Gravity Forms External Choices
Populate Gravity Forms Multiple Choice fields from external CSV, JSON, or XLSX data sources.
by Guillaume · github.com/guilamu/gf-external-choices · website
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Install
The author publishes release zips, so WP-CLI can install straight from GitHub:
wp plugin install https://github.com/guilamu/gf-external-choices/releases/download/v1.0.2/gf-external-choices.zipDeclares an update source (https://github.com/guilamu/gf-external-choices/), so updates arrive through the plugin's own updater.
From the readme
Gravity Forms External Choices
Populate Gravity Forms Multiple Choice fields from external CSV, JSON, or XLSX data sources.
Manage External Data
- Populate choices from CSV files with auto-detection of delimiters and encoding
- Populate choices from JSON files (flat object arrays)
- Populate choices from XLSX (Excel) files using native PHP parsing
- Load data from external URLs or WordPress Media Library
Caching & Performance
- Automatic caching with configurable refresh frequency (Hourly, Daily, Weekly)
- Manual cache refresh option
- Fallback to cached data if external source is unavailable
Live Preview & Validation
- Live preview of choices within the Gravity Forms editor
- Status indicators for data health and connectivity
- Full validation to ensure data compatibility with Gravity Forms
Key Features
- CSV Support: Auto-detects delimiters (comma, semicolon, tab) and encoding (UTF-8, ISO-8859-1)
- JSON Support: Supports flat object arrays with custom property mapping
- XLSX Support: Native PHP parsing using ZipArchive (no external libraries required)
- Multilingual: Works with content in any language
- Translation-Ready: All strings are internationalized
- Secure: Strict va
Read the full README on GitHub →