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Am I alone in thinking it's kind of nuts that there's a $259 extension for Web Forms in the first place. Is this WordPress being horribly broken, the WordPress
by kristianc 1y ago
Am I alone in thinking it's kind of nuts that there's a $259 extension for Web Forms in the first place. Is this WordPress being horribly broken, the WordPress ecosystem being a playground for grifters, naive non-technical WordPress users or all three?
- sen 1y agoDefinitely all 3.
- kmeisthax 1y ago[dead]
- pacifika 1y agoWordPress usecases are wider than most people expect.
- stebian_dable 1y agoIt’s GPLv2+ so you can grab a copy from a friend legally for free and vibe code around the possible copy protections.
- Y-bar 1y agoWhy do you think so? $259 is less than a day’s worth of freelance invoice by the hour. Web forms and especially the business logic powering them in the backend can quickly become very complex. Just check out some templates you get out of the box https://www.gravityforms.com/form-templates/ https://www.gravityforms.com/form-templates/ I don’t use Wordpress, but this seems like an actively developed, supported, quality plug-in. This entitled assumption that nothing should cost money up front is hurting everyone in they long run because it drives developers into monetising using ads and invasive tracking.
- hammyhavoc 1y agoSo quality and actively developed that it suffered a pretty embarrassing supply chain attack? Yeah, that isn't good.
- Y-bar 1y agoEffectively all software experiences security issues. If you think "never has any disclosed attacks" is a sign of quality, then that speaks more about you than it does these developers.
- hammyhavoc 1y agoStrange non-sequitur masked ad hominem.
- Y-bar 1y agoGlad you and I now agree that your attack on the developers were unwarranted. Have a nice day!
- bombcar 1y ago$259 is dirt cheap for a tool that does what you want:need. For many people with Wordpress sites they’re going to spend way more than that having someone setup the forms for them.