If your site has that reassuring little padlock icon in the browser bar, you probably feel like your data is completely safe. You have crossed SSL off your security checklist and breathed a sigh of relief.
But there’s a massive security blind spot catching site owners off guard: SSL only protects your data while it’s moving across the web.
The exact second a user clicks “Submit,” Gravity Forms processes that information and writes it directly into your WordPress database. And by default? It saves names, phone numbers, and sensitive files as plain, unencrypted text. If a hacker slips past your firewall or grabs an old site backup, your data is wide open.
We want to help you fix that. We’re passionate about building amazing WordPress plugins, which is why we’ve put together a brand-new guide to help you audit your setup.
What’s Inside the Free Security Audit?
We know you’re busy, so we broke the technical side down into easy-to-understand strategies. Inside the document, you will discover:
- The Backup Trap: Why unencrypted database backups on local developer machines or public cloud buckets are a massive target.
- The True Cost of Plain Text: How storing unencrypted data at rest opens your business up to heavy legal penalties under GDPR and CCPA.
- Fixing the Email Leak: Why sending standard email notifications leaks private info into insecure local mailboxes—and how to stop it.
Powerful Security, Effortless Experience
The solution isn’t to stop using Gravity Forms—it’s the best form builder on the market! The trick is giving it an enterprise-grade upgrade.
Our Gravity Forms Encryption Plugin closes this loophole seamlessly by scrambling fields into randomized cryptographic strings before they ever hit your database.
Best of all, we built it to give you a true “set it and forget it” workflow:
- On-the-Fly Decryption: Authorized admins see the entries normally in the dashboard, while unauthorized database viewers see absolute gibberish.
- Secure File Uploads: Uploaded documents are encrypted directly on your disk the moment they’re sent.
- Zero External Dependencies: Your data stays completely on your server, keeping you in total control.
Protecting your users and defending your brand shouldn’t be a headache. Get more done in less time—it’s a win-win!
Got a question about your database security? We’ve got answers! Let’s talk WordPress!
