Toolset Forms

Toolset Forms

Toolset Forms, formerly known as CRED, is a foundational component of the Toolset ecosystem that empowers users to create and manage custom content submission and editing forms directly on the front-end of their WordPress website. It eliminates the dependency on the standard WordPress admin dashboard, allowing site visitors, clients, or contributors to submit and update content through a secure, branded, and user-friendly interface. This capability is essential for building dynamic, community-driven websites such as directories, job boards, real estate listings, and multi-author blogs, where content creation needs to be decentralized and accessible.

The plugin’s technology is built to work seamlessly with custom post types created by Toolset Types. It provides a visual form builder interface where administrators can drag and drop various field types—including text, images, file uploads, checkboxes, and even complex repeatable field groups—to capture exactly the data required. The forms are then embedded into any post or page using a shortcode. Behind the scenes, Toolset Forms handles all the complex data validation, security checks, and database interactions, mapping the form fields directly to the corresponding post fields, custom fields, and taxonomies without requiring any manual coding.

A significant highlight of Toolset Forms is its powerful conditional logic system. This allows the form to dynamically show or hide certain fields based on user selections within the form itself, creating an intelligent and streamlined user experience that adapts to the input. Furthermore, the plugin includes robust notification and redirection settings, enabling automatic email alerts to administrators and users upon form submission and directing users to a confirmation or thank-you page. For user-generated content, it supports pre-publication moderation, giving administrators full control to approve submissions before they go live on the site.

Toolset Forms is more than just a form plugin; it is a core tool for customizing WordPress as a content management framework. By providing a secure and flexible way to manage content creation outside the admin panel, it opens up endless possibilities for website functionality. It empowers site owners to design unique workflows, engage their user base in content contribution, and build sophisticated web applications that perfectly fit their specific business logic, all while maintaining the simplicity and power of the WordPress platform.