Install
This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.
Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:
wp plugin install https://github.com/johndeebdd/vforms/archive/refs/heads/master.zipA custom WordPress plugin to create forms and collect data.
Create a VForm custom post type item
Login as an editor or an administrator.
From the admin area, click the "Forms" tab. Use the drag and drop interface to create a form.
"Publish" the Vform. The VForm can only be seen in the frontend via the generated shortcode.
OPTIONAL Consider publishing the post / page as "private".
Go to the "Forms" tab again. Notice that each VForm has a "shortcode" listed. Copy and paste the shortcode into any post / page. Publish the post / page as "Private". This will permit only admins or editors to see the page containing the VForm.
When a VForm is submitted a new "VData" custom post type item is created in the "Data" tab.
Edit a VData custom post type item
Login as an editor or an administrator.
From the admin area, click the "Data" tab.
Click the link for a VForm-Record-ID to get to the frontend form that created the VData item.
Optional: You can click "edit" in the inline option under the link, to go to a more detailed editor. i.e. to see "revisions".
Optional: If you know the "vdata" vform-rec-id, you can add the following query item to a page with a VForm shortcode, via the browser URL:
http://yoursite.com/page-with-vform-shortcode-in-content/?vform-rec-id={vform_rec_id}
This will auto-populate the vform.
Roles and Capabilities
A user who can "edit_others_posts" can use this plugin. It is assumed all users "editor" and above can modify the data in a VData custom post type item. Actions are recorded in the "revisions".