How to Restrict Submission in WP User Frontend

The latest version of WP UF comes with options to schedule your forms and limit entries to your forms so that you have better control over your post forms.
This also lets you create more effective campaigns and surveys.

Configuration

First, navigate to wp-dashboard->User Frontend->Post Forms.

1. Open a new form by clicking on Add Form or Open an existing form of your choice from the list.

2. When you open a form, click on the Settings > General tab.


3. Now scroll down to Posting Control > Post Permission. 

Select Guest user/ Role Based Post from the dropdown.

Choosing a Guest post will let the Guest users enter the Required name and Email address, you can also check the email verification option if needed.

For Role-based posts, choose who can submit posts from the dropdown, and save the form. 

4. Now navigate to the Advanced tab for Enable User Comment, Enable Form Scheduling, and Limit Form Entries configuration. 

5. To schedule your form, toggle on the bar. 

• Schedule Period – Here you can set the starting date to receive submissions for your form. And the ending date after which your form will not receive submissions anymore.
• Form Pending Message – Here you can set a message to show to your users when they try to submit a form before its scheduled starting date.
• Form Expired Message: Here you can set a message to show your users when the form has reached its scheduled expiration date. After that, you won't receive submissions anymore.

6. To limit submissions to this form, toggle on Limit Form Entries.

This will open up 2 more options for you:

• Number of Entries – This number field allows you to input the number of submissions.
• Limit Reached Message – In this field, you can write the message you would like to show to your users when the entry limit has been reached.

After you are done making the changes, click on Save Form. Make the form live on your site like you usually do: copy the shortcode, paste it on a new or existing page, then click on publish.

Frontend View

When users try to submit entries to this form before its scheduled date, your customized message will notify them, as shown below:

When a user tries to submit an entry to this form while it has reached its restricted number of entries, your message will notify them about this, as shown below:

Also, when a user tries to submit an entry to the form after its expiration date, your customized message will notify them, as shown below:

Also, when a user tries to submit an entry to the form after its expiration date, your customized message will notify them, as shown below: