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Certified Developer Week: Celebrating 1 Year with the Gravity Forms Certified Developers!

By Gravity Forms Published June 21, 2021

One year ago today we launched the Gravity Forms Certified Developer Program. Packed with certified add-ons that can enhance and extend any form, this week we are pleased to celebrate ‘Certified Developer Week’ to mark the program’s one year anniversary!

The Certified Developer Program brings you the very best of the community add-ons, helping you to do more with Gravity Forms. When you purchase any of the Gravity Forms certified add-ons, you can be confident in the quality and security of the product, as well as the support offered from these third-party developers.

Let’s find out more about the developers and add-ons in this program, and how they can help you add new features and functionality to your forms…

The Gravity Forms Certified Developer Program

Gravity Forms certified add-ons are advanced solutions that can help you upgrade your forms and grow your business. The developers behind these third-party add-ons are valued and trusted members of our community, and their work is unrivaled when it comes to extending Gravity Forms.

During the first year of the Certified Developer Program, we have seen much collaboration between our certified developers and Gravity Forms, with a group focus on a number of different projects and ventures. These include…

• Gravity Forms Certified Add-On Browser – With the introduction of the Certified Developer Program, we saw the launch of the Gravity Forms Certified Add-On browser. The Certified Add-on browser enables Gravity Forms customers to view the certified add-ons within their WordPress Admin, and click through to all of the certified developer websites to easily make a purchase.

• Gravity Forms 2.5 – The release of Gravity Forms 2.5 saw all of our certified developers working hard on compatibility with this major update. Backwards compatibility, full integration into the product, and new documentation were all areas of focus, helping to ensure that add-ons continued to work smoothly with Gravity Forms after the launch.

• Add-On Integration and Collaboration – The Certified Developer Program has created a pathway for collaboration between developers, which has ultimately led to more value for Gravity Forms customers. From deeper integration between certified add-ons, to pooling of resources, tutorials, and documentation, there has been much progress towards helping and supporting Gravity Forms users think outside of the box and create custom solutions for specific projects.

Let’s now find out more about each of the certified developers, what they offer, and where the past year has taken them…

Gravity Wiz

Gravity Wiz provides a suite of 35+ handcrafted add-ons (Gravity Perks) which each provide a unique feature set. Combined, these perks can solve complex problems and skip the headaches and time-sinks of custom development.

Here’s a bit about what Gravity Wiz have been up to since joining the Certified Developer Program…

• Gravity Forms 2.5 compatibility was a huge project for Gravity Wiz, seeing them update all their 35 perks to ensure both 2.5 and backwards compatibility. Their wide span of functionality also helped identify potential issues with Gravity Forms before it shipped to customers (thanks for the help GW!)

• File Upload Pro was released in December and version 1.0 was published just this month. It’s a professional file uploader that improves the file upload experience not just for images but all file types. For images, it supports robust cropping options, auto-rotation, and image optimizations.

• Randomizer was also released this year, helping to make randomizing your choices and removing bias a breeze. Randomizer also bypasses caching limitations, so choices are always random.

• In 2020 alone, Gravity Wiz created 39 tutorials and how tos for their customers. They also published five free plugins and five snippet articles.

Check out this promotion from Gravity Wiz, running for the whole of Certified Developer Week (Monday 21st – Friday 25th, 2021)…

• 10% off Basic license

• 20% off Advanced license

• 30% off Pro license

Use coupon code CDWEEK at checkout to receive these discounts.

Gravity Flow

Gravity Flow helps you to build custom WordPress workflows to automate your form-based business processes.

By creating customizable workflows with the plugin, you can automate approvals and inputs on each entry of every form created with Gravity Forms. As a Gravity Flow customer, you’ll love the ability to easily implement workflows yourself, as it will give you direct control over the whole process. It will also mean you can tweak and update processes as necessary without complex coding or the need for third-party support.

Being based on WordPress and Gravity Forms also means that data is being handled directly and securely on your servers, removing any data security or access worries. It’s also got a fixed yearly cost irrespective of the amount of users or forms used, meaning your business does not need to spend more as it grows! Gravity Flow’s third-party integrations, such as HelpScout, WooCommerce, Stripe, and Zapier help make it even more powerful, ready to scale and adapt to your business’ success.

