Advanced Forms Pro for ACF

1.9.3.6
See the release notes for further details.

Free & Pro

• Fixed bug preventing taxonomy terms from loading in a field's conditional logic settings.

1.9.3.5
See the release notes for further details.

Free & Pro

• Added the af/form/field_groups filter to allow modification and reordering of field groups.

Pro Only

• Fixed issue when using Custom format for email field in Mailchimp integration.
• Changed license key and API key fields to password field types.

1.9.3.4
Free & Pro

• Added the af/form/submission/value filter to allow modification of submission values before they are processed. See docs for details.

1.9.3.3
This is a security release. See the release notes for further details.

Free & Pro

• Added capability and nonce checks to prevent unauthorized export of form JSON files.

1.9.3.2
Free & Pro

• Added the af/field_group/before_field_group action hook to support custom markup before field groups.
• Added the af/field_group/after_field_group action hook to support custom markup after field groups.

1.9.3
Free & Pro

• Added the af_render_content private field type for internal use in form settings UI.
• Added a hotfix for ACF validation bug when using multiple forms on the one page.
• Added the af/settings/enqueue_validation_hotfix filter for disabling the validation hotfix.
• Fix deprecation notices related to admin page registration that occur in PHP 8.1.
• Fix deprecation notices related to dynamic property usage in PHP 8.2.

Pro Only

• Changed user/post editing order to edit user before post. This allows the use of the user ID during post creation/editing.
• Improved calculated fields to use a single AJAX request for an entire form. This improves performance and reduces the number of requests.
• Added support for aggregate calculated fields. It is now possible to use the result of a calculated field in another calculated field.
• Changed calculated field rendering so that field name and description are no longer hidden in the field group settings.
• Changed internal field type for calculated field admin to have af_ prefix. Renamed class to AF_Calculated_Admin_Field.
• Added ability to control the order in which calculated fields are computed. This facilitates using aggregate calculated fields anywhere in a form.
• Added admin notice to calculated field when a filter is in use for the field name or key. e.g; af/field/calculate_value/name={field_name} or af/field/calculate_value/key={field_key}.
• Added admin notice to calculated field settings tab indicating when the generic af/field/calculate_value filter in in use.

1.9.2
Free & Pro

• Added condition to stop ACF file nonces being treated as fields on submission.
• Added condition to prevent email sending if recipient is false. af/form/email/recipient filter can now be used to prevent email sending.
• Added support for file fields with return type "URL" in merge tags.
• Fixed issue which could cause duplicate submissions.
• Added filter af/form/entry/should_create to enable dynamically stopping entries from being created.
• Added hidden label for honeypot field for accessibility compliance.
• Added af/field/before_field_wrapper action.
• Added af/field/after_field_wrapper action.
• Fixed issue where filter mode wouldn't work.

1.9.1
Pro Only

• Added filter af/form/editing/query_param to change the query parameter used for post editing. The default is post.
• Fixed warnings about undefined $post which could show up in the form settings.

1.9.0
Free & Pro

• Added support for Gutenberg with the “Advanced Form” block.
• Added support for flexible fields in merge tags.
• Added “af/form/after” action triggered after a form has been rendered.
• Fixed issue where form couldn’t be submitted multiple times when using AJAX and filter mode.

Pro Only

• Added support for configuring a form to create/edit posts and user at the same time.
• Added option to specify post to edit through a post query parameter.

1.8.2

• Added support for excluding multiple fields by comma-separating field names in the exclude_fields argument on shortcodes.
• Added automatic hiding of form pages if the page has no fields.
• Added filter to remove the default HTML email template (af/form/email/use_template).
• Added filter to change the content type of en email (af/form/email/content_type).
• Improved support for duplicating forms with post duplication plugins.

Pro

• Fixed issue where users could accidentally submit a reCAPTCHA protected form with large uploads multiple times.
• Fixed issue where reCAPTCHA protected forms could conflict with other reCAPTCHA instances on the same page.

1.8.1

• Added optimization to only enqueue stylesheet when a form is displayed.
• Fixed issue where multi-page forms would briefly show unstyled elements during loading.

