https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/stop-form-data-being-stored-in-wp_postmeta-store-in-custom-database-instead Gravity Support Forums Topic: stop form data being stored in wp_postmeta (store in custom database instead). en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:45:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/stop-form-data-being-stored-in-wp_postmeta-store-in-custom-database-instead#post-58767 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:43:57 +0000 gravitymarketing 58767@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>From what I have ascertained so far, Gravity Forms appears to store form data in wp_postmeta. I am looking to create a solution that uses a custom database schema to store form entries as seperate fields/columns in a database in order to allow more efficient search functionality. This will work much better in conjunction with solutions like w3-total-cache (as long as you use the native wordpress database object), so that I can get database caching as well as a more optimised query.</p> <p>I have two questions:</p> <p>1) Has anybody created anything like this already that I can borrow from<br /> 2) Is there any way to look at things like gform_pre_submission , gform_pre_submission_filter and actually halt the standard model for entry into wp_postmeta so that the data can solely be input into my custom database.</p> <p>Obviously with this much customisation many would tell me i might as well start from scratch, which I am pretty close to, however using GF does have a few advantages such as its own API and accelerated form development so I thought id look at it as an option.</p> <p>Any suggestions? </p>