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Disable Gravity Forms Fields

by Ren Ventura · Forms

Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.5K+ installs across the portfolio →

This is a simple plugin that lets Gravity Forms users set a form field's attribute to either disabled or readonly.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
49 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 87/100
Support 70/100

49 health vs 63 average across 1,679 Forms plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.27, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

31 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 11/100
Rating quality 66/100
Listing tuning 52/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2820 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+56% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

78

now · peak 126

8730d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Disable Gravity Form · #8472 you Gravity Forms Zero S · #447 Advanced Custom Fiel · #1007 Gravity PDF · #1216

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

145per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

7.7y ago

latest release · v1.4

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4 · 7.7y ago1.3.1 · 8.6y ago1.3 · 8.6y ago1.2 · 11.4y ago1.1 · 12.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 94%
v1.3 6.3%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
600–700 ≈660

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2020-06-22 · 1,419 observations

600Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.4
Last updated
7.7y ago
Added
2014-05-25 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
Tested up to
5.0.27
Requires PHP

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 11 reviews to 2025-01-05
Positive Praise

Reviewers say it does exactly what it promises and saves them writing custom JavaScript, with the newest review in 2025 just as happy as the older ones.

Recent reviews

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  1. dusted2
    1.6y ago

    Thank you so much for creating this plugin, it works perfectly.

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  2. accunet
    8.0y ago

    Very handy to add fields the user can’t edit, in order to produce pdf contracts.

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  3. karll10
    8.0y ago

    Great plugin, works a treat. Very handy…

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  4. etellewyn
    9.3y ago

    Works exactly as it says. This was a great timesaver. Simply give the field a class of “readonly” (or “disabled”) and you’re done. Thank you for a great plugin!

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  5. neil rowe
    10.2y ago

    Im running this JS in my own custom file, but for those of you who want this to function in this plugin while using ajax you can change your disable-gf-fields.js file to the following code this can be done by editing the plugin file in through the WP plugin after installation by going to your admin screen and then plugins, then click edit next to this plugin and select the file . ..or you can just edit the js file before installation. anyway, gravity forms has a simple after render hook to allow for things to take place after any ajax or other renders of the form so you can just rerun the code any time the form is rendered by replacing this files code with this. jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(".disabled input").attr('disabled','true'); $(".readonly input").attr('readonly','true'); }); $(document).bind('gform_post_render', function(){ $(".gform_wrapper .readonly input").attr("readonly", true); $(".gform_wrapper .disabled input").attr("disabled", true); }); then the plugin will work with ajax as well. THIS WILL ONLY WORK WITH READONLY to retain field data if you are pre-populateting the field dynamically! Disabled fields do not pass information to the server and as such do not retain any pre populated data from a query string or shortcode ect. with the ajax call such as after a failed submission or page change and will fall back to their default state. ..you can however just set the default value of a disabled field if it is a constant value to be pre-populated, and it will work fine. but the data still will not be submitted with the form. you should use readonly to have the data passed.

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  6. lindebjerg
    10.4y ago

    just make this standard by GravityForms; it works perfect!

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  7. Roy Eyal
    11.0y ago

    Glad someone did the hassle of making this plugin 🙂

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  8. mine_143
    11.1y ago

    Very simple to use and it just saves my day from writing javascript.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-01-18 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-15 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-01-14 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-01-13 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-01-12 700+ → 600+ down after 223 days in tier
  6. 2025-06-03 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
  7. 2025-06-01 700+ → 800+ up after 21 days in tier
  8. 2025-05-11 800+ → 700+ down after 3 days in tier

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