Pro

• Added support for merge tags in Slack messages.
• Fixed issue where reCAPTCHA wouldn’t work with AJAX submissions.
• Fixed issue where email could be reset for a user when “Custom format” was selected for the email mapping.

1.8.0
This version drops support for ACF 5.6 and earlier. Make sure you’re running ACF 5.7 or later before installing the update.

• Added support for submissions using AJAX. This enables forms to be submitted without a page reload. Activate it using the ajax argument: [advanced_form form="KEY" ajax="1"].
• Fixed warning which would appear when having multiple versions of Advanced Forms activated at the same time.

Pro

• Added new restriction to only let users edit their own posts.

1.7.2

• Added support for nested group fields in emails and success messages.
• Added ability to remove fields by returning false from the af/field/before_fieldfilter.
• Added filter to control view counter. Use add_filter( 'af/form/view_counter_enabled', '__return_false' ) to disable the view counter.
• Fixed incorrect variations for the af/field/before_render filter.
• Fixed incorrect callback order for the af/form/page_changed action. Fields were temporarily removed from the form when the action was triggered.
• Fixed warning when including a non-existent field with a merge tag.
• Fixed sidebar formatting on the forms page in the admin panel.

Pro

• Fixed issue where post title and content could be cleared if their mapped fields were excluded from the form.
• Added support for custom format for email field in Mailchimp integration.

1.7.1

• Improved validation handling for multi-page forms. Validation and error messages should now work the same as for regular forms.
• Fixed issue where comma-separated email addresses wouldn’t work.

Pro

• Fixed warning which sometimes was triggered by user editing forms.

1.7.0

Pro

• Added support for Google reCAPTCHA. Use an invisible captcha to protect your forms against spam without bothering users.
• Changed editing to default to create users if no user argument is set. user="new" is no longer needed.
• Changed “Map all fields” to never save fields that are used for user passwords.

1.6.9

• Added filter af/settings/cookie_name to change cookie name used for submissions.
• Added server-side handling of file validation errors. Should prevent submission with invalid uploads from being processed.
• Fixed security issue where arguments could be altered client-side.
• Fixed issue where submissions sometimes wouldn’t be processed after a redirection.
• Fixed issue with button styles in WordPress 5.4.

Pro

• Added automatic validation of email and username when registering users.
• Fixed issue where some form post editing settings would get lost when importing a form.

1.6.8

Pro

• Fixed warning which could appear for newly created forms which edit posts.
• Fixed fatal error which could occur during activation under some PHP versions.

1.6.7

• Added actions triggered before and after rendering each field called af/field/before_field and af/field/after_field.
• Added JS action triggered when the page is changed in a multi-page form called af/form/page_changed.
• Added ARIA attributes for success messages to improve accessibility.
• Added action after form assets have been enqueued called af/form/enqueue. Should be used if any assets need to be dequeued.
• Fixed warning which could appear when including subfields through merge tags.
• Fixed warning which could appear when values were retrieved from an empty repeater.
• Fixed warning when displaying an empty gallery field with {all_fields}.

Pro

• Added new setting to configure the post status used when creating new posts.
• Added support for using calculated fields inside group fields.
• Improved UX when setting up field mappings for post and user editing. New forms will now default to map all fields.
• Added filter for Slack webhooks called af/form/slack/webhook.

1.6.6

• Removed dependency on PHP sessions for submission handling. Should improve compatibility with caching solutions.

Pro

• Added support for calculated fields in emails and success messages.
• Added JS hooks for extending calculated fields.
• Fixed bug where only 10 lists would show up when configuring Mailchimp integration.

1.6.5

• Added support for exporting and importing forms as JSON files.
• Added form shortcode to form settings for reference.
• Fixed session issue which could cause deadlock.
• Fixed issue where some ACF front end translations were missing.
• Fixed issue where form pagination in the admin panel was missing.

