GravityExport Lite Changelog

Release notes and version history for GravityExport Lite . Export Gravity Forms entries to CSV and Excel.

2.7.1 on August 14, 2026

  • Fixed: Sites running PHP 8.4 or newer logged repeated "deprecated" warnings on every page.
  • Fixed: The global settings page was hidden for administrators when the Members plugin managed capabilities. The page now requires the "Export Entries" capability, which can be granted per role.
Version 2.7.1 permalink

2.7.0 on August 6, 2026

  • Added: The single-entry export attached to a notification is now saved to a unique temporary folder, so simultaneous submissions can no longer overwrite each other's attachment.
  • Fixed: Copy-to-clipboard button icons were vertically misaligned in WordPress 7.0.
  • Fixed: A "translation loading triggered too early" notice (WordPress 6.7+) caused by the download-URL feed actions loading translations during plugin bootstrap.
  • Fixed: The success message shown after regenerating, enabling, or disabling a download URL was lost because the page redirected before it could display.

Developer Updates: * Added: gk/gravityexport/notification/attachment-ids filter to change the notification IDs the single-entry export is attached to. * Added: gk/gravityexport/notification/attachment-source-ids filter to replace the stored notification selection; it runs first, so callbacks on the filter above always receive the complete selection (used by GravityExport to attach the export to multiple notifications). * Added: gk/gravityexport/renderer/save-path filter to change the path a rendered export file is saved to. * Added: gk/gravityexport/feed/pre-save-settings filter to change the feed settings before they are stored; it runs inside the save, so related settings are written in a single update.

Version 2.7.0 permalink

2.6.0 on March 26, 2026

  • Added: gk/gravityexport/fields/additional-meta-fields filter to customize the additional meta fields available for export.
  • Fixed: "Date Updated" values were displayed in GMT instead of the local time.

Developer Updates: * Please note that the gravitykit/gravityexport-lite package on Packagist has been abandoned and is no longer maintained.

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2.5.0 on January 29, 2026

  • Added: A search field for the Enabled and Disabled Fields lists on the form settings page. Quickly find fields by name when configuring exports for forms with many fields.
  • Enhancement: Accessibility support for the field selector:
    • Screen reader announcements when fields are moved between lists;
    • Keyboard navigation with Enter/Space to move fields and Escape to clear search;
    • Visible focus indicators for keyboard users;
    • Proper ARIA labels on all interactive elements.
  • Enhancement: RTL (right-to-left) language support for the field selector interface.
  • Enhancement: Added filter hooks change the separator used to combine complex fields, like Name and Address.
  • Fixed: PHP warning when field names are used as regex patterns without proper delimiters.

Developer Updates:

  • Added: gfexcel_field_separated_separator filter to change the default separator for all combined subfields (default: newline).
  • Added: gfexcel_field_{field_type}_separator filter (e.g., gfexcel_field_name_separator) to change the separator for a specific field type.
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2.4.2 on January 7, 2026

  • Fixed: Added a deterministic sort order to prevent missing and duplicate entries.
  • Fixed: Entries without a payment_date value would show the current date/time instead of an empty value.
  • Change: Release process to WordPress.org from GitHub Actions.
Version 2.4.2 permalink

2.4.1 on August 28, 2025

  • Enhancement: Added support for defining a GFEXCEL_AVOID_CLASS_ALIAS constant as true to prevent registering PhpSpreadsheet class aliases.
Version 2.4.1 permalink

2.4.0 on July 10, 2025

  • Changed: Updated download link handling to allow future enhancements.
  • Enhancement: Entries can now be ordered by "Date Updated".
Version 2.4.0 permalink

2.3.9 on May 5, 2025

  • Fixed: PHP notice in WordPress 6.8 caused by initializing product translations too early.
  • Fixed: The download URL of an Upload Field with multiple files was not passed through gfexcel_field_value.
Version 2.3.9 permalink

2.3.8 on January 27, 2025

  • Enhancement: Nested forms can now also export entry meta values.
  • Fixed: Nested form values could cause an exception.
  • Fixed: Columns labels from Nested Form Fields no longer included the parent label.
Version 2.3.8 permalink

