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title: Add Post Excerpt Field in Post Forms 
description: "In **Fluent Forms**, the **Post Excerpt** field allows you to offer your users the option of submitting an Excerpt (Summary of any content) to their post. This article will guide you through the whole process of adding the **Post Excerpt**…"
url: "https://fluentforms.com/docs/add-post-excerpt-field-in-post-forms/"
updated: "2025-06-03"
category: Field Types / Post Fields
---

# Add Post Excerpt Field in Post Forms 

In **Fluent Forms**, the **Post Excerpt** field allows you to offer your users the option of submitting an Excerpt (Summary of any content) to their post. This article will guide you through the whole process of adding the **Post Excerpt** field in your Fluent Forms for your WordPress Site. 

## Add Post Excerpt Field

To learn how to add the Post Excerpt field to the Post Forms in Fluent Forms, follow the steps with the screenshots below –  

First, go tothe**Forms**section from the **Fluent Forms Navbar,**chooseadesired**Post Form,**and click the **Pencil/Edit** icon to open the **Editor** page of that form. 

> If you don’t have an existing **Post Form**, read this [Documentation](https://fluentforms.com/docs/how-to-create-a-post-form-with-fluent-forms/) to create a new one. For example, I choose an existing Post Form to show the whole process. **Remember**, you will get the**Post Excerpt** field only under the **Post Forms**.

![1. open desired Post form 2 scaled 49331](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1.-open-desired-Post-form-2-scaled.webp)

Once you are on the **Editor** page, go to the **Input Fields**on the right sidebar and open the **Post Fields** dropdown list by clicking the **Arrow Icon**. Now, choose the **Post Excerpt**fieldby clicking on it or **Drag & Drop** it into your editor.

![2. add Post Excerpt field scaled 49331](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2.-add-Post-Excerpt-field-scaled.webp)

## Customize Post Excerpt Field

You can see that a **Post Excerpt** field is added to the form. You can Edit or Customize this field by**hovering over it** and clicking the **Pencil Icon**.

It will take you to the **Input Customization** tab on the right side and offer you the following options for customizing the field.  

1. Post Excerpt
2. Advanced Options 

![3. Input Customization 4 scaled 49331](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/3.-Input-Customization-4-scaled.webp)

### 1. Post Excerpt

All the **Settings** under the **Post Excerpt**tab mentioned in the screenshot are briefly explained below – 

**A. Element Label**: This is the field Content the users will see when filling out the **Post Content**field in a form. You can enter any text here to help users understand the purpose of the field.

**B. Label Placement**: Using this option, you can determine the position of the label Content where the user will see this. The available options are **Top**, **Right**, **Bottom**, **Left**, **Hide** **Label**, and **Default** All of those are self-explanatory except the Default. If you select the **Default** option, it will represent your global label placement settings.

**C. Admin Field Label**: The admin field label is a field Content displayed only to admin users. That means, if you want to show a different field label for your admin users when they view the form submissions, you can configure that using this option**.**

**D. Placeholder**: Here, you can set a desired text to guide your users about the purpose of the field. It is the equivalent of the HTML input placeholder attribute. The user will see this text when the input field is empty.

**E. Rows**: Here, you can **set** the**number of rows** the **Textarea** field will occupy in the form. This is an HTML attribute used for browser support.

**F. Columns:**Here, you can **set** the**number of columns**the **Textarea** field will occupy in the form. This is an HTML attribute used for browser support.

**G. Required:**Select the **Yes** radio button to make this field mandatory for users to fill in for successful form submission. Otherwise, check the **No** radio button to keep this field optional to fill in.

![4. Post Excerpt option scaled 49331](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/4.-Post-Excerpt-option-scaled.webp)

### 2. Advanced Options 

All the **Settings** under the **Advanced Options**tab mentioned in the screenshot are briefly explained below – 

**A. Default Value**: You can set a default value here to pre-populate the value of a field and enter it here. You can also set the value by using the **SamrtCodes**. To learn the details about SmartCodes, read this [Documentation](https://fluentforms.com/docs/form-editor-smart-codes/). 

**B. Container Class**: Use this option to add your custom CSS classes to the field’s wrapper.

**C. Element Class**: Add custom CSS classes to the input field itself. This is used for adding Custom CSS/JS for a specific input field of a form.

**D. Help Message**: You can use this option to guide your user thoroughly. Add your text here, which will be shown as a help message to the user. To learn more, read this Documentation.

**E. Name Attribute**: The input field’s name attribute is the HTML equivalent of the same name. You don’t need to modify this.

**F: Max text length**: Here, you can **set** the**maximum number of characters**the **Textarea** field will occupy in the form. 

**G. Conditional Logic**: This option allows the coupon field to function conditionally based on your submission values according to your set of conditional logic/s. To learn more, read this [Documentation](https://fluentforms.com/docs/set-up-forms-with-conditional-logic-in-fluent-forms/). 

![5. Advanced Options 5 scaled 49331](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/5.-Advanced-Options-5-scaled.webp)

## Configure Post Feed Settings

Lastly, **configuring** the **Post Feed** is **mandatory** to make your **Post Form** functional. It helps you map your added post fields for data collection and allows users to create more customized posts.

> Click [here](https://fluentforms.com/docs/how-to-create-a-post-form-with-fluent-forms/#4-toc-title) to learn how to configure Post Feed with the **Post Form**. 

## Embed the Form into Frontend

To embed and display the form on a specific Page/Post on your site, **copy** the **Shortcode** from the top right side and **paste** it into your desired **Page/Post**.  

Once you complete the customization, click the **Save** **Form** button to save all your changes. Also, to see the form preview, click the **Preview & Design**buttonin the middle.

![6. Save Form 3 scaled 49331](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6.-Save-Form-3-scaled.webp)

## Preview of Post Excerpt field

Here is the preview of the added **Post Excerpt** field under the Post Form. 

![7. Field Preview 1 49331](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/7.-Field-Preview-1.webp)

This way you can easily add the **Post Excerpt** fields in Fluent Forms!
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