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We’ve Launched New Community Features!

Remember our post back in March when we asked 3rd-party developers for information on their products? Well, It’s time to unveil the newest addition to the Gravity Forms website that we’ve been working so hard on, and it’s all about the Gravity Forms community! Since Gravity Forms was launched over 9 years ago, it’s gained quite a following within the WordPress community. Every day, developers around the world are releasing new Gravity Forms add-ons that continue to push the boundaries of how user input is obtained, processed, and displayed on WordPress sites. With such a massive following, we’ve decided to focus our efforts over the last several months on those 3rd-party add-ons that make Gravity Forms the powerhouse that it is.

Gravity Forms v2.4 Beta 1 Released

By Steve Henty

Gravity Forms v2.4 Beta 1 is now available via the downloads page. It is not currently available via automatic update. Version 2.4 is a major feature release that includes a variety of enhancements and improvements especially in the areas of data protection, accessibility and performance.

Secure WordPress Forms: Best Practices to Keep Your Website Safe

Secure WordPress forms are important to protect your site against hackers and spammers. In this post, learn some best practices to secure your forms.

ActiveCampaign Add-On v1.5 Released

By Carl Hancock

Gravity Forms ActiveCampaign Add-On v1.5 is now available via automatic update and the downloads page. This is a major maintenance, bug fix and developer focused release.

How to Use Social Proof to Improve Form Conversions

Social proof is an important technique to nudge your users toward making a decision (like completing a form). In this article, we explain how to use it.

Gravity Forms v2.3.4 Released

By Carl Hancock

Gravity Forms v2.3.4 is now available via automatic update and the downloads page. This update includes security enhancements, bug fixes, and developer updates. Updates and a bug fix have also been added to the Gravity Forms API and Add-On Framework which are included in the Gravity Forms core plugin. For complete details on what is new in Gravity Forms v2.3.4 see the changelog below.

Accepting PayPal Payments in Your WordPress Forms

By Jeff Matson

At times, setting up a quick and simple form for receiving PayPal payments on your WordPress site is far easier than a full e-commerce solution. While full solutions offer things such as inventory management and a deeper checkout process, it’s often overkill to deploy a large-scale solution for just a few items.

Form Layout: 10 Tips to Structure Your Forms

Form layout is a crucial element of form design. This article explains some simple-to-make form layout changes that will increase conversions.

Redirecting Users After a Successful Form Submission in WordPress

By Jeff Matson

Depending on your particular needs, you may need to redirect users who submit your form to another location on your WordPress site. Thanks to the confirmation settings in Gravity Forms, it’s easy to redirect users to another page with just a few clicks. Adding Gravity Forms’ advanced conditional logic to the mix, you can even redirect your submissions to different places, based on the data that they submitted.

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