User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End
Enable visitors to submit posts and images from the front-end of your site. Many features including anti-spam security, content restriction, and more.
4.8(909 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, User Submitted Posts is a WordPress guest post plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 909 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.2M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.6.20+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Guest Author.
4.8/5909 reviews
10K+active installs
100%resolved
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
🏆 The #1 Plugin for user-generated content
User Submitted Posts (USP) provides a front-end form that enables visitors to submit posts and upload images. Just add the following shortcode to any Post, Page, or Widget:
[user-submitted-posts]
That’s all there is to it! Your site now can accept user generated content. Everything is super easy to customize via Plugin Settings page.
🚀 Enable visitors to submit posts from the front end of your site
✨ Form Fields
The submission form may include any/all of the following fields:
- Name
- URL
- Post Title
- Post Tags
- Post Category
- Post Content
- Custom Field 1
- Custom Field 2
- Custom Checkbox
- Challenge Question
- Google reCAPTCHA (v2 or v3 Invisible)
- Cloudflare Turnstile (Invisible)
- Post Images
- Agree to Terms
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Ratings & Reviews
4.8909 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Super!
by andreywesta·6 days ago
very very good! i recomended!
Old User 72y
by monkeybralf·1 week ago
Easy to use and helpful
Great plugin
by nmak·2 weeks ago
Great plugin works like a charm
Just what I needed
by scomor74·1 month ago
Great plugin for a WordPress newbie like me 🙂
Fabulous – It works
by rickjohns·1 month ago
Brilliant. It does what it says without any fussing or fiddling. Very easy to set up and very easy for front end users to post. Well done.
Download Trends
Today: 121Yesterday: 150This week: 790Period total: 116K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 5.6.20+ required |
Version Adoption
v20260217
44.0%
Other
37.7%
v20250329
10.3%
v20260113
8.1%
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