Documentation
All of our plugins are well-documented with extensive docs and tutorials . We also provide a collection of in-depth video tutorials that show how to do many awesome things with USP Pro.
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Customer Support
Both free and pro versions of USP include top-rated customer support. You can get help with the free version at WordPress.org . For the pro version, you can get help anytime here at Plugin Planet .
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Plugin Updates
Free version of USP includes free updates for the life of the plugin. The pro version comes in two flavors: lifetime license includes free updates for life, or recurring license includes updates for 1 year.
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1-Click Updates
Enjoy one-click updates from the comfort of the WP Admin Area. WordPress will display a notice when new versions are available.
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Fast & Secure
Both free and pro versions are built with WordPress API s. Using WordPress’ core functionality whenever possible helps to keep the plugin lightweight, flexible, fast, and secure.
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Anti-Spam Features
Both free and pro versions of USP provide strong anti-spam features. Add either Google reCaptcha or a custom challenge question to any form to help protect against spam.
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Login/Register Form
Both free and pro USP provide a tabbed Login/Register form that can be added via shortcode. Easily display the form anywhere on the front-end, so visitors can log in without having to visit the WP Login Page.
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User-Submitted Posts
Both free and pro USP enable visitors to submit posts from the front-end. With USP Pro, you can build unlimited forms for user-generated content, guest posts, anonymous posts, and much more.
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Visual/Rich-Text Editor
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Auto-Display Images
Automatically display uploaded images either before or after post content. Select which size images to display: thumbnail, medium, large, or full. Additional options available in the pro version.
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Action & Filter Hooks
USP Pro includes over 50 action and filter hooks , so developers can customize core functionality as needed. The free version of USP also includes plenty of action and filter hooks, so it’s all good.
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Display Anywhere
Both free and pro provide shortcodes , widgets , and template tags to display forms and submitted posts in any location. The pro version includes more shortcodes and supports multiple forms on a page.
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Front-End Editing
Neither free nor pro includes any front-end editing feature, but both plugins are fully compatible with frontend editing plugins . So you can use USP for submitting posts, and another plugin for editing.
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Unlimited Forms
The free version of USP includes *one* form that enables users to submit posts. With the pro version, you can build an unlimited number of forms that can submit posts , register users , send email , and more.
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Combo Forms
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Form Demos
USP Pro provides a set of pre-built demo forms for submitting posts, registering users, submitting files, sending email, and more. The “Classic” demo is a ready-to-go replica of the free-version form.
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Unlimited Fields
USP Pro enables you to add any number of fields to any form. You can add primary fields like Post Author, Title, Content, and Tags. Custom Fields are used for everything else, like URL and Email Address.
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Field Types
USP Pro forms support all field types , including textarea , checkboxes , radio , select , file(s) , plus input types like text, password, url, search, email, month, time, color, date, range, number, and all the rest.
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Script & Style
Both free and pro versions make it possible to add your own custom CSS and JavaScript via the plugin settings. The pro version provides more advanced settings as well as predefined style templates.
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User Registration
USP Pro enables you to create user-registration forms . Use the demo form or build from scratch. Collect user-profile information such as First/Last Name, Nickname, Description, Password, and more.
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Contact Forms
Easily create a custom contact form and display anywhere on the frontend. Use the demo form or build from scratch. Collect the user’s name, email address, message, plus add custom fields and more.
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Custom Post Types
USP Pro supports unlimited Custom Post Types . For any form, you can specify your own Custom Post Type and/or use the built-in “USP Post” type. Each form can be configured to submit posts as a specific CPT .
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Custom Taxonomies
USP Pro supports unlimited Custom Taxonomies ( aka “custom categories”), so you can add as many as needed to each form. Use the “Taxonomy” Quicktag to easily add a Taxonomy field to any form.
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Post Formats
USP Pro supports all Post Formats and Custom Post Formats, so each form can submit posts that have their own Post Format . Simply add a hidden field to your form and done. Couldn’t be easier!
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Post Status
With USP Pro, you can set the submitted Post Status to draft, pending, password, private, custom, publish immediately, or publish after “x” number of approved posts. Each form can have its own Post Status .
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Unlimited Custom Fields
The free version of USP provides one custom field that can be included in the submit-post form. The pro version provides unlimited custom fields that can be configured as any field type and added to any form.
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Unlimited Email Alerts
The free version of USP sends email alerts only to the admin. USP Pro can send alerts to the user, admins, and/or any email address(es). Customize alerts with post data like title, content, URL , and more .
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Advanced Shortcodes
Free USP provides a basic set of shortcodes for displaying the form and submitted posts. USP Pro provides an advanced set of shortcodes for displaying forms, submitted posts, custom fields and more .
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Advanced Template Tags
Free USP provides a basic set of template tags for displaying the form and content. USP Pro provides an advanced set of template tags for displaying forms, submitted posts, custom fields and more .
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Widgets
Free USP does not provide any widgets. The pro version provides a form widget that can be used to display any USP Form. USP Pro also provides a dashboard widget that displays a list of submitted posts.
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Unlimited File Uploads
The free version of USP supports only image uploads. The pro version supports unlimited file uploads. Enable visitors to submit images, video, audio, text, office, and any other supported file type .
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Custom Error Messages
Free USP enables you to customize the success message and the general error message. USP Pro enables you to customize *all* of the success and error messages that can be displayed on the form.
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Custom Redirects
Free USP can redirect successful form submissions to any URL or return back to the form page. USP Pro enables the same redirect functionality for every form, and also can redirect if/when there are any errors.
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Advanced Access Control
Free USP provides a basic set of access-control shortcodes, so you can control which users are allowed to access the form. USP Pro provides an advanced set of access shortcodes that can do much more.
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Advanced User Statistics
Free USP optionally collects the user’s IP address. USP Pro also can collect the user’s IP address, as well as the user agent and referrer. These data are attached to submitted posts as custom fields.
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Display Submitted Posts
Both free and pro provide a shortcode to display submitted posts on the frontend. The shortcode is limited in the free version, but the pro version shortcode is way more flexible with lots of options .
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No advertisements
The free version of USP includes a few small advertisements on the plugin settings page. The pro version of course is a paid product and thus is 100% free of all advertisements.
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