I have a custom metabox in a custom post type. I’m using a front end posting page.
The information added by users in the form should be displayed in the post and appear in the back-end meta box in the custom meta boxe.
if( 'POST' == $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] && !empty( $_POST['submitted'] ) && $_POST['submitted'] == "new_post") {
// Do some minor form validation to make sure there is content
if (isset ($_POST['postTitle'])) {
$title = $_POST['postTitle'];
} else {
echo 'Please enter the wine name';
}
if (isset ($_POST['postContent'])) {
$description = $_POST['postContent'];
} else {
echo 'Please enter some notes';
}
// ADD THE FORM INPUT TO $new_post ARRAY
$new_post = array(
'post_title' => $title,
'post_content' => $description,
'post_status' => 'pending', // Choose: publish, preview, future, draft, etc.
'post_type' => 'portfolio' //'post',page' or use a custom post type if you want to
);
//SAVE THE POST
$pid = wp_insert_post($new_post);
wp_redirect( home_url() );
} // END THE IF STATEMENT THAT STARTED THE WHOLE FORM
//POST THE POST YO
do_action('wp_insert_post', 'wp_insert_post');
get_header();
here is the form
<input type="text" id="short_description" name="short_description" style="padding: 7px; width: 100%;" value="<?php echo $short_description_no_html; ?>" />