Gravity Forms is extremely excited to announce that v2.5 beta 1 is on its way. Currently adding the finishing touches, our development team has been working night and day to create a fantastic new version of Gravity Forms.
Gravity Forms - New and Improved
With Gravity Forms 2.5 beta 1 you will find new features, improved functionality, and an impressive user experience. After listening to our customers, we have worked hard on bringing you enhancements across the board - and we think you’re going to love it!
You can expect a complete redesign of the form building experience, with new ways of working and a beautiful revamped look and feel.
And with a focus on accessibility, Gravity Forms has also been working with accessibility expert Rian Rietveld, and her team at Level Level, to solidify our position as the most accessible form builder on the market.
We truly believe that 2.5 beta is the start of a new era for Gravity Forms - we can’t wait for you to try it.
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Gravity Forms v2.5 beta 1 is coming soon, so if you want to get on board and test it out then sign up to our Beta mailing list.
As yet, we can’t promise a launch date - but good things are worth the wait! By joining our email list, you’ll be the first to know when beta opens, as well as receive useful info such as top features, best practices, and importantly, how to install v2.5 beta and get started.
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This is all great news!
A few thoughts:
1. Thank you for the renewed focus on accessibility. We'd been using the Gravity Forms WCAG plugin but it appears to have been abandoned. I hope your accessibility updates apply to frontend and backend?
2. This may just be a personal opinion, but I prefer when plugins use core WordPress UI elements rather than redesign their admin pages. Take a look at the UX principle "Jakob's Law" that is generally used to apply to entire websites but also applies in the smaller ecosystem of a CMS backend:
https://lawsofux.com/jakobs-law
I think the new Gutenberg-aligned form editor makes a lot of sense though as that is the direction WP has gone.
Thank you again!
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for your comments. The focus for 2.5 has been frontend. We have made a lot of changes to the admin but we can't claim it's fully accessible - yet!
We're looking forward to sharing beta 1 with everyone soon!
Megan
This is amazing! Is there a change-log or feature log available to check out as well?
Not currently - it will probably only be available when beta drops. We'll keep you updated though - make sure you sign up to our beta mailing list!
Fantastic! I'm really happy to see the redesigned interface! Looks great!
Excited to see this update!
Is the new editor using Gutenberg blocks or is it made to look like Gutenberg?
We're excited too! In answer to your question, this is not using Gutenberg, but given WordPress commitment to Gutenberg, we want to provide a similar user experience.
Yep, all sounds and looks really good. Looking fwd to it.
One "what if" though.... what if one has disabled the native wp block editor? Editor resembled in the beta screen looks kinda Gutenberg-ish 😉
Thanks for your comment - to put your mind at ease, there is no connection between the Gravity Forms editor and Gutenberg, other than the aesthetic.
I'm a developer that has created some addon plugins for Gravity Forms, is there a developer resource to test some of my plugins with the new upcoming version before the beta comes out?
Hi Michael,
One of the main reasons we are releasing the beta is to allow developers to check their plugins. This will be mentioned in the release notes that we are putting together. We'll also be releasing multiple betas, so you'll have plenty of time to test your plugins before the final release.
Hope that helps?
Megan
Is recaptcha v3 coming in v2.5?
Adding support for reCaptcha v3 remains a feature request which you can vote for here.
Please oh please tell me we have column support, and no I don’t mean adding CSS styles to change field column width. Column control like some of the page builders have would make GF lethal, especially when you are creating configurators or other visually extensive forms.
Yes! GF 2.5 supports up to 4 columns with an easy-to-use drag-and-drop layout editor.
Excited to hear about this. Will make things lot easier to manage forms.
Will this new way of making form affect the way the form is rendered on the frontend? Will existing sites notice any changes on the frontend?
Backward compatibility for existing websites?
Thanks
Yes, the layout in the editor is a reflection of how it will appear on the frontend. In fact, they use the exact same layout stylesheet!
Existing forms will default to use the same markup they’ve always used (called Legacy Markup). This means you have nothing to worry about for existing sites when you upgrade. Newly created forms will use the new markup but can be updated to use the legacy markup if required.
Hi There,
I'm scared and excited for the new version Gravity Forms!
Some of my more complex solutions use Gravity Flow, Gravity View, Gravity Perks and GravityPDF.
It's great to have the beta's of Gravity Forms, but should I expect compatibility with the said add-ons immediately or will I have to wait for updates to those plugins to effectively do end-to-end testing of my forms?
Thank you.
We’re working with the top add-on developers in our community to try and get the most popular 3rd-party add-ons updated for 2.5 beta 1. With that said, there will likely be some compatibility issues that we need your help to uncover.
Will this end the issue of needing a ton of addon plugins for every install? It would be nice to have everything in one plugin instead of 10 or more GF related plugins in some cases.
We don’t see add-ons going away anytime soon. Gravity Forms provides an incredibly solid form building foundation and it's packed with helpful features. Add-ons allow users to customize their Gravity Forms experience to meet their specific needs. If you think the features you need should be part of core, we’d love to hear about them on the product roadmap... https://www.gravityforms.com/gravity-forms-roadmap/
Is there going to be a way to organize forms into folders/categories? I have a client with over 100 forms and it gets hard to find them sometimes.
Another awesome feature would be to "Duplicate Entire Sections"!!
You can submit your feature requests via our roadmap.