1.6.4

• Added honeypot to prevent spam submissions. The honeypot is enabled by default.
• Added support for gallery fields in success messages and emails.
• Fixed issue where start and end time restrictions wouldn’t account for timezone.
• Fixed issue where entry date would be displayed without timezone adjustment.
• Fixed issue where field includes could cause infinite loops with some field type combinations.

Pro

• Fixed issue where some post types weren’t available for post editing.
• Fixed issue where post title and content couldn’t be cleared during editing.
• Fixed issue where some Slack settings would be hidden.

1.6.3

• Added support for having multiple forms with the same key on a single page. Forms are now differentiated both on key and arguments.
• Fixed issue where restriction message wouldn’t display correctly.

Pro

• Fixed issue where custom calculations using the af/field/calculate_value filter wouldn’t work.

1.6.2

• Added instruction placement argument to match ACF. Check out the documentation for information on how to use it.
• Improved ACF 5.6 compatibility.
• Fixed issue where “Hide from admin” would also hide fields from previews.
• Fixed issue where multiple forms on single page could conflict.
• Fixed issue where page fields would display weirdly in the admin panel.
• Fixed style which could interfere with ACF styling.

Pro

• Changed editing to default to creating posts and users if no argument is passed. "post"="new" and "user"="new" is no longer required.
• Fixed issue where post ID and post URL couldn’t be included in email notifications.

1.6.1

Pro

• Fixed issue where merge tags wouldn't work when used inside custom format fields, such as post titles.

1.6.0

• Added af/field/before_render filter allowing fields to be modified before they are rendered.
• Added af/form/before_submission action allowing code to be run before the submission is processed. Errors can be added using af_add_submission_error( $message ).

Pro

• Added calculated field which updates in real-time as form is filled in. Mix static content with field values or provide your own calculated value using the af/field/calculated_value hook. Perfect for previews, calculators, and payment flows.
• Added option to edit current post and user by passing current as the post/user argument.
• Added merge tags for post ID and permalink as well as user ID.
• Fixed issue where some ACF hooks would have a missing $post_id argument whilst editing a post.

1.5.6

Pro

• Added edited post and user IDs to submission object for access in notifications and success messages.
• Fixed issue where post title could be cleared during edit.

1.5.5

• Added support for label_placement argument.
• Added support for sub fields in field inserter.
• Fixed compatibility issue with ACF 5.7.5 where paged forms would get stuck.
• Fixed issue where entry ID couldn’t be included in emails.
• Fixed issue where field insert button would overlap input.
• Fixed issue where file uploads with the basic uploader would fail.

Pro

• Fixed issue where custom username fields wouldn’t work.
• Fixed issue where username was changed during user edit.

1.5.4

• Added af/form/success_message filter for success messages.
• Fixed issue where field includes wouldn’t work in email subject lines.

1.5.3

• Changed to a redirect after submission to avoid duplicate submissions.
• Added support for sending separate emails to multiple recipients.
• Fixed compatibility issue with ACF 5.7 where select2 fields wouldn’t validate.
• Fixed issue where view counter might be incremented twice.

Pro

• Fixed issue where password and role could be overwritten when editing users.

1.5.2

• Fixed compatibility issue with ACF 5.7 where form validation wouldn’t work.
• Fixed issue where file uploads were not saved to image/field fields.

Pro

• Fixed issue with excerpts on form generated posts.
• Fixed potential naming conflict with other plugins.

1.5.1

Pro

• Fixed issue where custom fields wouldn't work with user editing.
• Fixed issue where Mailchimp wouldn't work with some PHP installations.

1.5.0

• Added support for multi-page forms. Use the “Page” field to split your form over multiple pages.
• Added code generation for registering forms programmatically.
• Added support for custom validation logic on forms using the new af/form/validate filter.
• Added helpful sidebar with links to documentation and support.

Pro

• Added filters for intercepting API requests to Mailchimp, Slack, and Zapier.
• Fixed issue where first and last name wouldn’t be sent to Mailchimp.

1.4.2

Pro

• Fixed issue where user editing didn’t work.
• Fixed issue where custom fields weren’t saved to users.

1.4.1

• Fixed issue where a warning would be thrown in acf_esc_atts.