XPressUI Bridge

XPressUI Bridge lets you embed multi-step forms and document-intake workflows built with the XPressUI console directly in your WordPress pages.

Export a workflow package from the XPressUI console as a .zip file, upload it to WordPress in one click, then embed it anywhere using the [xpressui] shortcode. The form renders natively inside your page — no iframe, no external dependencies at runtime. Submissions are stored as private posts in a dedicated wp-admin inbox, directly in your site’s database.

If you need advanced field types, direct Console Sync, or local workflow customization, those are available through the separate commercial add-on XPressUI Bridge PRO.

Key features

• One-click installation — upload the exported .zip file from the XPressUI console directly inside wp-admin.
• Shortcode embed — [xpressui id="your-project-slug"] works in any page, post, or block-editor paragraph block. The form renders inline, inheriting your theme’s page layout.
• Submission inbox — all submissions land in a private wp-admin post list with status badges, filtering by project, status, and assignee, and detailed review metaboxes.
• Status workflow — mark submissions New, In review, or Done from the list or the detail view. Every status change is recorded in a per-submission history log.
• Team assignment — assign any WordPress user to a submission. The My Queue page shows each reviewer their personal backlog at a glance.
• Email notifications — configure a notification address per project and receive a plain-text summary email the moment a new submission arrives.
• Post-submit redirect — optionally redirect the visitor to a thank-you page after a successful submission. Configured per project from wp-admin.
• File uploads — uploaded files are stored as WordPress media attachments and linked back to their submission.
• REST API endpoint — submissions are received via a standard WordPress REST route (POST /wp-json/xpressui/v1/submit). No extra server configuration required.
• Bundled runtime — the XPressUI light runtime is bundled inside the plugin. No JavaScript is loaded from the uploads directory or external CDNs.

Who is this for?

Businesses and developers who use the XPressUI console to build document-intake or multi-step application forms and want to manage the collected data inside their existing WordPress environment without an external SaaS inbox.

External Services

This plugin does not make any outbound HTTP requests at runtime. The XPressUI console (hosted at iakpress.com) is a separate design tool used to export workflow packages. It is not contacted by this plugin during normal operation on your site.

The bundled XPressUI light runtime (JavaScript) is served directly from the plugin directory — it is never loaded from a CDN or external URL.

Privacy

This plugin stores data submitted by your site visitors (form field values, uploaded files, and metadata such as submission timestamps). All data is stored locally in your WordPress database and media library. No data is transmitted to external servers. When a submission is permanently deleted, its linked uploaded files are deleted as well.

Users may request access to or deletion of their personal data. This plugin integrates with the WordPress Personal Data tools (Tools › Erase Personal Data and Tools › Export Personal Data).

For full details on what data is collected and how to manage it, refer to your site’s privacy policy.

Source Code

The full source code for this plugin is available at:
https://github.com/lybaba/xpressui-wordpress-bridge

The commercial Pro add-on is documented here:
https://github.com/lybaba/xpressui-wordpress-bridge-pro

Bundled JavaScript runtime

The file runtime/xpressui-light-*.umd.js is the compiled output of the XPressUI library
(free tier). The unminified TypeScript source files used to produce this bundle are included
in the xpressui-src/ directory of this plugin.

To rebuild the runtime from those sources:

1. Navigate to the source directory: cd xpressui-src
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Build the light runtime: npm run build
4. The output file is produced in xpressui-src/dist/xpressui-light-*.umd.js.