2.3.7 on January 17, 2025

  • Fixed: A warning would appear when upgrading GravityExport Lite.
Version 2.3.7 permalink

2.3.6 on December 18, 2024

  • Fixed: Type errors on fields no longer cause exports to fail. Values become empty, and errors are logged.
  • Enhancement: Added a gfexcel_field_checkbox_empty filter to control checkbox output, when no option was selected.
Version 2.3.6 permalink

2.3.5 on November 25, 2024

  • Fixed: PHP notice in WordPress 6.7 caused by initializing product translations too early.
Version 2.3.5 permalink

2.3.4 on November 6, 2024

  • Fixed: Critical error in combination with GravityExport and PHP 8.
Version 2.3.4 permalink

2.3.3 on October 29, 2024

  • Enhancement: Added a gfexcel_field_fileuploads_force_download filter to control whether file upload links open in the browser or download directly.
Version 2.3.3 permalink

2.3.2 on October 14, 2024

  • Fixed: Added compatibility for servers that miss the iconv or mbstring PHP extension.
  • Fixed: Critical error when downloading an export file.
Version 2.3.2 permalink

2.3.0 on July 4, 2024

  • Updated: PhpSpreadsheet to 1.19.0.
  • Enhancement: Added a gfexcel_renderer_csv_output_encoding hook to set the character encoding on the CSV.
Version 2.3.0 permalink

2.2.0 on March 8, 2024

  • Added: Option to secure the download link embed shortcode with a secret key.
  • Added: New button to easily copy the download link embed shortcode.
  • Bugfix: Nested forms with missing entries could trigger a critical error.
Version 2.2.0 permalink

2.1.0 on September 25, 2023

  • Bugfix: Data from the old nested form could be exported if the nested form was changed.
  • Bugfix: Nested form fields could end up in different columns.
  • Enhancement: Added global Use admin label setting.
  • Enhancement: Moved dependencies to a custom namespace to avoid collision with other plugins.
  • Added: German translation

Developer Updates:

  • Added: gk/gravityexport/settings/use-admin-labels hook.
  • Added: gk/gravityexport/field/use-admin-labels hook.
  • Added: gk/gravityexport/field/nested-form/export-field hook to dynamically add other nested form fields to the export.

Developers: This might be a breaking change to some plugins, if they directly reference any of the dependencies.

Version 2.1.0 permalink

2.0.6 on July 29, 2023

  • Bugfix: Checkbox lists without values in the entry could cause problems on transposed exports.
Version 2.0.6 permalink

2.0.3 on June 7, 2023

  • Bugfix: Filtering on URL's didn't work on the old download URL structure anymore.
Version 2.0.3 permalink

2.0.1 on June 2, 2023

  • Bugfix: The notification for the migration could throw an exception in some instances.
Version 2.0.1 permalink

2.0 on May 29, 2023

  • This is a major update! Enjoy the much nicer feed configuration interface!
  • Changed: The minimum version of Gravity Forms is now 2.5
  • Enhancement: Fields can now be enabled or disabled all at once on the form settings page.
  • Enhancement: Meta fields can now be (de)selected all at once on the plugin settings page.
  • Enhancement: Meta fields with array values are now properly deconstructed on export.
  • Enhancement: Added support for GravityPerks Media Library ID fields.
  • Enhancement: Upload fields can now split into multiple rows (GravityExport).
  • Security: Upload fields now show the private download URL to avoid enumeration on public files.

