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Gravity Forms v1.8.17 Released

By Carl Hancock Published September 24, 2014

Gravity Forms v1.8.17 is now available via automatic update and the customer downloads page. This is a maintenance release that also introduces new hooks for developers.

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 v1.8.17

• Added form specific version of ‘gform_entry_is_spam‘ filter.
• Added “gform_entry_is_spam” filter.
• Added ‘gform_disable_view_counter‘ filter to disable counting of form views. Both globally and by form id. Views column remains displayed on the Forms page.
• Updated entry list and detail pages to display spam features if gform_entry_is_spam hook is used when Akismet integration is disabled.
• Updated is_duplicate check to work for “long” values as well.
• Fixed a notice on the WordPress updates page.
• Fixed issue with Add-On manager displaying error when installing Add-Ons.
• Fixed notice when $form[‘pagination’][‘display_progressbar_on_confirmation’] was not set.
• Fixed issue with entry list page payment status drop down containing “Approved” instead of “Paid”.
• Fixed issue where setting an input-based field value to empty would fail to save.

Add-On Framework Updates in Gravity Forms v1.8.17

• Added get_feeds_by_slug function.
• Added is_delayed function to check whether a feed is delayed processing with PayPal Standard.
• Updated maybe_process_feed function to handle processing when add-on is set as delayed in PayPal Standard feed setup.
• Updated logging statements to be clearer.
• Removed unused function get_feed_by_entry.

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.