https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/limit-front-end-submissions-based-on-user-role-and-amount-per-x-hour-or-days Gravity Support Forums Topic: Limit front end submissions based on User Role and Amount per x hour or days en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:56:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/limit-front-end-submissions-based-on-user-role-and-amount-per-x-hour-or-days#post-50999 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:30:25 +0000 FanaticWeb 50999@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Dana, thanks for the feedback, your link didn't work but I believe you were referring to this one? <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/time-limit-to-fill-a-form#post-49728" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/time-limit-to-fill-a-form#post-49728</a></p> <p>Bottom line, this definitely seems to require some extended coding, I had submitted a priority support ticket and Carl was able to provide me the feedback and tips on how to go around doing so using hooks such as the gform_pre_render and whatnot, unfortunately I'm not a coder, and as per my request, he referred me to third party coders that should be able to complete this mod, but personally I would prefer dealing with someone from the internal GF staff or the more advanced users on here to complete this mod (Compensated of course)</p> <p>I really wished it was something that could become native within GF, wishful thinking for now, nevertheless, thank you for getting back at me.</p> <p>P.S.: I did advise Carl of this post to avoid duplicate efforts, just saying :) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/limit-front-end-submissions-based-on-user-role-and-amount-per-x-hour-or-days#post-50935 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:50:12 +0000 Dana Cobb 50935@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi, FanaticWeb,</p> <p>This will require custom code to do, but you may be able to use the "gform_validation" hook (<a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_validation)" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_validation)</a>. In this hook, you would need to query the database to see how many entries exist for role/username of the person filling out the current form and your desired time-frame and fail validation if the limit has been reached. </p> <p>You can take a look at the validate_entry_limit function in form_display.php to see how Gravity Forms checks the limit and the function get_limit_period_dates to see how the start/end dates are set.</p> <p>I hope this helps point you in the right direction. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/limit-front-end-submissions-based-on-user-role-and-amount-per-x-hour-or-days#post-49831 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:53:40 +0000 FanaticWeb 49831@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>First, I looked up this thread (<a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/one-or-x-submissions-per-form-per-user" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/one-or-x-submissions-per-form-per-user</a>) and with the arrival of GF V1.6, I understand that form submissions can be set to expire on a x amount of Hours/Days/Year.</p> <p>The problem I find with the Form submission limitations is that the form becomes obsolete after that given amount of time, so we have to either go back and create a new one or Disable the submission period limitations to allow further submissions in some cases.</p> <p>What I'm looking for is a bit more extended with some conditions to allow a more flexible pattern:<br /> 1. User must be logged in (This is already implemented as of GF v1.6)<br /> 2. User must meet a specific role in order to be allowed to submit (ex.: Contributors, Authors = yes, Subscribers, Guests = no)<br /> 3. Limit form submissions per user Role (or even per username, whichever is easier to implement) ex.: 2 submissions allocated per x amount of time (be it Hour, Day, Month, Year), if exceeded, redirect to warning message.</p> <p>Any thoughts if this can be achieved and how to go by doing so? </p>