HTML Forms

1.5.1

• Bug fix when getting error code responses when submission data is unavailable.
• Bug fix for _load_textdomain_just_in_time error when plugin text is being translated.
• Interface changes.

1.5.0

• New Variables for HTML Forms Submission Data (Timestamp, User Agent, IP Address, and Referrer URL).
• Interface changes.

1.4.2

• Bug fix to prevent XSS on HTML Forms list table.

1.4.1

• Added hooks for HTML Forms Premium features.
• Added Knowledge Base links throughout.
• Interface changes.

1.4.0

• Added a “Submissions” column to the forms table.
• New “Wrapper Tag” setting to configure what HTML tag wraps fields in the form editor.
• Added “Hide Preview” option to the form editor.
• Improved integration with the hCaptcha for WordPress plugin.
• Interface changes.

1.3.34 – July 7th, 2024

• Made the Submissions tab a direct link.
• Raw submission data is now scrollable.
• Added nonce verification to bulk actions on the HTML Forms list table.

1.3.33 – June 24th, 2024

• Fix for adding additional choices to the Dropdown, Checkboxes, and Radio Buttons fields.
• Fix to prevent XSS on form Messages.
• Fix for the Mailchimp action’s check for an email field.
• Interface changes.

1.3.32 – June 17th, 2024

• Better handling for line breaks in field data.
• Fix for the “d/m/Y” date format not being handled correctly.

1.3.31 – May 20, 2024

• Interface changes.

1.3.30 – Mar 7, 2024

• Run form mark-up through KSES filter if user lacks unfiltered_html capability.

1.3.29 – Feb 6, 2024

• Fix get_field_count() used for anti-spam protection not correctly counting fields when attribute key came directly after a line-break. Thanks yann1cks!
• Fix data-hide-if attribute not updating required fields correctly. Thanks yann1cks!
• Remove unused class input from Gutenberg block. Thanks yann1cks!
• Remove use of tlite JS dependency.
• Update JS dependencies.

1.3.28 – Sep 19, 2023

• Update browserslist to support the same set of browsers as WordPress core.
• Delay initializing the field builder component until the DOM has fully loaded. Fixes an issue with the file upload button (from HTML Forms Premium) not appearing.

1.3.27 – Jun 30, 2023

• Fix PHP notice for calling WPDB::prepare with mixed argument types.
• Update JS dependencies.

1.3.26 – Nov 15, 2022

• Add pagination to submissions overview page if there are more than 500 items to show.
• “Move to trash” action for submissions now properly called “Delete permanently”. Thanks to Rakesh Sabale.

1.3.25 – Oct 21, 2022

This release fixes a SQL injection vulnerability where users with the administrator role could execute arbitrary SQL commands.
Thanks to Nguyen Duy Quoc Khanh via WPScan for the responsible disclosure.

Other changes:

• Use default WordPress collation when creating tables. Props bengs.

1.3.24 – Sep 23, 2022

• Compatibility with Swup.js, thanks to Sam Brown
• Update JavaScript dependencies.

1.3.23 – Mar 2, 2022

• Add support for swup.js in conditional fields logic.
• Safer support for Full-Site Editing by splitting up registering and enqueueing of JS and CSS assets.

1.3.22 – Jun 7, 2021

• Always load minified asset files, regardless of SCRIPT_DEBUG constant.
• Optimize JavaScript event callbacks in form editor.
• Fix required fields logic for when field names have multiple spaces in them.
• Add action parameter to AJAX endpoint for submitting forms.

1.3.21 – May 14, 2021

• Add multisite compatibility for storing form submissions. Thanks to Ismail Hardoum.
• Fix required fields logic for fields with spaces in their name.
• Fix replacement variables logic for fields with spaces or special characters in their name.
• Add nonce verification to all URL’s using _hf_admin_action.

1.3.20 – May 7, 2021

• Change type of referer_url column in database to TEXT.
• Pass form object to hf_form_markup filter hook.
• Refresh form editor after navigating via tabs.

1.3.19 – Feb 16, 2021

• Add filter for file-uploads to use direct links to file instead of WP media attachment.
• Fix field variables not showing correctly in available tags for email action message body.

1.3.18 – Jan 13, 2021

• Updated JS dependencies.
• Change plugin domain to htmlformsplugin.com.

