New release: Gravity SMTP 2.1.3

blog- Based on Forms of Gravity Updated January 14, 2026 Gravity SMTP has been updated! Version 2.1.3 provides a number of improvements: Fixed an issue that could cause a fatal error when a third-party plugin attempted to submit early in the request lifecycle. Fixed an issue that could cause empty Email Log entries for messages…

Gravity SMTP vs WP Mail SMTP: A Detailed Comparison

Blog – By Colin Newcomer Updated January 15, 2026 Trying to decide between using Gravity SMTP vs WP Mail SMTP for your WordPress site(s)? Both Gravity SMTP and WP Mail SMTP give you tools to improve the reliability of your WordPress site’s transactional emails by connecting your site to a dedicated email sending service. Both…

Getting started with WordPress: Creating a blog and writing posts

Blog – By Colin Newcomer Updated January 14, 2026 Are you ready to launch your WordPress blog? Whether you’re creating a dedicated blogging website or just adding a blog to a website with another primary purpose, WordPress makes it easy to get started, and we’re going to cover how. In our previous post in our…

New release: Chained Selects Add-On 1.8.1

blog- Based on Forms of Gravity Updated January 14, 2026 We are proud to announce the release of the Gravity Forms Chained Selects Add-On 1.8.1. This update contains several updates, including… Updated chain selection input to display sub-labels for better usability and accessibility compliance. Fixed an issue where the Chained Selects icon was not displayed…

Starter Guide: Create a medical consent form on WordPress

Blog – By Colin Newcomer Updated January 13, 2026 If you have a medical practice, creating a digital medical consent form can help you more easily collect consent from your patients, while also simplifying your own recordkeeping. With the medical consent form template in Gravity Forms, you can easily set up your own medical consent…

How to Accept Recurring Payments in WordPress Using PayPal

Blog – By Nick Schäferhoff Updated January 08, 2026 If your goal is to accept recurring payments on your WordPress website, you have come to the right place. In this post, we will show you how you can easily do so using the Gravity Forms PayPal Checkout Add-On. You’ll learn typical use cases for creating…

How to create a WordPress membership form (template included)

Starter Guides – By Colin Newcomer Updated December 22, 2025 If you’re creating a WordPress membership website, you can use the Gravity Forms membership form template to create a customizable registration form for your site. Even if you’re using a membership plugin that already has a registration form feature, Gravity Forms can unlock additional flexibility…

WordPress vs Wix: How to choose your website builder

Blog – By Colin Newcomer Updated December 22, 2025 Debating between using WordPress vs Wix to build your website? While WordPress and Wix will both give you the ability to create a unique website for your business, they go about it in pretty different ways: WordPress is an open-source, self-hosted content management system. You can…