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Add-On: Advanced Merge Tags

The Advanced Merge Tags Add-On for Gravity Forms adds extra Merge Tag modifiers (and a lot of power) to your Forms. From the most common used functions like capitalize and trim to changing date formats and encrypting or retrieving information.

Combine regular with advanced modifiers

Combine modifiers like :value with advanced merge tag modifiers.

Modifier

gwp_append

Append text before and/or after the field value if the value is not empty.

Merge Tag

gwp_calculate

The gwp_calculate Merge Tag returns the result of a calculation formula and formats the number as specified.

Modifier

gwp_case

Change value to uppercase, lowercase, first character uppercase or lowercase, or uppercase all the words

Modifier

gwp_censor

The gwp_censor Merge Tag modifier censors blacklisted words in a string using either a specified character or a fixed-length string.

Modifier

gwp_count_matched_entries

This modifier can be used to count entries from another form, based on a shared value with optional extra filters.

Merge Tag

gwp_current_timestamp

Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).

Merge Tag

gwp_date_created

Returns a modified date time relative to the date time when the entry was created in the desired format.

Modifier

gwp_date_format

Returns a modified date time relative to the date time of a field-value with a date/time string in the desired format.

Merge Tag

gwp_date_updated

Returns a modified date time relative to the date time when the entry was last updated in the desired format.

Modifier

gwp_decrypt

Decrypt values that were encrypted using gwp_encrypt.

Merge Tag

gwp_eeid

Enables the retrieval of entry properties using the encrypted entry ID (eeid) URL parameter. Intended for use on pages/posts/confirmation messages that are displayed in the browser.

Modifier

gwp_encrypt

Encrypt entry ids or entry field values using OpenSSL encryption.

Merge Tag

gwp_generate_token

Generate a random token with customizable attributes like length and character set

Modifier

gwp_get_matched_entries_values

Gets styled multiple values from matched active entries.

Merge Tag | Modifier

gwp_get_matched_entry_value

Retrieve values from entries from another form, based on a shared value.

Modifier

gwp_hash

The `gwp_hash` modifier can be used to generate a hash of a field value with a specified algorithm and an optional salt. This can be useful for comparing data while hiding the actual value.

Modifier

gwp_json_get

The gwp_json_get modifier is extracts values from a JSON string stored in a Gravity Forms Field.

Modifier

gwp_length

Count the number of characters.

Merge Tag

gwp_now

Returns the currrent date and / or time or a modified and formatted date / time relative to the current date / time.

Merge Tag

gwp_parent_slug

Returns the slug of one of the parent posts of the current post and let's you pick the depth of ancestor you need.

Merge Tag

gwp_post_id

Returns the post-id for a certain url.

Modifier

gwp_remove_accents

Converts all accent characters to ASCII characters.

Modifier

gwp_replace

Search and replace field values

Modifier

gwp_reverse

Reverses a text string.

Modifier

gwp_sanitize

The gwp_sanitize modifier allows you to display sanitized or trimmed values

Modifier

gwp_substring

Retun a substring (part of) the original value and specify where the substring starts and what is the length.

Modifier

gwp_sum_matched_entries_values

The gwp_sum_matched_entries Modifier can be used to calculate the sum of a field value in multiple entries from another form, based on a shared value with optional extra filters.

Merge Tag

gwp_url

Returns the WordPress site url, the WordPress home url, the current url, or an element of the current url.

Modifier

gwp_urldecode

The gwp_urldecode can be used to decode url encoded values.

Modifier

gwp_urlencode

URL encode the field value to pass it as an url parameter for dynamic population.

Merge Tag

gwp_user

Allows the dynamic retrieval of user information based on the current logged-in user's properties.

Modifier

gwp_user_role

Retrieve and display user roles based on a field value with the user's login, email, or ID

Modifier

gwp_word_count

Counts the number of words in a string value.

Nested Merge Tags

How to use Merge Tag values inside Advanced Merge Tags and Modifiers.

Nested Modifiers

Use multiple, nested modifiers to perform different actions on the Merge Tag value.

Replace field merge tags in administrative field's default value

Allows replacement of field merge tags in a text field's value after submission of the form.

Advanced Merge Tagsv1.9.2

To use the functionalities described in this documentation, you'll need to get the GravityWP - Advanced Merge Tags add-on.