Developer Updates:

  • This is a major release behind the scenes; we have rewritten much of the plugin to better integrate with Gravity Forms feed add-on framework.
  • Modified: Changed the textdomain of the plugin to gk-gravityexport-lite.
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1.11.4 on November 30, 2022

  • Enhancement: Added Entry ID as a sorting option. Useful when duplicate entry dates exist.
  • Bugfix: on PHP 8 an array value threw an error instead of silently failing.
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1.11.3 on September 29, 2022

  • Enhancement: List fields column labels can now be manipulated by the gfexcel_field_label filter.
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1.11.2 on July 19, 2022

  • Enhancement: Added date_updated as a default exported meta field.
  • Bugfix: Filtering using in and not in operators in the URL query string did not work.
  • Bugfix: Exported multiselect fields (e.g., checkboxes and nested forms) could be missing a separator between values if one value is a 0.
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1.11.1 on June 20, 2022

  • Enhancement: Nested form field values are formatted properly through transformers.
  • Bugfix: Sort order of nested form fields could be swapped on some entries.
  • Bugfix: PDFs displaying field names as a vertical column could contain extra empty columns.
  • Bugfix: Download of nested forms could fail on PHP 8.
Version 1.11.1 permalink

1.11 on January 31, 2022

  • Feature: Survey Likert fields can return the score instead of the value by applying the gfexcel_field_likert_use_score hook.
  • Enhancement: Updated all gfexcel_renderer_csv_* hooks to include the form id.
  • Bugfix: Possible errors when using gform_export_separator callbacks with 2 expected parameters.
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1.10 on December 10, 2021

  • Enhancement: Support for Gravity Perks Nested Forms.
  • Enhancement: gfexcel_field_value filters will also be applied on subfields of separable fields.
  • Enhancement: gform_export_separator filter will also be used to determine the delimiter.
  • Enhancement: gform_include_bom_export_entries filter will also be used to determine BOM character use.
  • Bugfix: Default value of file upload was not available without saving the general settings once.
  • Bugfix: Gravity Perks: Live Preview (show hidden) would not work properly.
Version 1.10 permalink

1.9.3 on September 30, 2021

  • Bugfix: Feed settings page would break when using Gravity Forms ≥2.5.10.1.
Version 1.9.3 permalink

1.9.2 on September 13, 2021

  • Bugfix: Fatal error when using Gravity Forms ≤2.4.23.
    • We highly recommend upgrading to Gravity Forms >2.5.
Version 1.9.2 permalink

1.9.1 on September 8, 2021

  • GravityExport Lite requires PHP 7.2
  • Bugfix: Fatal error when trying to download an export file.
Version 1.9.1 permalink

1.9.0 on September 7, 2021

  • Gravity Forms Entries in Excel is now known as GravityExport Lite
    • Same plugin and functionality you love!
    • Internal code restructuring ensures better extensibility and facilitates new feature development (coming in future versions!)
    • Ready to be used with GravityExport that brings additional functionality to an already full-featured plugin.
  • Enhancement: Improved Gravity Forms 2.5 compatibility.

Developer Updates:

Please note that gfexcel_* hooks will be gradually renamed while retaining backward compatibility.

  • Enhancement: Removed all displayOnly fields from the export list like the normal export function.
  • Enhancement: Added a gfexcel_output_sorting_options filter to set sorting options.
  • Enhancement: Added a gfexcel_hash_form_id filter to get form ID from the unique URL hash value.
  • Enhancement: Added a gfexcel_hash_feed_data filter to get feed object from the unique URL hash value.
  • Enhancement: Added a gfexcel_get_entries_<form_id>_<feed_id> filter to override default logic responsible for querying DB entries.
Version 1.9.0 permalink

1.8.14 on July 20, 2021

  • Enhancement: Improved usability on small screens and enhanced accessibility.
  • Bugfix: Incorrect or incomplete export of certain form field values (e.g., Gravity Forms Survey fields).
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1.8.12 on May 14, 2021

  • Enhancement: Updated PhpSpreadsheet to 1.17.
  • Enhancement: Added gfexcel_file_extension webhook to overwrite the extension (by default, .xlsx).
  • Enhancement: composer.json constraints updated for Bedrock users.
  • Bugfix: Removed deprecation warning on Gravity Forms 2.5.
  • Bugfix: Sort order is now saved again on Gravity Forms 2.5.
  • Bugfix: Improve button appearance on Gravity Forms 2.5.
  • Bugfix: Sanitized URLs with esc_url() in the dashboard.
  • Bugfix: Resolved some silent PHP warnings.
Version 1.8.12 permalink

