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[@romeldiaz7796]

Yes, please create a more comprehensive tutorial and take this to the next level. I appreciate you Paul and all that you do !

[@walidakli128]

Yes we need more deep dive tutorial and specifically about creating a template of posts that users can publish and just edit the acf filds " kind of one article multi-authors" Thank you so much

[@pezreloaded8436]

This looks like simplicity at its best. Yes more please :)

[@QuaverloveStudio]

Consider the surface well and truly scratched, Paul C... enough to get going. Been waiting for this, so thank you! Without trying to sound like Oliver Twist, "Please, sir..."

[@John_Warnock]

Yes please, really need a complete solution for larger orgs with advanced features.

[@FrozenArcticServices]

We definitely need more comprehensive tutorials on this and so many other topics you've covered in the past! I'm struggling so much with the sheer volume of settings beyond the basic ones! Please do more with the updated versions of ACF (Pro) and Elementor (Pro) combined with things that will do front end submissions, results pages and subscription sites! I admit I am addicted to this channel it's been that level of helpful! Best one I've found! More! More! Please!

[@jejidyanjackson2868]

you have posted exactly what I was looking for, ut looks like yesterday you saw me search this on youtube 😂, but you know what really thank you for your best tutorials

[@kevinroberts3789]

Thanks! This is very useful. I've been looking for such a tutorial as this for a while.

[@nasif8334]

Yes I would like to see full and advanced tutorial

[@jerrycompanjen5325]

This was great! Would love to see a more advanced tutorial, with all posts displayed in a query loop and an individual "edit" button on each post - so that when admin is logged in, they can edit individual post from the archive page or single page easily

[@dibson1438]

Thanks Paul. Definitely a more advanced tutorial is in order. I am looking forward to one that is similar to Elementor frontend ones you have created.

[@excel4u2]

Thanks Paul, This really helped.

[@shabtikaplan]

Thank you Paul for this video! FYI, if you add edit=true to the field shortcodes, then those with the proper permissions can edit it inline

[@guanjohn7814]

can we get a full function class? boss😀

[@brainsinister9422]

Great video. I never thought this was possible with wordpress

[@MartinSachaCharles1975]

Hello from France ! You did a great job teaching us the basics. But I need to go further with granualar restrictions control based on custom roles. You've done it a few years ago but it would be great if you could teach us with contemporary plugins. Thanx

[@samjco]

Honestly. To tell you the truth. Having built and taught for years on how to built a Frontend dashboard, I've found out that it is better just to WordPress' very own dashboard. Restyle that instead and control user permissions. Plugins to use: ACF, ACF-Extended, ACF-Views, WSForm, and any user management plugin. Let's hope 2024 would be the year of styling the WP Admin.

[@bluetheredpanda]

Hey @@samjco! Curious: would you say it's good practice to just embed a custom page you've created inside of the WordPress dashboard? -- I know WP white label allows you to do that in the form of a “panel”, unfortunately they only allow Elementor panels and not Gutenberg ones.

[@maxziebell4013]

Take it to the next level 🙂

[@user-mz1qn6di6r]

These kind of videos are fantastic! Paul please can you make also the same video with crocoblock plugins? (An updated version)

[@webtappers7863]

Thanks for sharing.

[@webdeskart]

Great video.

[@NathanSimpson-yj7rk]

This is great * I have used gravity forms for this fir years. But as a free option this is really cool...

[@olivermannherz]

Yes please more, more detailed ! :-)

[@dreamdisplaymedia759]

Yes please make an indepth tutorial on that.. it would be very helpful 🙏

[@siljam9812]

Great! Just what I was looking for. However is there a way to get some text formatting options for post content field?

[@visualmodo]

Excellent video! =D

[@zihanhridoy]

Great ! Please create one more tutorial.

[@excel4u2]

Finally. Thanks Tut

[@kerimtim]

Thanks. Great tutorial as always. I have a question. 10:00 What if I have multiple posts created. What if I want to click the post and edit exactly that post?

