Any post type
Defaults to post. Drop in any registered CPT — events, listings, products, reviews, your custom type.
WordPress content
Create Post / CPT in Core Forms
Turn form submissions into WordPress posts or any custom post type — with featured images, taxonomies and ACF.
Bundled with Core Forms — the WordPress forms plugin with every premium feature in the box. No add-on tax.
User-generated content, listings, directories, reviews, events, jobs — any pattern where a form submission should become a real WordPress post lives here. Core Forms can create a post in any registered post type (default `post`, your custom CPTs, even WooCommerce products) directly from a form submission.
Featured images can be supplied via a file-upload field (uses the existing attachment) or a URL field (sideloads into the media library). Taxonomies map by form-field-to-taxonomy-name. ACF fields map separately. Plain post-meta is its own mapping. Everything lands in a single submit.
What you get
How Create Post / CPT works in Core Forms
Status control
Publish, draft, pending, private — pick at action level or branch by form-field condition.
Featured images
Use a file-upload field for direct attach, or a URL field to sideload into the media library.
Taxonomy mapping
Map form fields to category, tag, or any custom taxonomy. Comma-separated values create multiple terms.
ACF + custom meta
Full ACF support via update_field(); plain post-meta via update_post_meta() — both available on the same form.
Author from logged-in user
Logged-in submitters become the post author automatically. Falls back to a configured default author for guests.
Set it up
Connect Create Post / CPT in 3 minutes
- 1
Add the Create Post action
On your form, Actions → Add action → Create Post.
- 2
Pick the post type and status
Choose where the post lands and whether it publishes immediately or goes into draft.
- 3
Map title, content, fields
Use form-field names for the post title, content, featured image, taxonomies, ACF fields and meta.
- 4
Test and ship
Submit a test entry, confirm the post appears in the right CPT with the right fields, then go live.
Mapping example for a job-listing CPT
Post type: job_listing
Status: pending
Title field: job_title
Content field: description
Featured image: company_logo
Taxonomy map:
industry=job_category
remote=job_tag
ACF map:
salary_range=salary_field
apply_url=application_linkPairs well with
Related integrations
Advanced Custom Fields
Map form fields to ACF fields with full update_field() support — text, repeaters, relationships.
Create WordPress User
Register WordPress users from form submissions with role assignment and custom user-meta mapping.
Webhooks
Send submission payloads to Zapier, Make, n8n, Slack, or any custom endpoint.
Bundled with every Core Forms license.
Create Post / CPT — and every other integration on this site — is included with your
license. Use code CFLAUNCH for 20% off either plan.