Gravity Support Forums Topic: Post creation - Validate if title already exist before creating

Gravity Support Forums Topic: Post creation - Validate if title already exist before creating https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/post-creation-validate-if-title-already-exist-before-creating Gravity Support Forums Topic: Post creation - Validate if title already exist before creating en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:43:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php davidpp on "Post creation - Validate if title already exist before creating" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/post-creation-validate-if-title-already-exist-before-creating#post-8470 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:48:39 +0000 davidpp 8470@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Thanks David! I would be happy to work with you on this. I've just sent you an email. David Smith on "Post creation - Validate if title already exist before creating" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/post-creation-validate-if-title-already-exist-before-creating#post-8461 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:02:21 +0000 David Smith 8461@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ So hints first. <ul> <li>You'll need to use the gform_pre_submission hook to compare the submitted post title to all of the post titles currently active on your site.</li> <li>If the same post title does exist, redirecting the user directly to that post without explanation might be a little confusing. It might be more ideal to handle this similar to how Gravity Forms currently handles errors; it returns users to the form with the incorrect fields highlighted. In your case, I would recommend just adding a notification at the top of the form that let's the user know a job with that post title already exists and provide a link for them to go view it.</li> </ul> This might be a difficult undertaking if you're new to WordPress/Gravity Forms. I do provide freelance support for WordPress and Gravity Forms so if you're interested, please feel free to get in touch: <a href="mailto:david@ounceoftalent.com">david@ounceoftalent.com</a>. Hope this helps! :) davidpp on "Post creation - Validate if title already exist before creating" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/post-creation-validate-if-title-already-exist-before-creating#post-8456 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:45:44 +0000 davidpp 8456@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Hi everyone, I have a couple of Gravity Forms to populate some custom types (user generated content). For one of those custom type, users shouldn't be able to create a new "post" if one with the same title already exist. Instead, I would like to redirect them to the existing post. I'm a bit new with Wordpress so I'm not sure how I should do this. PS : I only need some hints, but if somebody is willing to help me with this and can spare an hour or two, I would be willing to pay. Edit : It's may be easier if I explain why I want to do this : Users (mostly adolescents) will type a job they would like to do. If it's not in the database, it will create a new post where they can discuss about it (comments) and/or do a "Facebook Like". If the job is already in the database (also going to use autocomplete), they will be redirected to the exising post to continue the discussion.