1.3.17 – Dec 21, 2020

• Forms are now sortable by name on overview page.
• Update internal dependencies to their latest versions.
• Add role="alert" to form messages.
• Optimize size of public JavaScript file (25% size reduction) by rewriting some dependencies.
• Add filter for tabs in admin area.

1.3.16 – May 6, 2020

• Add filter hook for successful form responses: hf_form_response
• Only try to detect WPBruiser hidden input fields whenever that plugin is activated.
• Stop explicitly enabling shortcodes in text widgets as this is now handled by WordPress core (as of version 4.9).
• Explicitly set engine and charset on submissions database table.

1.3.14 – Nov 6, 2019

Improvements

• Stop using supress_filters argument when retrieving forms, for a possible performance improvement.
• Prevent extra SQL query for options when global settings have not been saved yet.

1.3.13 – Oct 18, 2019

Fixes

• Special HTML characters being encoded even in plain text emails.

Improvements

• HTML tags are no longer stripped from field values, so forms can now accept HTML. HTML is still escaped upon display to prevent XSS.

1.3.12 – Oct 11, 2019

Compatibility with Mailchimp for WordPress 4.6.

1.3.11 – Sep 17, 2019

Improvements

• Write results from Mailchimp action to MC4WP debug log.

1.3.10 – Sep 5, 2019

Fixes

• PHP warning introduced in latest update when using array fields.

1.3.9 – Sep 2, 2019

Fixes

• Strip out WPBruiser token field to prevent it from being stored.

Improvements

• Add filter hooks to variables inside the email action. Thanks to Ryan Salerno.

1.3.8 – May 28, 2019

Fixes

• Invalid HTML for generated textarea tag.

Improvements

• Improved HTML escaping, preserve double and single quotes.
• Explicitly set charset of HTML emails to UTF-8 by default.
• Escape HTML after limiting string length, not before.

1.3.7 – April 8, 2019

Additions

• Add Gutenberg block for adding shortcode to content.
• Add setting in field builder for the multiple attribute on <select> elements.
• Add hf_get_forms() function for retrieving multiple form objects.

Improvements

• Add edit_form capability to user that activates the plugin.

1.3.6 – March 27, 2019

Improvements

• Don’t strip HTML from variable replacements in HTML emails. This change allows you to link to uploaded files properly.

1.3.5 – January 29, 2019

Improvements

• Allow adding form field variables to the form’s redirect URL.

1.3.4 – January 9, 2019

Improvements

• Reload available field variables when adding action on form settings page.
• Add role=”alert” attribute to all form messages.
• Emit “message” event whenever message is shown to user.

1.3.3 – November 6, 2018

Fixes

• Fix selected state of email content type.

Improvements

• Add filter & action hook for extending forms with custom messages & message settings.
• Don’t add line-breaks automatically when using HTML emails.
• Delete all related postmeta when deleting a submission.

1.3.2 – Aug 6, 2018

Improvements

• Default to an empty string value in conditional fields logic. This allows you to show or hide elements when a field is empty or has not been set yet.

1.3.1 – June 12, 2018

Improvements

• Format dates, files and arrays when using data variables.
• Format dates, files and arrays on the submissions overview and submissions details pages.
• Allow cancelling a form’s submit event in JavaScript (with event.stopPropagation()) to prevent form submission.

1.3.0 – May 28, 2018

Fixes

• PHP notice because of namespace import outside of any namespace.
• Removed usage of PHP 5.4+ feature.
• Enforce HTTPS in form preview iframe when WP Admin uses HTTPS but public site does not.

Improvements

• Hook into GDPR Personal Data Export & Erase functionality. Requires WP 4.9.6.
• Allow updating stored Submissions with empty values. Allows clearing out IP address & user agents.
• Internal field should start with underscore to hide it in column view.
• Add for attribute to generated label element. Allows for simple multi-step forms.

Additions

• Add support for button clicks in conditional element logic.

1.2.0 – April 24, 2018

Fixes

• Remove use of short-array syntax, which is only available in PHP 5.4 or later.

Improvements

• You can now hide columns on the submissions tab using screen options (in the top right corner).
• You can now disable saving submissions on a per-form basis.
• Allow pre-checking multiple checkboxes when using the field helper
• Fields with matching URL parameter names will automatically be prefilled.
• Use SVG icon in admin menu.

