Our Thoughts.
A collection of missives and messages, along with nerd talk and company carryings-on.
Help Us Test Gravity Forms v1.9 And Get Swag!
By Carl HancockHelp us beta test Gravity Forms v1.9 and get Gravity Forms swag and an extension of your Gravity Forms license for submitting bug reports! We just released Gravity Forms v1.9 Beta 3 and in order to encourage Gravity Forms users to test out the v1.9 Beta we are providing users who submit bug reports a 3 month extension of their Gravity Forms license for each confirmed bug. Along with an extension of your Gravity Forms license we will also send you some great swag as a thank you! In order to submit a bug report for Gravity Forms v1.9 you can use the Beta Support form. Be sure to include your Address in order to receive your swag. Please Note: The Gravity Forms swag you receive will depend on availability and size. The image above shows some of the great swag we currently have.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.9 Beta 3 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.9 Beta 3 is now available via automatic update and the customer downloads page. For support issues or bug reports for Gravity Forms v1.9 Beta 3 please submit your request via the Beta Support request form. For a complete rundown of everything that is new in Gravity Forms v1.9 please see the Beta 1 Release Announcement.
Read moreGravity Forms Campaign Monitor Add-On v3.0 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms Campaign Monitor Add-On v3.0 is now available via automatic update and the downloads page. This is a major maintenance release that includes integration with the Gravity Forms Add-On Framework and an update to the Campaign Monitor API.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.8.18 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms v1.8.18 is now available via automatic update and the customer downloads page. This is a maintenance release that also introduces new hooks for developers and updates to the Add-On Framework. 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.
Read moreFive For WordPress
By Carl HancockMatt Mullenweg, the co-founder of the WordPress open source project, suggested that WordPress-centric companies should aim to utilize 5% of their company resources toward contributing back to the project in a blog post published at the end of September. It spurred a lot of conversation and some controversy in the WordPress community. What do we think of the idea? We think it’s a great idea and we’re going to find ways to do just that. Starting today we are moving forward with having the Gravity Forms support team contribute 5% of their time to contributing back to the WordPress project by assisting WordPress users on the WordPress.org support forums. Our user support team currently consists of Rob Harrell, Chris Hajer, Richard Wawrzyniak and Samuel Aguilera will devote 5% of their working hours to assisting users and helping make the WordPress.org support forums a better place. This is a first step towards Rocketgenius contributing to the WordPress project on a weekly basis. We plan on contributing to the WordPress project much more than this in the future and encourage other WordPress-centric businesses to do the same. In the grand scheme of things 5% is very little and we plan on contributing… READ MORE
Read moreGravity Forms Survey Add-On v2.4 Released
By Carl HancockThe Gravity Forms Survey Add-On v2.4 is now available via automatic update and the Add-On Downloads page. This is a maintenance release that also adds support for Gravity Forms v1.9. We suggest all users update to this release as soon as possible just as we always recommend users update WordPress and WordPress Plugins when updates are available.
Read moreGravity Forms Stripe Add-On v1.4 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms Stripe Add-On v1.4 is now available via automatic update and the Add-On Downloads page. As with all WordPress updates we recommend 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.
Read moreGravity Forms Signature Add-On v2.3 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms Signature Add-On v2.3 is now available via automatic update and the Add-On Downloads page. This is maintenance release that also introduces new hooks and support for Gravity Forms v1.9. As with all WordPress updates we recommend 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.
Read moreGravity Forms Quiz Add-On v2.3 Released
By Carl HancockThe Gravity Forms Quiz Add-On v2.3 is now available via automatic update and the Add-On Downloads page. This is a maintenance release that also adds support for Gravity Forms v1.9. We suggest all users update to this release as soon as possible just as we always recommend users update WordPress and WordPress Plugins when updates are available.
Read moreGravity Forms Polls Add-On v2.2 Released
By Carl HancockThe Gravity Forms Polls Add-On v2.2 is now available via automatic update and the Add-On Downloads page. This is a maintenance release that also adds support for Gravity Forms v1.9. We suggest all users update to this release as soon as possible just as we always recommend users update WordPress and WordPress Plugins when updates are available.
Read moreGravity Forms PayPal Standard Add-On v2.2 Released
By Carl HancockGravity Forms PayPal Payments Standard Add-On v2.2 is now available via automatic update and the Add-On downloads page. This is a maintenance and developer release that introduces a variety of new hooks. As with all WordPress updates we recommend 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.
Read moreGravity Forms v1.9 Developer Notes
By Steve HentyAlong with all the much anticipated features, Gravity Forms 1.9 brings a number of important changes under the hood that developers need to be aware of. If you’re the developer of a Gravity Forms Add-On, or if you have added any customizations at all, please read these notes carefully and make sure you’ve implemented the suggested changes to your code while 1.9 is still in beta. Some of the changes could result in bugs, fatal errors and white screens if the advice below is not followed.
Read more