New HTML field/action setting
Ninja Forms version 2.9.43 introduces the new HTML field/action setting. This new setting type allows for outputting arbitrary text or HTML in the settings drawer for fields or actions (or form settings).
Ninja Forms JavaScript:
a very short introduction
During the 2015 State of the Word, Matt Mullenweg set a new direction for the future of WordPress: JavaScript. Automattic’s new Calypso dashboard and desktop client for WordPress.com is built on JavaScript and “communicates with WordPress.com only using our REST API”. While the REST API is not yet fully integrated into WordPress Core, it is quickly on …
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Field Mapping
Many Ninja Forms extensions that register custom actions require mapping data from the field list to an action setting. As an example, newsletter integrations need a way to know which field is the email address field to send to the API. The email field in the field list is connected to the newsletter action by a …
Getting Started Guides and Documentation
As we finalize conventions for Ninja Forms THREE, we are putting together Quick Start Guides for different aspects of the Extension Development process. We also have new documentation for Extending Ninja Forms with Registering Actions, Registering Fields, and Custom Setting Configurations. On top of that, there are a few new docs for WordPress Hooks used …
Ready, Set, Develop!
Update: The Ninja Forms THREE Release Candidate is now available for download. Ninja Forms Beta 1 is now available for updating custom code! You can download a zip from the GitHub repository on the 3.0-beta-1 branch. Below is an email that I sent to collaborating developer that currently have extensions in the Ninja Forms Marketplace, …
Example Extension Class
Today marks the public release of the Ninja Forms THREE Beta (Beta 1 C.Baker). This Beta is intended to give Collaborating Developers a starting point for upgrading extensions to be compatible with the Ninja Forms THREE code base and API. Along with this release, we are providing an example extension base class, which we have been using for development and testing.
Chain of Events: 2.9.29 – 2.9.33
Synopsis Over the past two weeks a handful of minor updates have been released in response to a reported* possible security vulnerability in Ninja Forms v2.9.28. While the vulnerability was quickly patched, the over zealous tightening of security caused unintended changes to field processing in other parts of the plugin. Specifically, the data filtering was …
Preview Form Sandboxing
Ninja Forms 3.0 introduces the sandboxed preview page for form building. The sandboxed preview is a user specific sandbox, rendering a person’s changes specific to their user session. Furthermore, it renders the form within the context of the site’s active theme, which gives you all the styling that your heart desires. This is very different …