1.8.10 on April 13, 2021

  • Bugfix: Default combiner glue for List Fields was accidentally changed.
  • Bugfix: Mark baker dependencies no longer clash with other plugins using the same dependencies.
Version 1.8.10 permalink

1.8.5

  • Enhancement: You can now sort by subfields like "last name" in a name field.
  • Enhancement: Hover state for sorting items.
  • Enhancement: Added form id to gfexcel_renderer_cell_properties hook.
Version 1.8.5 permalink

1.8.2

  • Bugfix: Empty numeric values are not allowed by PhpSpreadsheet anymore. So much for SemVer :-)
  • Bugfix: Product subfields were all parsed as currency. Now they are the correct type.
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1.8.0

  • Last version to support PHP 7.1. Next minor release will only support 7.2+.
  • Feature: Added setFontSize(?float $font_size) on value objects, so every cell can have a different font size.
  • Feature: Added setBorder($color, $position) on value objects to set a border on a cell.
  • Feature: Added CurrencyValue type and formatting on numeric cells. So you can have a currency symbol and a numeric value.
  • Feature: Added new CombinerInterface to streamline the process of combining values into columns.
  • Feature: Added notifications base to bomb you with info. Kidding, only useful messages of course.
  • Bugfix: 'gfexcelrenderercsvincludeseparator_line' had a typo.
  • Bugfix: List field threw notice when you changed the column names.
  • Bugfix: Disabled warning when set_time_limit is not allowed to prevent failing download.
  • Enhancement: Updated PhpSpreadsheet to 1.12 (last to support PHP 7.1).
  • Enhancement: Added quick-link to documentation on the plugins page.
  • Enhancement: Added quick-link to settings on the plugins page.
  • Enhancement: Replaced all translation calls with WordPress native calls to be polite to Poedit.
  • Enhancement: Added some unit tests.
Version 1.8.0 permalink

1.7.5

  • Enhancement: Added some renderer hooks for CSV manipulation.
    • gfexcel_renderer_csv_delimiter -> default: ,
    • gfexcel_renderer_csv_enclosure -> default: "
    • gfexcel_renderer_csv_line_ending -> default: PHP_EOL
    • gfexcel_renderer_csv_use_bom -> default: false
    • gfexcel_renderer_csv_include_separator_line -> default: false
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1.7.1

  • Bugfix: Column-names now match the filters in the sortable lists.
  • Bugfix: Filters now only respond to the correct URL.
  • Bugfix: Forgot to update composer.json to reflect minimum PHP version of 7.1. (for Bedrock users).
  • Changed: Updated composer.json to use PhpSpreadsheet ~1.9.0 to be consistent with the normal plugin version.
Version 1.7.1 permalink

1.7.0

  • Feature: Added field filtering to the URL. Checkout the documentation for more info.
  • Feature: Added support for Repeater fields.
  • Feature: Added download links for a single entry on the entry detail page.
  • Feature: Added download link to admin bar for recent forms.
  • Enhancement: Added a maximum column width via gfexcel_renderer_columns_max_width.
  • Enhancement: Added a gfexcel_renderer_wrap_text hook to disable wrapping text.
  • Enhancement: Added $form_id as an argument to gfexcel_output_search_criteria for convenience.
  • Enhancement: Added noindex, nofollow to the headers of the export, and added a Disallow to the robots.txt.
  • Enhancement: Added a gfexcel_download_renderer hook to inject a custom renderer.
  • Bugfix: Prevent notice at render-time for ob_end_clean.
  • Bugfix: Reset download hash and counter on duplicated form.
  • Updated: PhpSpreadsheet updated to 1.9.0. Package to ^1.3.
Version 1.7.0 permalink