[@RichardWadeUK]

Awesome overview mate... Good to be getting back to the routes of the channel. A deep dive would be welcome and perhaps using different tools other than ACF #JediWisdom

[@WPTuts]

Already working on getting to grips with MetaBox buddy. 😉

[@jybedesign]

Looks amazing. Will try it. Should we not worry about spamming (bot that auto-create tons of garbage pages)? Thank you a lot for your videos!

[@brainsinister9422]

Great video. PLease I followed the tutorial to the end subscribers can't post on the site. Any idea on how to allow all users post using this frontend form?

[@nielstieman9594]

Lovely! I would love to see a metabox version as well, if that's possible. 🎉

[@WPTuts]

I’m working on one at the moment. So, yes it is possible. 👍

[@nielstieman9594]

@@WPTuts Oh! That's great news. Looking forward to that. Thanks, Paul.

[@sahiku5357]

thank you for the tutorial, i just have a question: is it possible to load the edit form in a popup (created with popup maker) from a cpt details page and when the popup appear the current cpt will be automatically selected instead of manually select a post ??

[@late2nightadultshop13]

Hi there great video, I am also using the Advanced Custom Fields PRO & Frontend Admin plugins and trying to allow users to embed videos on the form. I can see the video in the post when I edit but they will not display on the post pages. Can you please help me with a solution to what I am missing or doing wrong? Thank you

[@thegeomaster]

Awezome... thanks a lot!!!

[@nickkrepeniotis6015]

Is it possible to use this plugin to add products on a e-shop? Some clients are struggling with the basic WordPress "add product dashboard". A more simple one would be very helpful to the non tech savvy, Thanks for the great content.

[@AhmedMostafa-sf7pj]

yes how?

[@GeneralEnthusiast]

Are you planning a deeper dive into this Paul? ... would love to see as much as possible on this.

[@WPTuts]

Possibly! But, I believe the plugin has now been removed from WordPress.org - so, I'll need to find a viable alternative to look into.

[@akshaysrivastavaofficial]

Shabdi Kaplan has some of the best free plugins. Does this work with repeaters?

[@lisaerez]

HI Paul, I have a Custom field type for a business listing. How do I connect the form using my 'Listing' and not 'Posts' as in your example.

[@CX3Productions]

Yes!

[@maisamrahimi7687]

Thanks Paul. how can i show all posts displayed in a query loop and an individual "edit" button on each post - so that when admin is logged in, they can edit individual post from the archive page or single page easily. please help.

[@mshamirtaloo]

What's the best USE CASE for Frontend Admin as there are already many competitive tools available like WPForms etc etc ?

[@FlaviusCalinTofan]

Creating an classifieds site for example

[@hireloyal]

hi, I set custom type in ACF and I want to select it in Frontend Admin, is there anyway I can do that?

[@valeraivanov5477]

Hey Paul! Big fan of what you re doing. Do you have any sample sites as the job board you can share? Or the listing site you made recenty? Best and keep hustling!

[@WPTuts]

I don't, no. I tend to remove them once the tutorial is completed to free up resources. I will be working on some more listing type content over the coming weeks, that should help demonstrate the process I would use. :)

[@ryanknowlton1187]

Could you build the editing pages with Bricks?

[@darylmeese9621]

Thanks for the great video! Can it create forms for custom post types?

[@WPTuts]

Do you mean a frontend form that will allow you to add content or create new posts using the custom post type - if so, yes. Have a look on my channel for frontend forms or frontend dashboards, and you'll find several tutorials on how to do it. :)

[@antiplouc]

How do you make a product field in this plugin to be required?

[@jaoortega]

Thanks for this video Paul C.! Would Frontend Admin work work with JetEngine as well?

[@WPTuts]

I haven't tested it out, but I don't think so. To be honest, you have similar functionality built into JetEngine using the forms functions.

[@awr10e]

Loos like a great tool ,but I cannot figure out how to save to a CPT. There doesn't appear to be any documentation on this and its not listed in the features for either free or Pro version on the devs website. Also being able to update The Event Calendar would be great too if that is possible in the plugin

[@HafizBehroz]

Dear Sir. is there any possibilty for having free or cheap price dashboard . for front end registered clients .

[@Joker-Leto]

What was the price and location tables for?

