My Secret Weapon For Building WordPress Frontend Dashboards FAST!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video, I’ll show you my secret weapon for creating custom front-end dashboards for WordPress users, allowing them to log in, add, edit, and delete content-all without accessing the WordPress backend.
The secret weapon? WSForm and its powerful Post Management add-on. This tool makes it incredibly easy to build dynamic, user-friendly dashboards that work seamlessly with native WordPress options, custom post types, and tools like Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) and JetEngine.
I’ll walk you through:
Setting up WSForm and the Post Management add-on.
Creating forms for custom post types.
Mapping fields automatically to WordPress or ACF data.
Customizing form layouts for mobile, tablet, and desktop views.
Adding advanced features like edit, delete, and trash options.
Setting up actions like success messages and redirects.
Plus, I’ll give you a sneak peek at a fully functional front-end dashboard for managing properties, including adding, editing, and trashing entries-all easily.
If you want to build a complete front-end dashboard for a property site, check out my new course (linked below).
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00:00 *🧰 Introduction to Front-End Dashboards: WSForm and its Post Management add-on simplify creating custom WordPress front-end dashboards for content management without accessing the backend.*
00:29 *🔗 Compatibility with Custom Tools: WSForm works seamlessly with WordPress and custom post types, integrating with tools like Advanced Custom Fields and JetEngine.*
00:58 *✨ Effortless Form Setup: The Post Management add-on automates form creation, field mapping, and layout design, reducing errors and saving time.*
01:55 *🛠️ Advanced Field Options: Offers customizable field settings, security controls, and label adjustments for tailored user experiences.*
03:22 *📝 Flexible Action Mapping: Allows detailed control over form submissions, including post status settings, user restrictions, and automated workflows.*
04:17 *🚀 Streamlined ACF Integration: Automatically maps fields to ACF data while offering manual adjustments for flexibility and error handling.*
05:41 *🔄 Custom Redirects: Enables redirection after form submission with options to target URLs, pages, or post IDs, enhancing user flow.*
06:09 *📱 Responsive Design: Offers customization for various screen sizes, ensuring a seamless user experience across devices.*
06:36 *🏡 Property Management Example: Demonstrates how to add, edit, and delete custom post types like properties using WSForm.*
07:29 *🗑️ Trash Feature: Provides a 30-day grace period for deleted items, preventing accidental data loss.*
07:55 *🎓 Course Announcement: Promotes a course on building front-end dashboards with WSForm, aimed at simplifying dashboard creation.*
08:21 *📚 Additional Resources: Links to over 50 tutorials on WordPress tools and techniques for beginner to advanced levels.*
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Thank you for the informative video! It’s different from how I usually approach this, which is why I found it so interesting. I was considering getting the full version, as it offers a fresh perspective, but for now, it’s a bit too expensive for just this. I hope there might be a discount in the future - I’d definitely purchase the tutorial then!
My favorite form plugin!
WSForm is great! I'd like to see how you made the actual front end side with the add / edit / delete options for each of the posts.
All of that is covered in my latest course. :)
learnbricksbuilder.com/course/custom-frontend-dashboard/
WS Form is the form GOAT!
Truly good content!
cool tut but what are you using for the front end display of the users submitted posts? Are you using front end dashboards or something else to manage that users info?
Fantastic Thank you!
Paul, with WS Form, is it possible to modify the options page in ACF through a form? Does your course also cover this, or does it only address forms for custom post types?
Thank you in advance!
Not yet, but I was speaking to Mark about this after your comment and hopefully, this is something that will be available soon.
With a little elbow grease, Frontend Admin still works just fine as a free option
There are plent of options and ways to build frontend forms, and Frontend Admin does a good job. The concern I have is based on the many complaints I've seen about support. For a commercial project that a client is paying for, I think stability and support are an important consideration. :)
@@WPTuts True. I just implemented Frontend Admin after watching one of your previous vids. Are there serious issues with it aside from poor support?
It worked pretty well for my intended solution, but you're right I worry about plugins eventually breaking on WP updates.
I've worked with the developer a few times in the past when I originally covered the plugin and subsequent variations released, and he was great. But, I think a few business and personal issues meant that he had to step away for a while, and that support suffered because of it.
This led to quite a few comments and personal messages to me about the issues being experienced and the lack of support or long support times. This is a big part of the reason I looked at covering alternatives.
Since then, I haven't gone back to look to see if things have changed (hopefully they have). But with complex tools that are an integral part of a project, reliability and support, if needed, are a priority for me. If that means paying, then I think it's valid for a solid and reliable product that is actively developed and supported.
