Bit Form Integration With Pods

Pods is a content management framework that offers an intuitive alternative to WordPress and other content management systems for building sites. With its integration with the Form Builder plugin, it is easier than ever to create and publish forms in WordPress.

Get more from your Pods admin by integrating it with our advanced form builder Bit Form. This Pods integration makes it possible to create custom post types & custom fields & lets us collect data & manage those with Bit Form. The possibilities are endless, and we are sure that you will find this documentation useful.

Create custom post type & fields using Pods

Here, we will demonstrate an example of Car Registration to show how this integration will work for Bit Form. Follow the below instructions:

1. For the Pods integration, make sure you have installed the Pods plugin successfully on your WordPress dashboard.

2. Now navigate to the Pods dashboard & click on the button Create New button.

3. On the Content-type field, click on the drop-down menu & select Custom Post Type. Then set the label for singular & plural type as you want. For example, we have set the label as Car & Cars regarding singular & plural levels. Then click on Next Step to proceed with further settings.

4. As we have created Car as a custom post type earlier, we will create some custom fields under the car type.

• At first, we created a field & labeled it as Brand. Then set the field type as Relationship. We have set some brand names on the Custom defined option field as BMW, Toyota & Nissan. Make the option Required. As we have set multiple brand names from the Additional field option we have selected the Selection Type = Single Select & Format = Drop Down. Save the field settings by clicking Save field.

• The second field we have created is labeled as Price & set the field type as Currency.

• For the Body style field, we have set the field type as Relationship. Body styles are Sedans and hatchbacks. From the Additional field option, we have selected the Selection Type = Multiple Select & Format = Multi-Select.

• The fourth field is Website Link & set the field type as Website.

• The last field we have created is Specification, & the field type is Plain Paragraph Text.

5. After creating the related field of the custom post type navigate to Advanced Option & check the Author & Featured Image from the Support option.

6. Now, click on the Save Pod button to save all the Pods settings

Create a form using Bit Form:

1. After the Pods field settings, navigate to Bit Form & click on Create Form. Then select Blank form.

2. You have to drag & drop Text , Multiline Text & Image fields for the Post Type & Post Content & Featured Image. These three fields are WordPress by default fields.

3. Here, we have created a form called Car Registration, which we have designed with all the fields related to the custom post-type Car.

4. After completing all the field settings, save the form.

Integration Settings:

1. Follow the path: Settings => Integrations => Click on (+) => Click on Pods. Give a suitable name for the integration.

2. Select the Pod type & post status. These two fields are compulsory for the integration settings. Then select the Author.

3. Now, you have to map the form fields to the pods field on the Pods Field Mapping section. Then map the WordPress default post field with the form fields from the WP Object Fields Mapping.

4. Save the complete integration setting.

5. After completing the settings, you have to set the conditions when this integration works. Don’t forget to specify the integration name; otherwise, the integration will not work correctly. Here we have set the condition that – every time records are created/ edited, on form submission the integration will be triggered.

6. Now, whenever a user submits the data it will be posted as content on the created custom post type option. Admin can edit those data if needed. Also, all the submitted data will be stored on the Form Responses page. Admin can view & manage those data.