1.6.1

  • Security: Removed old style URL. If you were using it, please regenerate the URL.
  • Enhancement: Added [gfexcel_download_link id=2] short tag for WordPress and {gfexcel_download_link} for GF notification.
  • Enhancement: Added reset of download counter (also refactored all counter code to SRP class).
  • Enhancement: Added setting to format prices as numeric values.
  • Enhancement: Added a download event so you can append logic to the download moment.
  • Enhancement: Added CreatedBy field to easily change user_id to nickname or display_name. Use filter gfexcel_meta_created_by_property.
  • Bugfix: Stripping title could cut multibyte character in half, making the xlsx useless.
  • Bugfix: Removed start_date or end_date from date range filter when empty. Caused errors for some.
  • Bugfix: created_by and payment_date were not converted to the WordPress timezone.
Version 1.6.1 permalink

1.6.0

  • Feature: The renderer now supports transposing, so that every column is a row and vice versa.
  • Feature: Added a date range filter. Also included as start_date and end_date query_parameters.
  • Feature: Added a "download" link per form on the Forms page. Fewer clicks for that file!
  • Feature: Hide a row by hooking into gfexcel_renderer_hide_row. Checkout the FAQ for more info.
  • Enhancement: All separable fields are handled as such, except for checkboxes. Made no sense.
  • Enhancement: Product and calculation have some specific rendering on single field for clarity.
  • Enhancement: Now supports Gravity Forms Chained Selects.
  • Enhancement: Querying entries in smaller sets to avoid massive database queries that can choke a database server.
  • Enhancement: Added a gfexcel_output_search_criteria filter to customize the search_criteria for requests.
  • Bugfix: Downloading files didn't work on iOS.
  • Info: PHP 5.6 is no longer actively supported. Will probably still work; but 7.1 is the new minimum.
  • Info: Launched a (first version) documentation site! Check out gfexcel.com
Version 1.6.0 permalink

1.5.5

  • Enhancement: Date fields now export the date according to its field setting.
  • Enhancement: Value Objects (BaseValue) can reference getField(), getFieldType() and getFieldId() to help with filtering.
  • Enhancement: Name fields can now also be split up in to multiple fields. Made this a generic setting on the settings page. Please re-save your settings!
  • Enhancement: Subfield labels can now also be overwritten with the gfexcel_field_value-hook.
  • Bugfix: Found a memory leakage in retrieving fields for every row. Will now be retrieved only once per file.
  • Bugfix: Custom Sub field labels were not exported.
  • Bugfix: I spelled 'separate' wrong, and therefore the hooks were also wrong. Please update your hooks If you use them!
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1.5.4

  • Language: Finnish language files added thanks to @Nomafin!
  • Enhancement: Better inclusion of script and styles.
  • Enhancement: Renamed Results in Excel to Entries in Excel to be more consistent.
  • Enhancement: Added a quick link to settings from the plugins page.
  • Bugfix: Wrong minimum version of Gravity Forms set, should be 2.0.
  • Help: Added some help text to the global settings page. I need your input!
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1.5.3

  • Enhancement: Added plugin settings page with plugin wide default settings
  • Enhancement: Added dependency checks to plugin, so without them, the plugin won't work.
  • Bugfix: Prices were shown in html characters. Not really a bug, but it was bugging someone :)
  • Bugfix: Address field needed wrapping of value objects on separate fields.
  • Bugfix: Some fields were missing wrapping of value object.
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1.5.1

  • (Awesome) Feature: You can now set the order of the fields by sorting them, using drag and drop!
  • Feature: Add colors and font styles to cells by using the gfexcel_value_object-hook (See docs).
  • Feature: Attach a single entry file to a notification email.
  • Feature: We now support exports in CSV. Why? Because we can! (and also Harry asked me too).
  • Enhancement: You can now add .xlsx or .csv to the end of the URL, to force that output.
  • Enhancement: Added support for the Woocommerce add-on.
  • Enhancement: Added support for the Members plugin. You need 'gravityformsexportentries' role for this plugin.
  • Bugfix: The extension did not match the renderer, which sometimes caused Excel to give a warning.
  • Bugfix: Lists with a single column could not be exported.
Version 1.5.1 permalink

