Create post comment with form?

Pre Sale Questions
1

Wondering if you can use BF forms to create comments on CPTs conditionally (user provides email)?

2

Not yet, but it’s in the roadmap :slight_smile:

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3

I needed the same functionality and came up with this code (using info from bricks academy)

function my_form_custom_action( $form ) {  
  $fields = $form->get_fields();
  // $formId = $fields['formId'];
  // $postId = $fields['postId'];
  // $settings = $form->get_settings();
  // $files = $form->get_uploaded_files();
  
  $comment_data = [
	'comment_post_ID'      => $fields['form-field-postid'],
	'comment_author'       => $fields['form-field-name'],
	'comment_author_email' => $fields['form-field-email'],
	'comment_author_url'   => 'http://',
	'comment_content'      => $fields['form-field-comment'],
	'comment_type'         => 'comment',
	'comment_parent'       => 0,
	'comment_date'         => null,
	'comment_approved'     => 1,
];
	
	try {
        wp_insert_comment( wp_slash($comment_data) );

        // Success Message
        $form->set_result([
            'action' => 'my_custom_action',
            'type'    => 'success',
            'message' => esc_html__('New comment', 'bricks'),
        ]);
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        // Error message
        $form->set_result([
            'action' => 'my_custom_action',
            'type'    => 'error',
            'message' => esc_html__('Something went wrong' . $e->getMessage(), 'bricks'),
        ]);
    }
}
add_action( 'bricks/form/custom_action', 'my_form_custom_action', 10, 1 );

Just choose ‘Custom’ in form actions tab. I’m sure this will work with the native bricks form as well

4

Create AND update comments, with some comment management features like time allowed to edit, edit reason, perhaps revisions.

Did you already develop this ? Or is it still on the roadmap ?

I cant see any action related to this in Pro Forms.

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5

Just bumping this post. Bump.

6

i need it too

7

Hi everyone, thanks for the patience and for bumping this.

Quick honest status: there is still no dedicated “Create Comment” or “Update Comment” action in Pro Forms. The current action list covers posts (Create / Update / Delete Post, Post Meta), users, options, storage, payments, email lists, webhook and a few more, but nothing that inserts a WordPress comment natively. So it has not been built yet, it is still on the wishlist.

The good news: you do not need to wait for it. The approach @Illarion posted above still works, you just hook into the Custom action.

  1. In your form, add the action “Custom” in the Actions tab.
  2. Drop a function into your code snippets / child theme.

Pro Forms fires two hooks from the Custom action:

  • bricksforge/pro_forms/custom_action (Bricksforge Pro Forms)
  • bricks/form/custom_action (kept for backward compatibility with native Bricks forms)

So Illarion’s snippet keeps working. A version against the Pro Forms hook:

add_action( 'bricksforge/pro_forms/custom_action', function( $form ) {
    $fields = $form->get_fields();

    $comment_data = [
        'comment_post_ID'      => $fields['form-field-postid'],
        'comment_author'       => $fields['form-field-name'],
        'comment_author_email' => $fields['form-field-email'],
        'comment_content'      => $fields['form-field-comment'],
        'comment_type'         => 'comment',
        'comment_parent'       => 0,
        'comment_approved'     => 1,
    ];

    $comment_id = wp_insert_comment( wp_slash( $comment_data ) );

    if ( ! $comment_id ) {
        $form->set_result([
            'action'  => 'create_comment',
            'type'    => 'error',
            'message' => esc_html__( 'Comment could not be created', 'bricks' ),
        ]);
    }
}, 10, 1 );

One important note on the field keys: replace form-field-postid, form-field-name, etc. with your real field IDs. The fastest way to confirm them is a quick error_log( print_r( $form->get_fields(), true ) ); inside the function, then check your debug log after a submission.

Updating comments and the management features @Jacobsen mentioned (edit window, edit reason, revisions) are not part of this either. You can extend the same snippet with wp_update_comment() and your own logic for now.

I have noted the demand here for a native comment action. Hope the snippet unblocks you in the meantime.

Best,
Daniele