In 2020, Gravity Flow saw a 70% renewal rate in licenses, the highest since the launch of the product in 2015. Gravity Flow’s founder, Steven Henty, said the company does two things to achieve that 70% renewal rate on licenses: making a great product and providing outstanding customer support.

As part of Certified Developer Week, Gravity Flow is offering an exclusive $50 off their Ultimate License! Use CDWEEK2021 at checkout to get your discount! (Monday 21st – Friday 25th, 2021 only).

JetSloth

JetSloth has a selection of add-ons which focus on a combination of design, functionality, and usability. You can use these plugins to easily add tooltips, images, colors, collapsible sections, and much more, enabling you to create beautiful and extremely user-friendly forms.

Here’s what JetSloth has been up to over the past year…

• JetSloth has worked hard to update all of their plugins to be compatible with Gravity Forms 2.5. They also re-wrote all the CSS styles for all plugins to both support legacy markup and new Gravity Forms markup.

• Collaboration with Gravity PDF has seen JetSloth upgrading their Image Choices Add-On to support Gravity PDF via an action hook, greatly extending functionality for customers. Lazy Loading has also been added to Images Choices, as well as a range of tutorials and example CSS to use with this add-on.

• The Gravity Forms Newsletter Signup modal builder, a free online tool, was launched to help customers quickly and easily generate opt-in forms for their websites.

• JetSloth has recently been focusing on the JetSloth 2.0 website design and new plugin styles, as well as the prototype for their new add-on Gravity Forms Entry Insights, coming soon!

For more information on JetSloth and their numerous add-ons, check out their website.

ForGravity

ForGravity is a longstanding member of the Gravity Forms community and ecosystem. Their add-ons can be used to turn basic forms into advanced solutions, from security to automation and more, helping businesses to meet specific needs.

Let’s find out what ForGravity has been up to since joining the Certified Developer Program…

• On the product side, the main focus for ForGravity has been Gravity Forms 2.5 compatibility. They wanted their next major product updates to not just work with the new UI, but to feel fully integrated into it.

• Fillable PDFs 3.0 got a brand new visual mapper that makes their quick start PDF generation solution that much more user-friendly. Fillable PDFs also added support for Image Hopper, JetSloth’s Image Choices, and Nested Forms & File Upload Pro from Gravity Wiz.

• Entry Automation 3.0 received a brand new UI update, as well as support for exporting directly to Excel spreadsheets (a frequent customer request) and more flexible scheduling options.

• On the business side, the ForGravity team has grown to include Rocketgenius’ Yoren Chang who has been helping to lead a lot of their development efforts. Matt Bumby continues to push their UX/UI even further, and they are also working more closely with Ellipsis, who are helping direct a lot of the ForGravity marketing strategy.

Throughout Certified Developer Week (Monday 21st – Friday 25th, 2021), ForGravity are offering 10% off ALL licenses – use CDWEEK2021 at checkout to get the discount!

Gravity PDF

With Gravity PDF you can automatically generate and email downloadable PDFs. Whether you want to send invoices, contracts, letters of business, or some other type of PDF based on your form submissions, Gravity PDF can help to improve your form experience.

Gravity PDF has seen extremely busy over the last 12 months since joining the Certified Developer Program. Here’s what they’ve been up to…

• This year Gravity PDF hit 40K active installations on WordPress.org.

• Over the last 12 months, Gravity PDF successfully completed 220 Bespoke PDF projects for customers. These ranged from simple projects like creating a PDF that looks like a sample document provided, to full blown invoice management and payment systems.

• Gravity PDF held their first Bundle Giveaway, with over $1000 of software prizes donated from many of the certified developers – a direct result of the Certified Developer Program.

• The Gravity PDF refund policy was switched from 7 days to 30 days for all product purchases.

• The Bulk Generator Add-On was released, enabling users to download a zip of PDFs across entries in a form (no more time consuming individual manual downloads!).

• Reports for GF Charts Add-On was released, a collaboration which again came as a direct result from the Certified Developer Program. This add-on combines the power of Gravity PDF and GFChart to generate reports, which can be scheduled if required.