1.4.0

  • Celebration: 1000+ active installations! Whoop! That is so awesome! Thank you for the support and feedback! As a celebration gift I've added some new settings, making the plugin more user-friendly, while maintaining developer-friendliness!
  • Feature / Security: Regenerate URL for a form, with fallback to old way. But please update all your URLs! This update also makes the slug more secure and unique by not using the (possibly default) NONCE_SALT.
  • Feature: Disable fields and metadata with checkboxes on the settings page. Can still be overwritten with the hooks.
  • Feature: Enable notes on the settings page. Can still be overwritten with the hook.
  • Feature: Added setting to set the custom filename. Can also still be overwritten with the hook.
  • Feature: Added error handling to provide better feedback and support.
Version 1.4.0 permalink

1.3.1

  • Enhancement: Added notes per entry. Activate with gfexcel_field_notes_enabled.
  • Enhancement: Removed unnecessary files from the plugin to make it smaller.
Version 1.3.1 permalink

1.3.0

  • Feature: Wrapped values in value objects, so we can be more specific in Excel for cell-type-hinting
  • Feature: NumberField added that uses the NumberValue type for Excel
  • Feature: Added filters to typehint cell values. See FAQ for more info.
  • Enhancement: updated cell > URL implementation. Each cell can be set individually now. See FAQ for more info.
  • Upgraded to PHP 5.6 for minimal dependency. Last version with PHP 5.3 was 1.2.3 (sorry for the mix-up, the new renderer forced my hand, and I forgot about this, otherwise the versioning had gone up sooner.)
Version 1.3.0 permalink

1.2.4

  • Enhancement: moved away from deprecated PhpExcel to PhpSpreadsheet (Thanks @ravloony).
  • Enhancement: composer.json update to wordpress-plugin for easier installation with bedrock.
  • Enhancement: Metadata now uses GFExport to get all metadata; so a row now has all metadata. Can still be disabled.
  • Feature: New ListField transformer. Splits list fields into its own Excel columns, with newline-separate values per column.
  • Feature: New meta fields transformer. Special filter hooks for meta fields with gfexcel_meta_value.
  • Feature: New meta subfield transformer for date_created. Use gfexcel_meta_date_created_separated to split date and time in 2 columns.
  • Bugfix: Plugin hooks later, so filters also work on bulk-download files.
Version 1.2.4 permalink

1.2.3

  • Bugfix: Worksheets could contain invalid characters, and break download.
  • Last version to use PHP 5.3
Version 1.2.3 permalink

1.2.2

  • Enhancement: If a cell only contains a URL, that URL is set as a link on that cell, for easy access.
Version 1.2.2 permalink

1.2.1

  • Translation: Added Dutch translation + enabled possibility to translate via WordPress.org. You can help me out!
  • Enhancement: Worksheets now have a title, and of course a gfexcel_renderer_worksheet_title hook.
Version 1.2.1 permalink

1.2.0

  • (Very cool) Feature: Download Excel output directly from forms table, and (drumroll), download multiple forms in one file!
  • Feature: Added gfexcel_field_disable filter to disable all fields you want. Fields will be filtered out before handling.
  • Feature: Added gfexcel_output_rows and gfexcel_output_columns filters to have more control over output. Thanks @mircobabini.
  • Feature: Added a setting for sort order per form. Also contains some hooks to override that work!
Version 1.2.0 permalink

1.1.0

  • Feature: Download counter (starts counting as of this version)
  • Feature: SectionField added to disable empty section columns. Disabled by default. Enable with gfexcel_field_section_enabled hook (return true).
  • Feature: FileUploadField added to disable file upload columns. Enabled by default. Disable with gfexcel_field_fileuploads_enabled hook (return false).
  • Update: Wait until plugins are loaded. Need to be sure Gravity Forms is active. This caused a problem in some multisite implementations.
  • Bugfix: Changed the permalink registration so that it works with multisite combined with the GF API (thanks for the assist @zitomerh). No need to reactivate the plugin now.
  • Bugfix: In Standard URL permalink structure, the hash wasn't escaped properly
Version 1.1.0 permalink

1.0.2

  • Bugfix: Only 20 results were being returned by the GFAPI
  • The title of a form could not be longer than 31 characters
Version 1.0.2 permalink