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Gravity Forms v1.8.6 Released

Carl Hancock By Carl Hancock Published March 31, 2014

Gravity Forms v1.8.6 is now available via automatic update and the customer downloads page. This is a major maintenance, security and minor feature release which also includes updates to the Gravity Forms Add-On Framework and API.

We recommend all users update as soon as possible. It is important to always keep WordPress, plugins and themes up to date as a matter of best practice.

What’s New in Gravity Forms v1.8.6

  • Added logging to help troubleshooting form submissions.
  • Added hook to allow multi-file upload settings/behavior to be changed.
  • Added “French Polynesia” to countries list.
  • Added ‘gravityforms_delete_forms’ and ‘gravityforms_delete_entries’ permission checks to form list.
  • Added new filter “gform_email_background_color_label” to change the background color for the field label in the html email.
  • Added new filter “gform_email_background_color_data” to change the background color for the field data in the html email.
  • Added gform_form_notification_page filter.
  • Added ‘gravityforms_delete_entries’ permission checks to entry list and entry detail pages.
  • Added $input_id as fifth parameter to the “gform_save_field_value” function; better allows overriding values for a specific input ID.
  • Added support for state code via gform_us_states and gform_address_types hook.
  • Added gform_form_export_page hook.
  • Added gform_payment_details hook under gform_entry_info in preparation for a new Payment Details box on the entry page.
  • Added support for country codes in country drop down.
  • Added support for note type.
  • Added support for changing note avatar.
  • Added gform_delete_entries to get fired when entries are being deleted in bulk.
  • Fixed security vulnerability which allowed malicious form submissions to bypass validation of certain fields.
  • Fixed PHP warning on entry list when the created_by field contains the ID of a user that no longer exists.
  • Fixed issue with conditional logic when configured to start with “0”.
  • Fixed minor PHP warning for recently imported multi-step forms.
  • Fixed issue where editing credit card fields with HTML5 ouptut enabled generated a browser validation error.
  • Fixed security vulnerability which allowed malicious form submissions to bypass validation of certain fields.
  • Fixed issue with entry detail pagination not working correctly on certain types of searches.
  • Fixed issue with with the multi-file upload field generating a JavaScript error on multi-page, ajax-enabled forms with conditional logic.
  • Fixed issue with multi file upload throwing AJAX errors when uploading a file with a single quote on certain webservers.
  • Added GFs instance of the gfMergeTagsObj to the global scope to allow 3rd party devs to more easily work with merge tags.
  • Fixed issue in the Italian translation file where a string was breaking javascript on the entry detail page.
  • Fixed issue with entry export not decoding the value of multi file upload fields.
  • Fixed issue with the {pricing_fields} merge tag markup.
  • Fixed escaping issue on input mask.
  • Fixed issue with the new form modal on IE8.
  • Fixed issue with datepicker css being rendered to the page even when no datepicker field is in the form.
  • Fixed issue with country not being selected properly when code was provided via hook.
  • Fixed styling issue with entry actions on entry detail page.
  • Fixed issue where styles/scripts were being output before doctype when including a form in a confirmation.
  • Fixed issue with number field validation when set to decimal comma.
  • Fixed issue with select columns page not loading in SSL when appropriate.
  • Fixed security vulnerability when validating product state.
  • Fixed an issue with the entry list where trashed entries appear in the list of active entries when sorting by a field value.
  • Fixed an issue with conditional logic when product drop down is used as a target.
  • Removed permissions check from low level GFFormsModel::delete_lead() – moved to page level.
  • Removed the value and size attributes from the input tag for the “file” type since they are not supported and cause html validation errors.
  • Removed permission checks from GFFormsModel::delete_form() and GFFormsModel::delete_leads_by_form() – moved to page level.

API Updates in Gravity Forms v1.8.6

  • Fixed an issue with GFAPI::add_entry() where the status was being ignored.
  • Fixed an issue with GFAPI:get_entries() where the status was being ignored when sorting by a field value.
  • Fixed issue with Web API GET entries ignoring is_numeric.

Add-On Framework Updates in Gravity Forms v1.8.6

  • Set trial amount to user entered value when trial option set to “Enter amount” for the Payment Add-On.
  • Added GFAPI::current_user_can_any() so developers can check permissions before calling any of the other API functions.
  • Added some logging for the Payment Add-On.
  • Added discounts to the order data for the Payment Add-On.
  • Added product options as a separate array to the line items array for the Payment Add-On.
  • Added is_shipping indicator to line items to distinguish between shipping field and regular product field for the Payment Add-On.
  • Added name property to settings_setup_fee and settings_trial for the Payment Add-On.
  • Added integration with the Logging Add-On – all add-ons now appear automatically on the settings page.
  • Fixed issue with validation failure icon not being displayed for all field types.
  • Fixed issue with checkbox validation.

You can update to the latest version of Gravity Forms using Automatic Update. Just visit the Updates page under the Forms navigation in your WordPress Dashboard. Update deployment is staged so if you do not see the update available, try again in a few hours. You can also download the latest version of the plugin from the Downloads page.

Please Note: Automatic Update will only work if you have correctly entered your License Key in the Settings page of Gravity Forms in your WordPress Dashboard.
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