[@mahdikaaniche9986]

is it possible to fetch all sumissions on the dashboard ? how

[@chipcmt]

Thanks for the video. How about a front end user dashboard where users can edit their profile, password and other information without using Woocommerce. I'm trying to build a dashboard for candidates using WP Job Mnaager and thinking of ways to build a candidate portal. Many thanks.

[@Lee-ee]

Hi Paul, can you please test: BitFire Security - RASP Firewall. BitFire: Performance: adds 1% to page creation time Memory: adds 0.01% to memory usage WordFence: Performance: adds 44% to page creation time Memory: adds 125% to memory usage

[@mdnazmulhossain6271]

Hey, Not working this plugin please help.

[@basiya0240]

Wow🎉

[@PaulShadwell]

Is it also possible to use Frontend Admin for adding events to The Events Calendar? I also have a PDF embed plugin which I would like to make available to Front Admin users but can't see how to do that. Any ideas?

[@tjsayers5428]

I’m interested in that too. User dashboard that allows pdf uploads and links to the PDFs.

[@WPTuts]

It would depend where the data is stored for the events calendar to be honest. I'd have to check the PDF upload, but if you can upload files using the plugin, I'm sure you could also upload supported format files like PDF.

[@helmutgobel9974]

Please, give us more pls.

[@Waladhoolin]

Sadly, Frontend Admin is giving am error with acf installed

[@gamipresscordial5379]

I've been struggling with getting Forminator Form to do this for me. The question I want to ask is--- Can I use the Form to make FrontEnd Posting of a Custom Post Type created by ACF? Meaning that I created a Custom Post Type called "Video". can I use this Form to submit Post to that Video Custom Post Type, from the Front End using ACF and this ACF Frontend Admin plugin?

[@WPTuts]

I need to double check that ACF post types are fully supported in the free version, but I believe it is possible.

[@dynamiapps]

Custom post types are indeed fully supported for the free version

[@charlesokorobo508]

@@dynamiapps There's no Documentation. So I've not seen how to use the Frontend Admin Form to Submit a Custom Post Type. Can you Please explain how I can choose a Custom Post Type with the Form? Regards.

[@grazhdanin86]

tutorial please

[@RobertonFaustino]

Frontend Admin plugin not work :(

[@gergo_44]

Does this work with products too?

[@WPTuts]

I believe you’d need the pro version of the main plugin used.

[@stephenzhao9773]

Frontend Admin plugin has been closed as of January 3, 2024, pending a full review. And it's too bad the pro version uses Freemius.

[@guanjohn7814]

more comprehensive tutorial will be very appreciate, i can found any useful and fucntional way on youtube yet.

[@ronniehusberg]

Please create a more comprehensive tutorial. with user login

[@ChuppyProduction]

Yup is official. No one understood your Speedy Gonzales presentation, they got lost when you jumped from ACF to Frontend Forms from there on .. they probably had to pause the video dozens of times but still, they could not connect the dots... It started with the title of the video which is irrelevant to what you presented. .. Where is the Live Dashboard on the website?

[@WPTuts]

By 'they' you mean 'you'. I don't see any other comments complaining about the video. If you didn't get value or couldn't follow along, that's a shame but maybe slow the video down to make it more digestible for you.

[@Elsteck]

Tempted to 👎

[@WPTuts]

Don’t be so grumpy Els. 😉

[@Elsteck]

@@WPTuts 😘

[@Impellitterii]

I am a foreigner. Please say a little bit without screen and show me the screen. I like your video. But all of your videos are too many descriptions without screens.

[@simudia]

as usual, amazing video - as short as possible, without leaving out any important information. would love to see a more in-depth tutorial too! another thing, I'd be super interested in, would be a 100% free possibility to set up a "nice" gallery (possibility to configure different layout options like masonry, with lightbox, etc) from dynamic data, such as fetching of all featured images of all posts of a certain category in one nice gallery... I had so search for quite some time, until I found a plugin, which is capable of this and free. I think there might be a possibility to do this in elementor free or spectra free with ACF, but after some hours, I just gave up and looked for a plugin Would be super interesting, if you'd come up with a video on that, I think I am not the only one interested, as all the established block builders etc. lock this behind a payment wall