I have a custom post type ‘Participant’ with many custom fields. I also have a form with corresponding input fields for the user to fill out. When he submits the form, I want a new post to be generated with each custom fields containing the value chosen by the user.
Is it possible to do and if so, how?
Use wp_insert_post() and add_post_meta(), like this:
// insert the post and set the category
$post_id = wp_insert_post(array (
'post_type' => 'your_post_type',
'post_title' => $your_title,
'post_content' => $your_content,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'comment_status' => 'closed', // if you prefer
'ping_status' => 'closed', // if you prefer
));
if ($post_id) {
// insert post meta
add_post_meta($post_id, '_your_custom_1', $custom1);
add_post_meta($post_id, '_your_custom_2', $custom2);
add_post_meta($post_id, '_your_custom_3', $custom3);
}