• The release of Gravity PDF 6.0 saw numerous developments, including:
  • A complete overhaul of the UI to seamlessly integrate with Gravity Forms 2.5
  • A greater focus on accessibility for the Gravity PDF admin UI
  • Form field drag-and-drop column support in PDFs, as well as Gravity Perks Nested Forms column support
  • Brand new Advanced Font Manager with font file validation and automatic OTL-feature support for complex scripts like Arabic or Hebrew
  • A dedicated PDF Widget on the Entry Details page, instead of including the links in the Entry widget
  • Ability to include PDF URLs in the Entry exports
  • Enhanced PDF merge tags
  • Gravity PDF environmental details included on the Gravity Forms System Status page
  • Overhauled documentation for Gravity PDF 6

For more information on Gravity PDF, check out their website.

Image Hopper

Image Hopper, an all-in-one image editing and uploading solution, launched in November 2020, and joined the Certified Developer Program shortly after. Developed by the same team behind Gravity PDF, Image Hopper is fully accessible and provides a beautiful image uploading optimization experience. It also integrates with numerous other certified add-ons including Gravity PDF, GravityView, Gravity Perks Nested Forms, and Gravity Flow.

Even though Image Hopper has only been part of the certified developer community for a short amount of time, it has still accomplished plenty. Let’s take a look…

• In January 2021, Image Hopper added advanced image editing capabilities, including cropping, rotating, flipping, color correction, image filters, marking up the image with text, drawing, arrows etc, and resizing.

• March 2021 saw a new Post Image Image Hopper field added to replace the standard Post Image field. This supports integration with Gravity Forms Advanced Post Creation, Gravity Wiz Media Library, and the third-party plugin Gravity Forms Custom Post Type.

• In April 2021, Image Hopper added full support for Gravity Forms 2.5.

For more information on Image Hopper, and how it can enhance your forms, check out the website.

GravityView

Take your forms to the next level by using GravityView to display data entries on the front-end of your website. This impressive certified add-on has recently hit an exciting milestone – GravityView is now powering over 20,000 websites!

Here’s their news from 2020/21…

• GravityView 2.10 was released, a huge update to the View editor that touched over 25,000 lines of code.

• Gravity Guide was launched and already 10 free courses have been published about using Gravity Forms and related add-ons. GravityView also hired a full-time content creator to reshape the blog and create valuable content for their customers.

• GravityView acquired the popular Gravity Forms Entries in Excel plugin that allows you to export GF data to Excel via a direct download URL. They’re also going to be launching a Pro version that includes several further features.

• They also took over the Gravity Forms Zero Spam plugin. It was originally developed in 2014 by GravityView’s friends at GoWP, but they saw opportunities to improve it and asked if they could take over maintenance.

• Gravity Forms Calendar 1.5 was released, adding AJAX-powered dynamic loading for event data.

• Math 2.0 was released, which saw several improvements including support for duration calculations.

As part of Certified Developer Week, GravityView is offering 20% off the All Access plan – discount automatically applied at checkout with this link. 

GFChart

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GFChart is a business reporting add-on for Gravity Forms. With this powerful add-on you can create business reports including charts and calculations from form submissions, quickly turning data into knowledge.

GFChart works off the back of Gravity Forms, enabling you to monitor and analyze the data collected via your website forms. Ideal for Surveys, Registrations, Sales and Assessments, with this data add-on you can easily view your data in a range of visual formats, including charts, calculations, progress bars, and more.

GFChart follows the Gravity Forms ’no code’ ethos for most functions. This makes it ideal for users who either can’t code, don’t have the budget, or want to avoid further technical debt. Its integration with other Gravity Forms Certified Developers such as GravityView, Gravity Flow and Gravity PDF allows larger applications to be created with ease.

And for customers who get stuck, the GFChart helpdesk is staffed by business people who understand the add-on in depth and can recommend how best to achieve the desired outcome.

For more information on GFChart, check out the website.

Certified Developer Week – Don’t Miss Out On These Deals!

Discounts are available throughout Certified Developer Week (Monday 21st – Friday 25th, 2021)…

• GravityView – 20% off the All Access plan (discount automatically applied at checkout with this link). 

• Gravity Wiz – 30% off Pro licenses, 20% off Advanced licenses, 10% off Basic licenses with the code CDWEEK 

• ForGravity – 10% off ALL licenses with the code CDWEEK2021

• Gravity Flow – $50 off the Ultimate license with the code CDWEEK2021

Disclaimer: Deal dates, times, terms and conditions, and discounts may vary – if you have any questions on the discounts or products offered please contact the certified developers directly.

Don’t miss out on these impressive certified add-on discounts – make a purchase today!