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GF Windcave Free

Name: GF Windcave Free
Rating: 5.0 (5 reviews)
Author: webaware

Easily create online payment forms with Gravity Forms and Windcave (DPS Payment Express) PxPay

GF Windcave Free ranks #13,964 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #612 of 2,578 in the Contact Forms category, a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews, and was last updated Sep 6, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.6.1 Current Version v2.6.1

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 06 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 15 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#612 of 2,578 in Contact Forms Top 25% by installs Downloads -31.5% this week Actively maintained

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#13,964

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Active Installs

100+

-43.8%

KW Avg Position

34.5

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10.6K

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Total Progress 41%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

May 1, 2015

GF Windcave Free [gravity-forms-dps-pxpay] < 1.4.3

CVE-2015-10117 · Fixed in v1.4.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.6.1
Last Updated: Sep 06, 2026
Requires WP: 4.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: webaware

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 5
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for Gravity Forms users who want to accept payments through Windcave (DPS Payment Express). It integrates the Windcave PxPay 2.0 hosted payment page with Gravity Forms so site owners can build payment-enabled forms without additional custom development.

Windcave PxPay 2.0 integration
Gravity Forms integration
Build online donation forms
Build online booking forms
Build simple Buy Now forms

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about GF Windcave Free

Windcave PxPay 2.0 is a hosted Credit Card payment gateway, accepting payments around the world including New Zealand, Australia, North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Singapore.

In 2019, Payment Express (DPS) became Windcave. Read the Windcave rebranding announcement for more information.

No. This plugin adds a Windcave PxPay payment gateway to Gravity Forms so that you can add online payments to your forms. You must purchase and install a copy of the Gravity Forms plugin too.

Any Gravity Forms license will do. You can use this plugin with the Basic, Pro, or Elite licenses.

add one or more Product fields or a Total field to your form. The plugin will automatically detect the values assigned to these pricing fields add customer name and contact information fields to your form. These fields can be mapped when creating a Windcave feed add a Windcave feed, mapping your form fields to Windcave transaction fields

GF Windcave Free enables you to store two pairs of User ID and User Key credentials. When you first signup for a PxPay account with Windcave you will likely be issued development or testing credentials. Later, when you want to go live with your site, you will need to request a new User ID and User Key from Windcave. Sandbox mode enables you to switch between your live and test credentials. If you only have testing credentials, both your User ID and Test ID and User Key and Test Key should be identical. In this instance, Sandbox mode can be switched either On or Off. Sandbox mode enables you to run tests without using real credit cards or bank accounts. You must use special test credit card details when using the test environment.

The Windcave eCommerce test details page has card numbers that can be used when testing.

Standard Gravity Forms submission logic applies. The customer will either be shown your chosen confirmation message, directed to a nominated page on your website, or sent to a custom URL.

Successful transaction details including the Windcave transaction number and bank authcode are shown in the Info box when you view the details of a form entry in the WordPress admin.

Browse to your Gravity Form, select Notifications and use the Insert Merge Tag dropdown (Payment Amount, Transaction Number, Surcharge, and Auth Code will appear under Custom at the very bottom of the dropdown list). NB: these custom merge tags will only work for notifications triggered by Payment Completed and Payment Failed events.