News & Updates -

Gravity Forms v1.8.8 Released

By Carl Hancock Published May 15, 2014

Gravity Forms v1.8.8 is now available via automatic update and the customer downloads page. This is a major maintenance and security release. It also features new hooks to prepare Gravity Forms for new Add-Ons and Add-On updates.

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 v1.8.8

• Added support for Proxy to resolve issues with sites on blacklisted IPs not being able to access the Gravity Help API.
• Added ability to place the payment details in a separate box on the entry detail page.
• Added Bulgarian translation file.
• Added ‘gform_display_product_summary’ hook to allow suppressing pricing summary on {all_fields} merge tag and displaying pricing fields inline with other form fields.
• Added ‘gform_export_options’ hook to allow adding custom export options.
• Added ‘gform_form_update_meta’ hook to allow modifying form meta before it is saved to the database.
• Added gform_entry_pre_update filter to allow entry to be changed prior to being saved.
• Added gform_post_update_entry hook to allow actions to be taken when entry is updated.
• Added gform_post_payment_transaction hook to allow actions to be taken after a payment transaction is created.
• Added gform_action_pre_payment_callback filter to allow callback action and parameters to be changed before a payment callback is executed.
• Added gform_post_payment_callback hook to allow actions to be taken after a payment callback is processed.
• Added gform_post_payment_completed hook to allow actions to be taken when a payment is completed.
• Added gform_post_payment_refunded hook to allow actions to be taken after a payment refund is processed.
• Added gform_post_subscription_started hook to allow actions to be taken after a subscription has been created.
• Updated the multi-file upload field to support Plupload 2.x in WordPress 3.9.
• Updated the Locking API to use a Heartbeat interval of 30 seconds as standard and 5 seconds while waiting for the response to a control request. The lock timeout is now 150 seconds – equivalent to Posts and Pages.
• Updated links to sign up page for reCAPTCHA.
• Fixed issue with feed addon not refreshing list page when a feed is deleted.
• Fixed issue introduced in 1.8.7.14 with the multi-file upload field not properly displaying an error message in case of a failed upload.
• Fixed issue with multi-file upload field not allowing files with special accent characters from being uploaded.
• Fixed issue where legacy notification data was not cleaned up when editing existing notifications.
• Fixed issue with quantity of single product fields allowing negative values to be entered.
• Fixed issue with number field validation.
• Fixed issue with Addon Browser not recognizing valid licenses.
• Fixed notice in GFFormDisplay::get_chosen_init_script() where $input_type was not defined.
• Fixed issue where selecting option from bulk choice menu scrolled page to top.
• Fixed issue with chosen script throwing javascript errors on certain situations.
• Fixed issue with multi-file upload field throwing javascript errors when the number of files uploaded reached the max files setting.

Add-On Framework Updates in Gravity Forms v1.8.8

• Added more logging statements to the Payment Add-On.
• Added the function is_callback_valid which can be overwritten for use by Payment plugins for the Payment Add-On.
• Added entry and action objects to be passed as parameters for custom events for the Payment Add-On.
• Updated logging to go to the plugins log instead of Gravity Forms’ log for the Payment Add-on.
• Updated to remove caching the feed in the Payment Add-On.

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.