Post Excerpt

The Post Excerpt Field allows users to submit data that is then used to populate the excerpt of a post. 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.

Properties

Post Excerpt: Properties

• Field Label

  Enter the label of the form field. This is the field title the user will see when filling out the form.

• 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, 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 author that will be used for the post that is created by the form entry.

• Post Category

  Select the category that will be used for the post that is created by the form entry.

• Description

  Enter the description for the form field. This will be displayed to the user and provide some direction on how the field should be filled out or selected.

• Rules

  These properties set rules for how the data should be handled.

  • Required

    A required field will prevent the form from being submitted if it is not filled out or selected.

Advanced

Post Excerpt: Advanced

• Admin Label

  Enter the admin label of the form field. Entering a value in this field will override the Field Label when displayed in the Gravity Forms administration tool.

• Field Size

  Select a form field size from the available options. This will set the width of the field.

• Default Value

  If you would like to pre-populate the value of a field, you can specify a static value or select a variable value from the predefined list.

• Validation Message

  If you would like to override the default error validation for a field, enter it here. This message will be displayed if there is an error with this field when the user submits the form.

• CSS Class Name

  Enter the CSS class name you would like to use in order to override the default styles for this field.

• Visibility

  Select the visibility for this field. Field visibility set to Everyone will be visible by the user submitting the form. Form field visibility set to Admin Only will only be visible within the Gravity Forms administration tool. Setting a field to Admin Only is useful for creating fields that can be used to set a status or priority level on submitted entries.

• Allow field to be populated dynamically

  Check this option to enable data to be passed to the form and pre-populate this field dynamically. Data can be passed via Query Strings, Shortcode and/or Hooks.

• Enable Conditional Logic

  Create rules to dynamically display or hide this field based on values from another field. Remember, to use conditional logic, you will need to create a drop down, checkbox or multiple choice field.