This plugin is generally for front-end post submission and providing admin notification.
As of April 2026, Guest Posts is a WordPress custom post type plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Custom Post Type Permalinks.
It is very useful if you want that your website users can submit posts from the site without going to the WordPress back-end.
For Front-end Access Of post form, we have a shortcode [GUEST_POST_FORM role="author"]
In this shortcode, you need to pass a user role who can submit a post from the front-end.
Another shortcode is [GUEST_POST_LIST type="guest_post" number=10 status="publish"].
This shortcode is used for list post with pagination.
| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 5.8.0 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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