Build
Start from a template or a blank portal. Add the fields the call actually needs — text, files, groups, branches.
WordPress plugin
DragonGate Portals
The door that opens for the right applicant.
A WordPress plugin for application and intake portals — festivals, conservatories, and calls for scores. Staff build a form, map destinations, and publish. Applicants meet a paper packet. Files land in the host’s Google Drive; a row lands in Sheets.
How it works
Build, map, publish, receive.
Map
Point each field at a Sheet header and a Drive folder. Destinations stay on the host’s Google, not ours.
Publish
Set the deadline, open the gate, share the URL. Preview stays honest when the call is closed.
Receive
Applicants submit a packet. Files go to Drive. A row goes to Sheets. They get a receipt.
In the box
What the plugin actually does
Google Drive & Sheets
Uploads land in the host’s Drive. Metadata writes to the host’s Sheet. DragonGate does not keep a second copy of the packet.
Anonymize staged files
Judge-facing PDFs and recordings can have identity stripped before they leave the gate. Fail-open if the anonymizer is down.
Receipts
Every successful submit emails a receipt with an application id. The applicant knows it landed.
Dest-header mapping
Human labels lead in the form. Sheet column headers are mapped in the wizard — not guessed from field ids.
A paper packet
The public form is Fraunces on parchment, not a settings table. One page. One submit.
No Stripe
Fees can be mentioned in copy. There is no checkout, no card form, no payment processor in the plugin.
Who it’s for
Festivals, societies, conservatories
Calls for scores
One original work. Score PDF, recording, composer notes. A prize committee should be proud to open this packet.
Festival intake
Volunteer staff, a deadline, a Drive folder that already exists. The wizard is four gates — start, build, map, publish.
Conservatory applications
Serious materials, named reviewers, receipts. Identity can stay off the judge-facing files.
Waitlist
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