Additions

• Add simple action for subscribing to Mailchimp. Requires the Mailchimp for WordPress plugin.

1.1.5 – April 9, 2018

Fixes

• Conditionally hidden fields are now ignored in server-side required field validation too. Thanks Jeroen Sormani!

Improvements

• Added foundational stuff for being able to handle file uploads.

Additions

• Added hf_process_form action to execute code before the form actions run.

1.1.4 – March 28, 2018

Fixes

• Ensure form is fully functional in live preview.
• Show all forms on the forms overview page (limit was 5).
• Parse field variables in custom email headers. Thanks Jeroen Sormani!

Improvements

• You can now bind JavaScript events using the default browser API, eg document.getElementById('hf-form-5').addEventListener('hf-success', ..);
• Only load JavaScript file on pages with a form on it.
• Don’t add line-breaks in HTML generated by the Field Builder.
• Conditional elements now accept wildcard values: *
• Available field variables in email action settings are now clickable.

Additions

• Added several action & filter hooks to enable advanced functionality in HTML Forms Premium.

1.1.3 – February 12, 2018

Fixes

• Form preview was not working when WPML was activated.

Improvements

• Improved theme compatibility for the form preview.
• Print submission details as JSON instead of PHP object.
• Form messages are now added to the element as data attributes, so they can be used in JavaScript event callbacks.

Additions

• Conditional logic now accepts multiple values, separated by the |-character.

1.1.2 – January 18, 2018

Fixes

• Conditional elements visible in form preview.
• WP_List_Table issue on forms overview page.

Improvements

• Allow disabling submission storage through a global setting.
• Hide submissions tab when submission storage is disabled.
• Prevent PHP notice if $_SERVER global is missing properties.
• Update JavaScript dependencies.

Additions

• Filter: hf_ignored_field_names

1.1.1 – December 21, 2017

Fixes

• Incorrect role capability for administrators.

1.1 – December 21, 2017

Fixes

• JavaScript error in some older browser when submitting the form.

Improvements

• Use custom user capability base for editing & viewing forms.
• Delay form response until a later hook so other plugins get a chance to hook in.
• Disable client-side validation for conditional fields marked as required.

Additions

• Added live preview to the form editor.

1.0.6 – December 11, 2017

Fixes

• Array replacements in email message were showing “Array” instead of a comma separated list of values.
• Don’t reset form when there are errors. Thanks Jeroen Sormani!

Additions

• You can now use certain template variables in the form content which will be dynamically replaced.
• Added hf_validate_form_{$form_slug} filter hook.
• Added hf_form_{$form_slug}_success action hook.

1.0.5 – November 18, 2017

Fixes

• Could not save more than one “Email” action.

1.0.4 – November 10, 2017

Fixes

• Incompatibility with PHP versions before 5.6.
• Data variables could not be placed on the same line.

Improvements

• Clear output buffer before sending AJAX response to prevent issues with response parsing.

Additions

• Added hf_form_message_{$code} filter hook.

1.0.3 – November 6, 2017

Additions

• Added support for conditional elements by using data-show-if and data-hide-if attributes.

Improvements

• Accept id argument in [hf_form] shortcode.
• Catch errors in shortcode’s slug attribute.
• Allow changing form slug after initial form is saved.

Fixes

• Fixes stylesheet URL when option to load stylesheet is toggled.

1.0.2 – October 30, 2017

Fixes

• Form validation always failing when form has 0 required fields.

Improvements

• Fake success response when honeypot validation fails.
• Validate request by comparing size of POST array with number of form fields.
• Ensure submit button never has label element when using the field helper.
• Optimize URL generation of asset files on frontend.

Additions

• Added hf_validate_form_request_size filter hook.

1.0.1 – October 28, 2017

Improvements
– Added SVG admin menu icon.
– Field names are now sanitized before they are saved in the database.
– Submit button was missing for default form fields.
– Unneeded <form> tags are now stripped from the form before saving.

Additions
– Added data-title and data-slug attributes to the <form> element on the frontend.

1.0 – October 25, 2017

Introducing a first version of HTML Forms, a different approach to forms for WordPress sites.