Form to Add Posts to Custom Post Type

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1. posting from the front-end is a matter of displaying a form and processing it:

   form:

   <!-- New Post Form -->
   <div id="postbox">
   <form id="new_post" name="new_post" method="post" action="">
   
   <!-- post name -->
   <p><label for="title">Title</label><br />
   <input type="text" id="title" value="" tabindex="1" size="20" name="title" />
   </p>
   
   <!-- post Category -->
   <p><label for="Category">Category:</label><br />
   <p><?php wp_dropdown_categories( 'show_option_none=Category&tab_index=4&taxonomy=category' ); ?></p>
   
   
   <!-- post Content -->
   <p><label for="description">Content</label><br />
   <textarea id="description" tabindex="3" name="description" cols="50" rows="6"></textarea>
   </p>
   
   <!-- post tags -->
   <p><label for="post_tags">Tags:</label>
   <input type="text" value="" tabindex="5" size="16" name="post_tags" id="post_tags" /></p>
   <p align="right"><input type="submit" value="Publish" tabindex="6" id="submit" name="submit" /></p>
   
   <input type="hidden" name="action" value="new_post" />
   <?php wp_nonce_field( 'new-post' ); ?>
   </form>
   </div>
   

   the processing:

   if( 'POST' == $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] && !empty( $_POST['action'] ) &&  $_POST['action'] == "new_post") {
   
       // Do some minor form validation to make sure there is content
       if (isset ($_POST['title'])) {
           $title =  $_POST['title'];
       } else {
           echo 'Please enter a  title';
       }
       if (isset ($_POST['description'])) {
           $description = $_POST['description'];
       } else {
           echo 'Please enter the content';
       }
       $tags = $_POST['post_tags'];
   
       // Add the content of the form to $post as an array
       $new_post = array(
           'post_title'    => $title,
           'post_content'  => $description,
           'post_category' => array($_POST['cat']),  // Usable for custom taxonomies too
           'tags_input'    => array($tags),
           'post_status'   => 'publish',           // Choose: publish, preview, future, draft, etc.
           'post_type' => 'post_type_name'  //'post',page' or use a custom post type if you want to
       );
       //save the new post
       $pid = wp_insert_post($new_post); 
       //insert taxonomies
   }
   

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2. It might be simpler to use a plugin to do this.

   You could also use the excellent Contact Form 7 plugin along with the Post My CF7 Form extension plugin which will allow you to save any custom forms to a custom post, including images as featured attachments, custom meta fields and select/checkbox/radio inputs as taxonomies.

   The Post My CF7 Form plugin has a rich functionality that can be leveraged to further customise and tweak the way your forms should be saved. There is a detailed documentation section too.

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