Title: EntryKit – Starter Kits, Submissions & Auto-Display for Custom Content Author: outlawgt Published: September 1, 2026 Last modified: September 1, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/entrykit/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3675206) ![](https://ps.w.org/entrykit/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3675121) # EntryKit – Starter Kits, Submissions & Auto-Display for Custom Content By [outlawgt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/outlawgt/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/entrykit.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/entrykit/#description) * [Reviews](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/entrykit/#reviews) * [Installation](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/entrykit/#installation) * [Development](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/entrykit/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/entrykit/) ## Description **You shouldn’t need 4 plugins and a developer to add a business directory to your site.** Most WordPress users who want structured content like directories, job boards, or listing pages end up installing a custom fields plugin, a forms plugin, a display plugin, and then hiring someone to wire them all together. Even then, the moment you create your fields, nothing shows up on your site without editing templates. EntryKit replaces that entire stack with one plugin. **Pick a starter kit. Toggle submissions on. It’s on your site.** That’s it. No templates. No shortcode IDs. No custom field jargon. No CSS. Your content displays automatically in clean, responsive layouts the moment you create it. **Simple enough that your grandma could set up a business directory. Powerful enough that a developer wouldn’t need to.** #### What Can You Build? EntryKit comes with **5 ready-made starter kits** so you can launch in minutes, plus a **custom builder** to create anything you can think of: 🏢 **Business Directory** — Let visitors submit local businesses. Display them as cards with contact info, hours, and categories. Perfect for chambers of commerce, community sites, and niche directories. 💼 **Job Board** — Accept job postings with structured fields for company, location, salary, and type. Display as a searchable list or card grid. 👥 **Staff / Team Directory** — Showcase your team with photos, bios, titles, and contact details. One click to set up. No theme editing required. 📅 **Event Listings** — Collect community events with dates, times, locations, and ticket links. Calendar date picker built in. 🏷️ **Coupon & Deal Site** — Let visitors submit deals with codes, discounts, and expiration dates. Great for affiliate and deal sites. 🔧 **Build Your Own** — Need a recipe site? Pet adoption board? Tool lending library? Course directory? Build any content type from scratch with 13 field types. Name it, add fields, pick a layout, done. #### How It Works 1. Pick a starter kit (or create a custom content type from scratch) 2. Toggle frontend submissions on if you want visitors to submit entries 3. Drop a Gutenberg block on any page — entries display automatically No templates to edit. No shortcode IDs to copy. No CSS to write. #### Features Everything below is included in the free version. **Starter Kits & Custom Builder** * 5 ready-made kits: Business Listing, Job Board, Staff Profile, Events, Coupons * Custom builder to create any content type from scratch * Drag-and-drop field reordering * Add, remove, rename fields anytime — existing entries adapt automatically **13 Smart Field Types** * Text, paragraph, number, date (with calendar picker), time (with time picker) * Email (auto-validates, renders as mailto link) * Phone (auto-formats, renders as click-to-call) * URL (auto-validates, renders as clickable link) * Dropdown, radio buttons, checkboxes * Image upload * Toggle / yes-no **Automatic Frontend Display** * 3 layout styles: Card Grid, List, Table * Preview cards with clickable detail pages * 3 visibility toggles per field: show on form, show in preview, show on detail page * You control exactly what appears where — no code * Auto-mapping: images go to image slots, contact fields go to contact rows, descriptions go to the body * Column controls (1-4 columns), card styles (shadow, bordered, minimal) * Mobile-responsive out of the box **Frontend Submissions & Moderation** * Let anyone submit, logged-in users only, or admins only * Spam protection: honeypot + Cloudflare Turnstile + Google reCAPTCHA * Moderation queue: approve, reject, edit * Email notifications to admin and submitter (customizable templates with merge tags) * Rate limiting on public submissions * Registration link for logged-in-only forms **Gutenberg Blocks** * Entries Display block — drop on any page, pick content type, pick layout, done * Submission Form block — drop on any page, pick content type, visitors can submit * Full control panel: columns, card style, order, show/hide images, custom button text, redirect URL * Shortcodes included for classic editor users **Everything Else** * Real WordPress categories (taxonomy) per content type * Author box for tutorials, reviews, and contributor content * Dashboard widget with pending submission counts * CSV export for any content type * Admin entry editing with all fields in the post editor * Live preview panel in the builder — see your cards update as you add fields * Onboarding wizard for first-time setup * Developer hooks: 25+ actions and filters for full customization * Custom CSS class support per content type * Works with any WordPress theme * Translation-ready #### Who Is EntryKit For? * **Small business owners** who want a directory on their site without hiring a developer * **Churches and nonprofits** managing staff profiles, event submissions, or resource lists * **Community organizers** collecting and displaying local business listings, volunteer opportunities, or events * **Bloggers** who want structured content like recipe cards, product specs, or review boxes alongside their posts * **Coupon and deal sites** accepting user-submitted deals with codes and expiration dates * **Freelancers and agencies** building client sites that the client can actually manage themselves * **Anyone who wants structured content** on their WordPress site without the complexity of a developer-oriented custom fields plugin #### The Grandma Test We designed EntryKit with one rule: if someone who only knows how to write a blog post and upload a photo can’t figure it out in 5 minutes, we failed. No field groups. No meta keys. No template overrides. No “consult the documentation.” You pick what you’re building, the plugin handles the rest. The moment you create fields, they show up on your site. That’s the bar. ### External services This plugin optionally connects to the following third-party services for spam protection on frontend submission forms. No external service is used unless the site administrator explicitly enables it in the EntryKit settings and provides their own API keys. #### Google reCAPTCHA When enabled, the Google reCAPTCHA JavaScript library is loaded on pages that display an EntryKit submission form. When a visitor submits the form, a verification token is sent from the visitor’s browser to Google, and the plugin sends that token along with