Title: Custom JSON Export for Gravity Forms
Author: sflwa
Published: <strong>August 11, 2025</strong>
Last modified: August 11, 2025

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# Custom JSON Export for Gravity Forms

 By [sflwa](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sflwa/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/custom-json-export-for-gravity-forms.2.27.zip)

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## Description

This plugin enhances Gravity Forms by providing the ability to export individual
form entries as a `.json` file directly from the entries list. It allows you to 
define a custom JSON structure using a template editor within each form’s settings,
where you can insert Gravity Forms merge tags and even utilize conditional logic
shortcodes. A live preview feature helps you validate your JSON template before 
export.

### Instructions

 1.  **Activate the plugin.**
 2.  Go to **Forms > Forms**, then select ‘Settings’ for the desired form.
 3.  Click on the **‘JSON Export’ tab**.
 4.  **Enable JSON Export Link:** Check the box to display the “Download JSON Export”
     link on individual entry pages for this form.
 5.  **Custom JSON Output Template:** Enter your desired JSON structure in the textarea.
 6.   * Use standard Gravity Forms merge tags (e.g., `{field_id}`, `{entry_id}`, `{
        date_created:format:Y-m-d}`).
      * Merge tags will be automatically formatted as `"key":"{merge_tag}"` when inserted
        from the dropdown.
      * You can also use Gravity Forms conditional shortcodes (e.g., `[gravityforms
        action='conditional' merge_tag='{Name (First):1.3}' condition='isnot' value
        ='Philip']"custom_field":"conditional_value"[/gravityforms]`) to include dynamic
        content.
 7.  **Preview JSON Export:** Click the ‘Preview JSON Export’ button to see a live 
     preview of your generated JSON based on the latest entry for that form. This helps
     in validating your template.
 8.  **Save Settings:** Click ‘Save Settings’ to apply your changes.
 9.  To export an entry, go to **Forms > Entries**, hover over an entry, and click 
     the ‘Download JSON Export’ link.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `custom-json-export-for-gravity-forms` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. After activation, navigate to **Forms > Forms**, hover over a form, and click ‘
    Settings’. You will find a new ‘JSON Export’ tab where you can configure the export
    options and custom JSON template for that specific form.

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## Contributors & Developers

“Custom JSON Export for Gravity Forms” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ sflwa ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sflwa/)

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## Changelog

**2025-07-24 v2.27
 * Initial stable release. * Added custom JSON template editor
with merge tag insertion. * Implemented live JSON preview based on the latest entry.*
Added conditional logic shortcode support within templates. * Option to enable/disable
JSON export link per form. * Added ‘JSON Export’ meta box to individual entry detail
pages for direct download.

## Meta

 *  Version **2.27**
 *  Last updated **8 months ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 8.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-json-export-for-gravity-forms/)
 * Tags
 * [gravity forms](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gravity-forms/)[JSON](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/json/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-json-export-for-gravity-forms/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ sflwa ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sflwa/)

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