the post just like you would any … Read more
Take a look at Gravity Forms, a plugin for building custom forms. It includes support for creating posts via frontend user submitted forms. It is well worth the cost. You can also use it to build any other custom forms you may need. There’s another plugin that works with Gravity Forms to apply custom post … Read more
the function wp_insert_term returns the newly created term id (or WP_Error on error), so once your create your term you need to store it’s ID and then you can save the “extra fields” using get_option, update_option something like: if($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_METHOD’] == “POST”) { $clientName = $_POST[“clientName”]; $term_id = $_POST[“clientName”]; $clientKeywords = $_POST[“clientKeywords”]; $clientSlug = $_POST[“clientSlug”]; $parent=””; … Read more
take a look at wp_insert_term which you can use to create your new category ex: wp_insert_term($termName,$taxonomyName); in your case $termName should be the title and $taxonomyName should be category
I had been using TDO mini forms (free) plugin for quite some time, and it worked reasonably well, for our 12000 members. It has some limitations/bugs, and I think it is no longer really supported. Now I have switched to using Gravity Forms, (not free), it is perfect for subscribers to post from the frontend, … Read more
For starters, the ‘post_category’ argument only accepts category ID’s, so you will have to find that through your database, or through get_category_by_slug: $cat = get_category_by_slug( ‘music’ ); $cat_id = $cat->term_id; Secondly, look at your wp_handle_upload() section. You are passing $file[‘file’] in both cases, where ‘file’ is not the name of either of your upload fields. … Read more
You will need to know the name for your “portfolio_tags” taxonomy. Check where it is defined as a custom taxonomy, and it will need to be added to the portfolio custom post type. The register_taxonomy() function would be your theme like this: register_taxonomy(‘portfolio_tags’, array(‘portfolio’), array(‘hierarchical’ => false, ‘show_ui’ => true, ‘query_var’ => true, ‘rewrite’ => … Read more
You can read a somewhat extensive tutorial over at: http://www.cozmoslabs.com/1012-wordpress-user-registration-template-and-custom-user-profile-fields/ Basically this is what you’re going to be using to add them to the backend: add_action( ‘show_user_profile’, ‘show_extra_profile_fields’, 10 ); add_action( ‘edit_user_profile’, ‘show_extra_profile_fields’, 10 ); function show_extra_profile_fields( $user ) { ?> <input type=”text” name=”twitter” value=”<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( ‘twitter’, $user->ID ) ); ?>” /> <?php … Read more
You changed the checkbox’s name attribute value. You should use the same name value: terms[$taxonomy][] This should fix the code: if (is_taxonomy_hierarchical($taxonomy)) //$out .= “<input class=”{$term->term_taxonomy_id}” type=”checkbox” value=”{$term->term_taxonomy_id}” name=”{$term->term_taxonomy_id}” /> {$term->name}<br />”; $out .= “<input class=”{$term->term_taxonomy_id}” type=”checkbox” value=”{$term->term_taxonomy_id}” name=”terms[{$taxonomy}][]” /> {$term->name}<br />”; else // $out .= “<input class=”{$term->term_taxonomy_id}” type=”checkbox” value=”{$term->name}” name=”{$term->name}” /> {$term->name}”; $out .= … Read more