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Version 1.9.3.8 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a security release — we recommend updating as soon as you can. What’s in this release 1.9.3.8 adds missing authorization and nonce checks to the form import handler, sanitises form titles and descriptions on output as an additional safeguard, and […]

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Version 1.9.3.7 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small release with a handy UI improvement and a Pro compatibility fix. Shortcode Copy Button The form edit screen now includes a copy-to-clipboard button next to the shortcode field, making it quicker to grab the shortcode without manually selecting […]

Version 1.9.3.6 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small release to fix a bug that would occur when targeting a taxonomy field type in another field’s conditional logic settings. The bug was a simple JS error that was breaking the underlying AJAX request to fetch terms associated […]

Version 1.9.3.5 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small enhancement that introduces a new filter for modifying field groups on form render and controlling the order in which they render in the form. Changelog Pro Version

Version 1.9.3.4 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small enhancement that introduces a new filter. Changelog

Version 1.9.3.3 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small security release and we recommend everyone update to this version. Form export security enhancements This release adds some capability and nonce checks to the form JSON export routine to prevent unauthorized export of form structural JSON data. It […]

Version 1.9.3.2 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small release, but it introduces two new action hooks that allow you to add custom markup before and after a field group renders in a form. New Action Hooks We’ve added the af/field_group/before_field_group and af/field_group/after_field_group action hooks. These hooks […]