Core Forms 4.0.0-b5

What's New

Schema-backed Form Engine - JSON form schema with versioning, migration from legacy HTML - Visual ↔ Code bidirectional sync (edit HTML, updates visual builder and vice versa)

Visual Form Builder - React-based 3-column layout: inserter | canvas | inspector - 25+ field types, drag-and-drop reordering, container/fieldset nesting - 6 starter templates, inline preview, fullscreen preview modal

Smart Form Features - Multi-step forms with progress bar and step validation - Save & resume via tokenized draft links - Field calculations (safe parser, no eval) - Form scheduling (date/time/day-of-week windows) - Conditional logic with 14 operators and grouped AND/OR rules - Inline validation with accessible error messages

21 Integrations - Notifications: Email, Autoresponder, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Twilio SMS - Marketing/CRM: Mailchimp, ConvertKit, ActiveCampaign, Brevo, Drip, MailerLite, HubSpot, FluentCRM - Data: Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable - Automation: Webhooks, Zapier, Make - WordPress: Create User, Create Post, Create Article/CPT with ACF mapping

Workflow Automation - Async action queue with background processing - Automatic retries with exponential backoff - Action logs with structured execution tracking - Webhook HMAC-SHA256 signatures

Analytics - Form views, starts, submissions, abandonments tracking - Field-level drop-off analysis - UTM and referrer attribution - Auto-generated recommendations

Native Block Editor - ServerSideRender live preview in editor - Form picker with InspectorControls - Shortcode transform, block variations - Spacing and alignment supports

Security - 50+ bugs found and fixed across 6 audit rounds - Upload hardening (MIME validation, 30+ blocked extensions) - PHPUnit (114 tests), PHPStan level 5, ESLint - ABSPATH guards, input sanitization, output escaping

Documentation - 61 markdown files, 11,000+ lines - Getting started, form builder, smart forms, integrations, workflows, analytics, developer docs

Requirements

WordPress 6.0+
PHP 7.4+