https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/import-form-on-plugin-activation Gravity Support Forums Topic: Import form on plugin activation en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:19:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/import-form-on-plugin-activation#post-195611 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:43:00 +0000 NWTD 195611@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Chris, my issue is resolved but I'm not sure how to close this thread. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/import-form-on-plugin-activation#post-194710 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:44:16 +0000 NWTD 194710@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I got it working using the following:</p> <pre><code>define(&quot;GF_IMPORT_FILE&quot;, &quot;http://mydomain.com/plugin-directory/get-a-free-estimate.xml&quot;); function nwtd_lpfs_import_form() { if(defined(&quot;GF_IMPORT_FILE&quot;) &amp;&amp; !get_option(&quot;gf_imported_file&quot;)){ GFExport::import_file(GF_IMPORT_FILE); update_option(&quot;gf_imported_file&quot;, true); } } add_action(&#39;init&#39;, &#39;nwtd_lpfs_import_form&#39; );</code></pre> <p>Using just <code>GFExport::import_file(get_stylesheet_directory() . &quot;/&quot; . GF_THEME_IMPORT_FILE);</code> added two of the forms upon plugin activation and another upon plugin deactivation.</p> <p>Thanks for your help Chris! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/import-form-on-plugin-activation#post-194699 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:31:13 +0000 Chris Hajer 194699@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Looks like this is what happens when a theme is activated and that constant is defined:</p> <pre><code>[php] GFExport::import_file(get_stylesheet_directory() . &quot;/&quot; . GF_THEME_IMPORT_FILE);</code></pre> <p>You could call the same function when your plugin is activated, with a different constant, and a different location. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/import-form-on-plugin-activation#post-194697 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:27:58 +0000 NWTD 194697@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>My apologies, I responded before you added more details to your initial response. I'll look into the GF_THEME_IMPORT functionality. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/import-form-on-plugin-activation#post-194689 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:09:46 +0000 Chris Hajer 194689@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It won't work on plugin activation. I was hoping your could look at how the code works on theme activation, and you could modify that to work in your plugin, so that when the plugin is activated, you can run the same type of code to import your XML file containing the form.</p> <p>This functionality: <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Advanced_Configuration_Options#GF_THEME_IMPORT_FILE" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Advanced_Configuration_Options#GF_THEME_IMPORT_FILE</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/import-form-on-plugin-activation#post-194681 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:06:12 +0000 NWTD 194681@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks for the quick response Chris. This solution seems like it's only applicable to when a new site is created on a multisite network. Is there a way to use the GF_IMPORT_FILE on plugin activation?</p> <p>I tried adding <code>define(&quot;GF_IMPORT_FILE&quot;, &quot;http://mydomain.com/plugin-direcory/get-a-free-estimate.xml&quot;);</code> to my plugin file and on activation, the form was not imported.</p> <p>Thanks for your help! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/import-form-on-plugin-activation#post-194666 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:53:46 +0000 Chris Hajer 194666@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This will work upon site creation in multisite:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Advanced_Configuration_Options#GF_IMPORT_FILE" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Advanced_Configuration_Options#GF_IMPORT_FILE</a></p> <p>This will work when a theme is activated:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Advanced_Configuration_Options#GF_THEME_IMPORT_FILE" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Advanced_Configuration_Options#GF_THEME_IMPORT_FILE</a></p> <p>I think you could copy the code that is used for the GF_THEME_IMPORT functionality and adapt it to your plugin application. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/import-form-on-plugin-activation#post-194660 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:50:03 +0000 NWTD 194660@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I have a small plugin for my multisite that essentially registers a custom post type and on activation I would like it to import a gravity form that I had previous created and exported.</p> <p>Is there any documentation or help that I can get that might point me in the right direction for importing a gravity form upon plugin activation?</p> <p>TIA </p>