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Gravity Forms v1.8.7 Released

By Carl Hancock Published April 11, 2014

Gravity Forms v1.8.7 is now available via automatic update and the customer downloads page. This is a major maintenance, security and developer release with updates to the core Gravity Forms plugin, Add-On Framework and the 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 v1.8.7

• Added Text Domain and Domain Path to plugin header so the description may be translated.
• Updated product calculation to improve performance.
• Updated width of form title column so form actions do not wrap.
• Updated two notice statements to alleviate confusion.
• Updated German translation file with user-provided update.
• Updated a few strings so they can be translated.
• Updated POT file.
• Updated GFFormsModel::save_lead() method to support saving leads on non-admin views.
• Updated GFFormDisplay::has_conditional_logic from private to public.
• Fixed an issue with the validation of the number field when set to currency format and the Gravity Forms currency setting is set to a decimal comma formatted currency.
• Fixed incorrect domain for translations in a few instances.
• Fixed issue with nested conditional logic on checkboxes.
• Fixed issue where conditional logic setting was showing up for Hidden products.
• Fixed issue where GF Results was being initialized on all admin pages.
• Fixed issue with the {pricing_fields} merge tag markup.

API Updates in Gravity Forms v1.8.7

• Updated the Web API authentication to accept both url-encoded and unencoded signatures to handle different client behavior.
• Updated some mysql_*() calls to support WordPress 3.9 under PHP 5.5 or higher.

Add-On Framework Updates in Gravity Forms v1.8.7

• Added support for top level “app” menus.
• Added support for top level “app settings”.
• Added support for app tab UIs.
• Fixed an issue with the form settings menu where the menu item for the add-on was appearing in the menu even when the current user did not have adequate permissions.
• Fixed filter for app settings menu.

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.