How to Set Up Comments

You may use a Formidable form and View to allow comments on a WordPress post or a View. WordPress allows comments, by default, on a post but there are situations where using a Formidable form is ideal. You can check out our comments demo here. There are two different ways to set up comments depending on whether or not you are creating posts with your form.

Set up comments on entries

If you are NOT creating posts with your form, follow the directions below to set up comments.

1. Create a View for the form that you would like users to comment on (Form A). We'll call this View A.
   • Set the View Format to "Both (Dynamic)".
   • Add whatever you would like to the Content. Include <a href="[detaillink]">Detail page</a> in the Content box.
2. Create a form for comments (Form B).
   • Add any fields you would like.
   • Add a hidden field with [get param=entry] as the default value. You will need to change 'entry' to the Detail Page Slug set in your View A's Advanced Settings.
3. Return to View A and add this shortcode to the Detail Page - Dynamic Content box:

   [formidable id=x minimize=1]

   Replace x with the ID of Form B.

4. Create a new All Entries View for Form B. We'll call this View B.
   • Add a filter which sets the hidden field equal to [get param=entry]. Change 'entry' to the Detail Page Slug set in your View A's Advanced Settings.
5. Insert View B in the Detail Page - Dynamic Content of View A. Insert View A on a page. Be sure to include "filter=1" View A's shortcode.

Set up comments on posts

If you are creating posts with your form, follow the directions below to set up comments.

1. Create a View for the form that you would like users to comment on (Form A). We'll call this View A.
   • Set the View Format to "Both (Dynamic)".
   • Add whatever you would like to the Content. Include <a href="[detaillink]">Detail page</a> in the Content box.
2. Create a form for comments (Form B).
   • Add any fields you would like.
   • Add a hidden field with [post_id] as the default value.
     
3. Return to View A and add this shortcode to the Detail Page - Dynamic Content box:

   [formidable id=x minimize=1]

   Replace x with the ID of Form B.

4. Create a new All Entries View for Form B. We'll call this View B.
   • Add a filter which sets the hidden field equal to [post_id].
5. Insert View B in the Detail Page - Dynamic Content of View A. Insert View A on a page. Be sure to include "filter=1" View A's shortcode.

Refresh page with new comment

If you would like to refresh the page when a new comment is submitted, you may do the following:

1. Go into your Comment form's Settings.
2. Select "Redirect to URL". Insert the following in the URL box:

   your-page-url/detail-page-slug/[x]

   Replace your-page-url with the URL of the page where the View is published. Replace detail-page-slug with the Detail Page Slug set in the View's Advanced Settings. Replace x with the ID of the Hidden Field in your Comments form.

3. That's it! Now when a user submits a comment, the page will refresh with their comment included in the content.