That's exactly what I've experienced with WSForm and hence why I've covered it here and also built a course around it for building a complete client dashboard. :)
@@WPTuts Thanks for the thorough response. Thankfully the site I just developed isn't using it for core functionality, but more for just one or two additional features. I'll keep an eye on this though & might make the switch if things get shaky for any reason
@@WPTuts Sad to hear that people complained about support with Frontend Admin. I think that's because I was less experienced with managing all the support tickets coming in. Now I have a better grasp on all the issues and better workflows. I have been putting off features like Bricks integration because I prioritize my current user base, but soon there will be some cool Bricks elements which allow you to do everything you show here directly from within Bricks. I am excited for that
Wp It's getting expensive to manage with all plug-ins
Yeah, all these plugin devs should really do all this for free so we don't have to pay anything. It's only fair that they work a full time job for nothing, so we can save about $.40 a day. They are so greedy and selfish!
@@TheAdminBar What's happening is the cost of all these plugins, page builders, and templates just to do basic tasks add up to cost more than an all in one CMS solution.
@@TheAdminBar The plugins themselves aren't the problem (though some could probably spare to lower their costs down from $149 per year), it's the entire infrastructure & how it eventually squeezes the developer and the consumer/client by extension.
I've never used a platform like Shopify & it's almost certainly far more limited, but I'm sure it's probably less expensive than a Wordpress site that has been built to have the same functionality. At a certain point it becomes unsustainable with these plugin & page builder costs & we have to look for different solutions. I don't think we're there yet, but the trend is alarming.
I have actually considered moving to Squarespace this year, after 26 years of Wordpress (since it was called B2), because of all the added costs. But the fact is that my blog is also an e-commerce platform with a full CRM solution, a portfolio and some tools and safety in place. The same options, with less control because I own my space now, is actually more expensive with Squarespace and I would have to pay the whole sum in one go every year, while now all the expenses are spread (mostly close to Black Friday but not all).
Swings and roundabouts, but if even someone as invested as me is considering moving is probably not a good sign.
At least I know enough PHP to be able to write my own plugins with the help of AI, so I’m slowly getting rid of some that ‘do-it-all’ while I only need a feature or two.
@@RobLicopoli Great, then use the all in one. Better yet, it would be free if you just built it all yourself!
Hey Paul @WPTuts. Can this same process be achieved with Bricks Forge forms?
I believe so, yes.
Would it make sense to use this plugin in combination with JetEngine?
@@helmutgobel9974 you certainly can do. While you can use the profile builder in JetEngine, this method may prove quicker.
Just for clarity, I haven’t tested it with JE, but it does support it.
Can you add blog posts and add images under the headings and in between paragraphs in the content field?
@@matt_4329 you can enable the WYSIWYG editor and insert contents and media there.
You can then convert that content to blocks if needed in the back end.
To my knowledge, there’s no way of invoking the Gutenberg editor in the front end of a site at this point in time.
Hi Paul. In relation to the course - i'm assuming it doesn't matter that much that i'd be using Breakdance and not Bricks? Thanks, Dan.
As long as you can pass URL variables from buttons in Breakdance, then you should be fine.
Bricks makes up about 10% of the course and should be easily transferable to other platforms.
Hi Paul, thanks for the video. Does WSForm work with the itthinx Group plugin? Members of groups should be able to do this: 1. edit (but not delete) a page of the post type "Group Profile", which exists exactly once per group (created by an administrator together with the group itself); and 2. create, edit and delete additional pages of some other post types, i.e. "Group Event", "Group Post", "Group Service" and some more. All these additional pages have to be connected to the given group, and all group members (with a given group-based permission) should be able to execute these tasks. Is that possible? Does one of your courses cover this use case?
To be honest, I have no idea. I've never used the plugin, so have no experience of it.
@@WPTuts Hi, Paul. Thanks for your honest answer anyway. I asked the publisher of the plugin as well - their answer had been similar. So there's no alternative but to check it out. I will give it a try and post my experiences here later on.
I do this with custom code, without plugins, i do this bcs i have all control over html(in my case twig with timber), javascript and design, last project was a cooking site with payment subscriptions based on account, users have a separate dashboard where can manage profile, subscriptions, and post recipes, the subscription have 2 levels(free and chief), chief lvl is with money but have ability to post recipes, view premium ebooks and premium recipes, free lvl see only free stuff like recipes and ebooks
Nice. What is the site name ?
Como hacer el dashboard con jetengine?