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Brand new release: Gravity Forms 2.9.7

By Gravity Forms Published April 30, 2025

We are pleased to announce the release of Gravity Forms 2.9.6. This release includes a number of additions, updates, and fixes including…

• Updated the minimum WordPress version (for support) on the System Status page to 6.7.
• Added the autocomplete attribute setting to Website field.
• AF: Updated the background processor to pause when a task encounters an error (e.g. external API rate limit), and resume later on the fallback cron job.

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• Gravity SMTP plugin – Ensure your WordPress emails reach their destination with Gravity SMTP – our reliable email delivery solution included at no extra cost with the Gravity Forms Elite license. Plus, you can easily connect with third-party services to enhance your email reliability even further.
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Gravity Forms 2.9.7 changelog

• • Added the autocomplete attribute setting to Website field.
  • Fixed spacing and margin issues in the admin and help sections in RTL languages.
  • Fixed a PHP fatal error that occurs when the gform_form_switcher_forms filter returns an invalid value, or when a deleted form remains in the current users recent forms list.
  • Updated the minimum WordPress version (for support) on the System Status page to 6.7.
  • Removed trailing spaces from some translatable strings to improve translation.