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Actively maintained Tested with WP 7.1 #4 in gravity forms

Gravity Forms CLI Add-On

Manage Gravity Forms on the command line.

Active installs20K+10K+ tier
Downloads · 30d5.4K▼ -33.1% vs prev. 30d
Rating4.4/57 reviews
Health score83/100Excellent
All-time downloads392.9KSince May 2016
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.2PHP any
Downloads · 7d1.4K▲ +40.9% week over week
Our verdict

Safe pick

Yes — Gravity Forms CLI Add-On is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 20K+ sites, is rated 4.4/5 and was last updated 3 days ago, and scores 83/100 on our health check.

  • Proven at scale on 20K+ active sites
  • Actively developed — last update 3 days ago
  • Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

6821.4K2KJun 28Aug 11Sep 25
Yesterday165
Daily average (1y)178
Peak day6,199Apr 2, 2026
Last 12 months64.9K

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Gravity Forms CLI Add-On stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
gravity forms #11 1,575 Best gravity forms plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.984.3%
  • 1.79.4%
  • Other6.3%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 from 7 reviews

  • 5★85.7%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★14.3%

About Gravity Forms CLI Add-On

From the official readme · v1.9

Description

The Gravity Forms CLI Add-On allows WP-CLI users to manage forms and entries and more on the command line.

Documentation

Getting started

  • wp help gf
  • wp help gf form
  • wp help gf form field
  • wp help gf form notification
  • wp help gf entry
  • wp help gf entry notification
  • wp help gf install
  • wp help gf setup
  • wp help gf license
  • wp help gf tool

Form Management

wp gf form [command]

Commands:

  • create – Creates a new form.
  • delete – Deletes a form.
  • duplicate – Duplicates a form.
  • edit – Launch system editor to edit the Form configuration.
  • export – Exports forms to a Gravity Forms Form export file.
  • form_list – Lists the forms with entry count and view counts.
  • get – Returns the form JSON.
  • import – Imports forms from a Gravity Forms Form export file.
  • update – Updates a form.

Field Management

  • wp gf form field [command]
  • wp gf field [command] (alias)

Commands:

  • create – Creates a field and adds it to a form.
  • delete – Deletes a field.
  • duplicate – Duplicates a field.
  • edit – Launch system editor to edit the Field configuration.
  • get – Returns the JSON representation of a field.
  • list – Displays a list of fields for a form.
  • update – Updates a field.

Notification Management

  • wp gf form notification [command]
  • wp gf notification [command] (alias)

Commands:

  • create – Creates a new notification.
  • delete – Deletes a notification.
  • duplicate – Duplicates a notification.
  • edit – Launch system editor to edit the notification configuration.
  • list – Lists the notification.
  • get – Returns the notification JSON.
  • update – Updates a notification.

Entry Management

wp gf entry [command]

Commands:

  • create – Creates a new entry from either a JSON string with the raw entry or from field-value pairs.
  • delete – Deletes an entry.
  • duplicate – Duplicates an entry
  • edit – Launch system editor to edit the JSON representation of the Entry.
  • export – Exports entries.
  • get – Returns a JSON representation of an entry.
  • import – Imports entries.
  • list – Displays a list of entries.
  • update – Updates an entry.

Entry Notifications

wp gf entry notification [command]

Commands:

  • get – Returns the notifications for the given entry.
  • send – Sends the notifications for the given entry.

License Management

wp gf license [command]

Commands:

  • update – Updates the license key for the installation.
  • delete – Deletes the license key for the installation.

Misc Tools

wp gf tool [command]

Commands:

  • clear-transients
  • empty-trash Delete the trashed entries.
  • verify-checksums Verify Gravity Forms files against the checksums.
  • system-report Outputs the system report from the Forms > System Status page. Supports “status” as an alias.

Installing Gravity Forms and Add-Ons

The above commands all require Gravity Forms to be installed. However, if Gravity Forms is not installed then you can use this add-on to install it along with all the other official Gravity Forms add-ons.

The install command will download and install the latest version Gravity Forms available for auto-update and then run the database setup. The license key will be saved in the plugin settings.

A valid license key is required either in the GF_LICENSE_KEY constant or the --key option.

Examples:

  • wp gf install --key=xxxxx
  • wp gf install --key=xxxxx --activate
  • wp gf install gravityformspolls --key=xxxxx
  • wp gf install gravityformsquiz --key=xxxxx

Once installed, the database can be set up or upgraded separately using the setup command. The command will not re-run the setup unless the --force flag is set.

Examples:

  • wp gf setup
  • wp gf setup --force

Gravity Forms and official add-ons can be updated using the update command.

Examples:

  • wp gf update
  • wp gf update gravityformspolls

Check the current version using the version command.

Examples:

  • wp gf version
  • wp gf version gravityformspolls

Requirements

  1. WordPress 4.2+
  2. Gravity Forms 1.9.17.8
  3. WP-CLI version 1.0+

Support

If you find anything that needs fixing please open a support ticket at https://www.gravityforms.com/open-support-ticket/

If you have any ideas for improvements please submit your idea at https://www.gravityforms.com/gravity-forms-roadmap/

Installation

wp plugin install gravityformscli –activate

or

wp package install https://github.com/gravityforms/gravityformscli.git

or

  1. Download the zipped file.
  2. Extract and upload the contents of the folder to /wp-contents/plugins/ folder
  3. Go to the Plugin management page of WordPress admin section and enable the ‘Gravity Forms CLI’ plugin

Changelog

  • 1.9.1 =
  • Fixed and issue where the value of fields stored as arrays is type casted to a string when displaying an entry in the terminal.
  • Updated the supported WordPress version to 7.1.

1.9

  • Updated the plugin to support installing packages through Packagist.

1.8

  • Fixed a bug where the verify checksums command fails even when it should succeed.

1.7

  • Fixed a bug that sometimes causes the form ID to be stored as a string.

1.6

  • Updated the plugin to support installing and updating Gravity SMTP.

1.5

  • Updated the plugin to allow its usage as a WP-CLI package.

1.4

  • Fixed an issue where the version comparison performed when using wp gf update with an add-on slug uses the Gravity Forms version number.
  • Added support for using --version=beta with the wp gf install and wp gf update commands. Add-On beta releases are not currently supported.
  • Fixed a fatal error which can occur when using the wp gf version command with an add-on slug when Gravity Forms is not active or not installed.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

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FAQ

Gravity Forms CLI Add-On: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026

Is Gravity Forms CLI Add-On free?

Yes. Gravity Forms CLI Add-On is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Gravity Forms CLI Add-On safe to use in 2026?

Yes — Gravity Forms CLI Add-On is a safe, well-maintained plugin to use in 2026. It runs on 20K+ sites, is rated 4.4/5 and was last updated 3 days ago, and scores 83/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Gravity Forms CLI Add-On?

Gravity Forms CLI Add-On is active on 20K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 392,928 times since it launched in May 2016. It was downloaded 5,395 times in the last 30 days.

Does Gravity Forms CLI Add-On work with WordPress 7.1?

Yes. The developer has tested Gravity Forms CLI Add-On up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 4.2 or newer.

When was Gravity Forms CLI Add-On last updated?

The latest version, 1.9, was released on September 23, 2026 (3 days ago).

Who makes Gravity Forms CLI Add-On?

Gravity Forms CLI Add-On is developed and maintained by Rocketgenius.

What are the best alternatives to Gravity Forms CLI Add-On?

The most popular alternatives to Gravity Forms CLI Add-On are Gravity Forms Zero Spam (100K+ installs), Advanced Custom Fields: Gra… (30K+ installs) and Gravity PDF (20K+ installs).

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