your secret key to Google’s siteverify API to confirm the submission is not spam. * Service provider: Google LLC (reCAPTCHA is part of Google Cloud) * [Google Cloud Terms of Service](https://cloud.google.com/terms) * [Google Cloud Privacy Notice](https://cloud.google.com/terms/cloud-privacy-notice) * [Google Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) #### Cloudflare Turnstile When enabled, the Cloudflare Turnstile JavaScript widget is loaded on pages that display an EntryKit submission form. When a visitor submits the form, a verification token is sent from the visitor’s browser to Cloudflare, and the plugin sends that token along with your secret key to Cloudflare’s siteverify API to confirm the submission is not spam. * Service provider: Cloudflare, Inc. * [Terms of Service](https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/) * [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/) ## Screenshots [⌊Frontend submission form, generated automatically from your content type⌉⌊Frontend submission form, generated automatically from your content type⌉[ Frontend submission form, generated automatically from your content type [⌊Submitted entries displaying in a responsive card grid⌉⌊Submitted entries displaying in a responsive card grid⌉[ Submitted entries displaying in a responsive card grid [⌊Pick a starter kit or build a content type from scratch⌉⌊Pick a starter kit or build a content type from scratch⌉[ Pick a starter kit or build a content type from scratch [⌊Field builder with per-field visibility control, no templates required⌉⌊Field builder with per-field visibility control, no templates required⌉[ Field builder with per-field visibility control, no templates required ## Installation **The fast way (recommended):** 1. Go to Plugins Add New in your WordPress dashboard 2. Search for “EntryKit” 3. Click Install, then Activate 4. The setup wizard walks you through creating your first content type **Manual installation:** 1. Download the plugin zip file 2. Go to Plugins Add New Upload Plugin 3. Upload the zip and activate 4. Go to EntryKit in your sidebar to get started **After activation:** 1. The onboarding wizard appears — pick a starter kit or build your own 2. Configure your fields (or use the defaults) 3. Edit any page and add the “EntryKit Entries” block to display your entries 4. Add the “EntryKit Submission Form” block to accept submissions 5. That’s it. Entries display automatically. ## FAQ ### Do I need to know how to code? No. Zero code required. You never edit a template, write PHP, touch CSS, or configure shortcode attributes. Everything is point-and-click with a live preview. ### I tried other custom fields plugins and couldn’t figure them out. Is this different? Very different. Most custom fields plugins are built for developers. EntryKit is built for people who just want a directory or listing page on their site. You pick a kit, toggle submissions on, and it works. No field groups, no meta keys, no template editing. ### Can visitors submit entries from the frontend? Yes. Toggle submissions on for any content type. You choose who can submit (anyone, logged-in users, or admins only). Submissions go to a moderation queue where you approve, reject, or edit before publishing. ### How do entries display on my site? Automatically. Drop the “EntryKit Entries” block on any page. Pick your content type. Pick a layout (cards, list, or table). Entries appear. Each entry gets its own clickable detail page automatically. No templates to create. ### Can I control which fields show in the card preview vs the detail page? Yes. Every field has three toggles: “Show on form,” “Show in preview,” and “Show on detail page.” Full control, no code. ### Can I create my own content type that’s not in the starter kits? Absolutely. The custom builder lets you create any content type. Name it, add fields from 13 types, pick a layout, done. Recipe site, pet adoption board, tool lending library, course directory — whatever you need. ### Does it work with my theme? Yes. EntryKit uses lightweight, neutral CSS that inherits your theme’s typography and works with any theme. Three card styles (shadow, bordered, minimal) let you match your site’s look. ### Can I create entries from the dashboard too? Yes. Each content type appears in the EntryKit menu. Click “Add New” and you get the standard WordPress editor with all your custom fields. Admins can create entries from the dashboard, the frontend, or both. ### Is it really free? Yes. The free version includes everything you need: kits, custom builder, 13 field types, 3 layouts, submissions, moderation, email notifications, Gutenberg blocks, categories, author box, CSV export, and developer hooks. ### Can developers customize it? Yes. 25+ actions and filters, custom CSS class support, and clean BEM markup. Developers can restyle everything, add custom field types, modify submission data, and extend layouts without editing plugin files. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “EntryKit – Starter Kits, Submissions & Auto-Display for Custom Content” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ outlawgt ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/outlawgt/) [Translate “EntryKit – Starter Kits, Submissions & Auto-Display for Custom Content” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/entrykit) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/entrykit/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/entrykit/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/entrykit/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/entrykit/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release * 5 starter kits: Business Listing, Job Listing, Staff Profile, Event Details, Coupon/Deal * Custom content type builder * 13 field types with smart behavior and date/time pickers * Card Grid, List, and Table layouts with column and style controls * Preview cards with clickable detail pages * 3 visibility toggles per field (form, preview, detail page) * Frontend submissions with AJAX * Moderation queue (approve, reject, edit) * 2 Gutenberg blocks with full control panels * Shortcode support * Real WordPress taxonomy support (categories per content type) * Author box for detail pages * Email notifications with customizable templates and merge tags * Spam protection (honeypot, Cloudflare Turnstile, Google reCAPTCHA) * Live preview panel in content type builder * Onboarding wizard * Dashboard widget * CSV export * Admin entry editing with meta boxes * Custom admin columns * Developer hooks (25+ actions and filters) * Custom CSS class support * Uninstall handler with optional data cleanup * Full i18n / translation support ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/entrykit/) * Tags * [custom fields](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-fields/)[directory](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/directory/) [job board](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/job-board/)[listings](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/listings/) [submissions](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/submissions/) * [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/entrykit/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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