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Gravity Forms v1.8.9 Released

By Carl Hancock Published June 24, 2014

Gravity Forms v1.8.9 is now available via automatic update and the customer downloads page. This is a maintenance release that implements changes to both the core Gravity Forms plugin and the Gravity Forms 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.

What’s New in Gravity Forms v1.8.9

• Added ‘gform_field_container’ filter to allow modifying the field container markup.
• Updated entry detail screen so that the payment details heading is defaulted to “Payment Details”.
• Updated Akismet integration to use Akismet::http_post instead of the deprecated function akismet_http_post when the Akismet version is 3.0 and greater.
• Updated Spanish translation to properly escape a string causing issues when resending notifications.
• Added ‘gform_encrypt_password’ hook to allow basic encryption of password field values when saved to database.
• Fixed issue with Payment Add-On where payment information wasn’t available to hooks via the $entry object.
• Fixed issue causing payment details to show up twice for older payment addons.
• Fixed issue with conditional logic when greater than and less were used on checkboxes.
• Fixed error being incorrectly returned for GFAPI::update_form() method.
• Fixed notices thrown when the is_valid_key element does not exist in the version information array.
• Fixed issue with currency validation on certain currencies.
• Fixed issue with conditional logic reset logic triggering change event even when value did not change.
• Fixed issue with conditional logic javascript when working with empty child elements.
• Fixed issue with quantity of Quantity fields allowing negative values to be entered.

Add-On Framework Updates in Gravity Forms v1.8.9

• Added support for additional payment options to the Payment Add-On.
• Added extra parameter to has_feed() call to support checking if there is a feed that meets conditional logic.
• Updated gform_entry_post_save hook so it is called as a filter, not an action.
• Fixed issue with the results page where values of fields with multiple inputs (e.g. Name and Address) would not be displayed correctly.
• Fixed issue causing feed condition to display warnings in certain conditions.

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.