Post Date

Hi Michael, it may be possible but I’m not 100% what you are asking. Can you maybe explain further and/or provide a specific example of what you are trying to do? That I way I can try to understand and provide accurate information asap, thank you.

Hi Jeff

Every post have a date (and time) when it was published. Typically my logged in users write a post some day later when the event (post) has taken place. In order to set the right date it would be great if there is a date field in the frontend form which sets (edit) the date of the post.

Hope that clarifies

Yeah I think so. It sounds like if I added a hidden field containing the current date, it would do the job? If so, the date would be submitted along with the post, and it would get attached to as a custom field. So from there, your theme could grab it and display however is needed.

Hi Jeff, I need some more quidance. How to get the current date to a custom field, can I overwrite it in the frontend form and does the submit function overwirte the post date?

I should have been more clear. Currently the plugin cannot do what you are asking. But I was thinking about adding a hidden field for the next plugin update. It would then be like the pro version, where the current post date is attached to each submitted post as a custom field.

Wow. Great. Thanks a lot.

Michael

Gonna go ahead and mark this post as resolved to keep things tidy in the forums. Feel free to post again with any further/related infos. Thank you, Michael.

Just to follow up with this, the next version (20240319) of the plugin includes the date/time attached as a custom field to each submitted post. Thanks again for the suggestion, Michael.

Hi Jeff

Thanks for your engagement. Currently I don’t understand how to add/show the field submission date to the frontend form.

Best Regards Michael

Hi Michael, the added field is hidden, so it will not be displayed on the form itself. What it does, is attach the date/time as a custom field to each submitted post, as explained in previous comments on this support thread.