Hi, Margaret

Thanks for reaching out to us

You are correct - the only Form integration that can be made editable at this time, is the Gravity Form add-on.

Before purchase, you can test all plugin and Add-on features on our sandbox site.

You can check more details about this integration here.

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Gravity Forms integration for wpDataTables is an add-on that requires wpDataTables and Gravity Forms plugins installed and activated on your WordPress website to be able to work.

You can choose any of the available Gravity Forms licences - they all have the same functionalities, same goes for wpDataTables.

The only difference between licences is they are annual or lifetime,

and the number of domains that you can register licence on.

( And unlimited number of subdomains for all licences).

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks

Hi, Margaret 

I am sincerely sorry for this inconvenience, but i am not sure i understood everything you pointed out.

1.

On the website page where the integration for Formidable Forms is, 

 we did not state that front-end editing is possible,

but, we also did not point out that front-end editing is not possible,

 so i will pass your feedback to our Marketing Team, and we will do our best to improve the page so that it is clearer for users.

Thank you for the feedback.

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We do have a button for "live preview", though,  that takes you to the Documentation with examples and a video about the integration add-on.

We also have an absolutely free Demo, for our main plugin, and all the add-ons, ( on each Documentation page there is a Demo link - as well as in my signature), so you can fully test out all the features,

and there is a 15-day money-back guarantee period, so if users purchase the plugin, and any add-ons, they can safely fully test it out, 

and if it doesn't fit their needs they can request and receive a refund in that period. ( same goes for all our plugins and add-ons)

2.

I have to quote you here :

" It says both Gravity Forms and Formidable Forms can be integrated with wpDataTables".

That is true, you can integrate Gravity Forms,   and you can also integrate Formidable Forms with wpDataTables.

Can you please clarify what you meant by this?

3.

If you mean to ask are we going to implement front-end editing for Formidable Forms,

our developers will do their best - but it would be very difficult, due to the limitations from the Formidable Forms themselves,

so i can't say an ETA if or when that might be possible.

4.

You said :

' I started out with Gravity Forms and dropped it because it couldn't do frontend editing.'

I am not sure what you meant here as well - if you mean the Gravity Forms on their own can't be edited, i can't comment on that, 

but tables made fromm Gravity Forms integration with wpDataTables can be editable if you enable server-side processing, please check more details here.

5.

I am not aware of any functionality about user registration, login, membership being achieved by the Gravity Forms,  can you please elaborate more about that?

If you found a Gravity Forms add-on that can achieve user registration, login, membership,

please note :

• Gravity Forms integration add-on is working with wpDataTables plugin and the core Gravity Forms plugin. 
• However, integration with other Gravity Forms add-ons isn’t confirmed, so we cannot guarantee that it will work.

If you wish to see the full list of limitations, please check at the bottom of the Documentation page that i sent eariler.

6.

I am sorry, but currently we don't have integration with any user registration, login, membership plugins.

If you wish to see that in the future,

Please feel free to search on our suggestions page, 

 to see if someone may be already suggested this feature. If you can't see it, feel free to add your suggestion there,  and as more people vote, the feature will move higher on the priority list.

You can certainly follow our changeLog page if you'd like ( it is also available in the plugin dashboard), where we state any changes/new features/bug fixes during updates;

and our newsletter, so you're informed about new features, bug fixes, freebies, etc.

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Let me know if anything was not clear, and if you have further questions. Thank you

Hi, Margaret

My apologies, i did not answer your last question :

'Can I skip Gravity Forms and just use a registration plugin and tie a user's registration to an editable entry in wpDataTables? '

If you can please elaborate a bit more what kind of process would be included in the user's registration,

where would this user data be stored, and we will advise if something like that would be possible?

If the data would be in the WordPress database,

the only way to pull data from the database for our plugin can be done via our SQL Query based tables.

Please check more details about this here.

Please note: Using this plugin feature requires at least a basic knowledge of SQL. It is assumed that you can create the table in some MySQL data manager (e.g., PHPMyAdmin, MySQL Workbench), and prepare a SQL query that will return the data you need. If you do not know how to use MySQL, refer to the “Create a MySQL-query-based table by generating a query to MySQL database” section. It will explain how to create complete tables or MySQL queries without this basic knowledge. Please be advised that preparing MySQL queries for you is not included in the plugin support.

Hi, Margaret

Both integration add-ons for wpDataTables were created to work with core plugins. So, the Gravity Forms integration add-on is working with the wpDataTables plugin and the core Gravity Forms plugin. However, integration with other Gravity Forms add-ons isn’t confirmed, so we cannot guarantee that it will work. The same applies to Formidable Forms.

Gravity Forms, for example, have over 100 add-ons, and none are free. Since we developed the integration for Gravity Forms and not for any of the add-ons (plus, the majority of add-ons are developed by a 3rd party, not Gravity Forms), we don't have the funds nor the time to test each add-on that's developed for the core plugin.

Back to the topic - Gravity Forms can be editable through wpDataTables if you enable the Server-Side Processing option. There's also an option to enable the "Users see and edit only own data" in the "Editing" tab above the table, so the users will only see and edit their own data from the form on the front end.

If you need this table to be added to your users' posts, you would need to provide the same shortcode on each of their pages (posts).

Let us know if you have any further questions. Thank you

Hi, Margaret 

Sorry about the waiting time on this question.

To be honest, I am not 100% sure if I correctly understood the goal,

but we will get a second opinion from a senior colleague - once we go over all the details together,

I will report back  to confirm this for you.

Apologies once again for all the waiting time.

We will report back as soon as possible.  Thank you for your patience.

Hi, Margaret

Firstly, my sincere apologies for the waiting time.

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In order to have one table that can be filtered for different users,

so that you will allow each user only to see and edit their entries,  

or in other words, only the entries which they input in the Form,

you can achieve this by enabling "Users see and edit only their own data".

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In regards to adding shortcodes of the table  on every profile page for every user,

you can make a template where it will be the same shortcode for each profile page.

Let me know if that makes sense?

Thank you

Hi, Margaret

That is odd, it should let you copy the MySQL Table name, from the Editing tab.

Just to point out that, in order to mark the table name,  you either have to double-click on it,

or you can drag your mouse over it, to select it,  then you can copy  and paste it in the SQL Query.

Here is how it works on my site, you can see my screen recording : https://watch.screencastify.com/v/Ftc6wCIg3E4RyY8umc7V

If it works differently on your end, I can take a look from your WP-Admin, if you wish.

Please provide me a temporary WP-admin (administrator) user for your site where this happens, so we could log in and take a look ‘from the inside’ as that’s the most efficient way to see and resolve the issue. 

We do not interfere with any data or anything else except for the plugin (in case that’s a production version of the site), and of course, we do not provide login data to third parties. 

You can write credentials here just check PRIVATE Reply so nobody can see them except us.

Hi, Margaret 

Sorry for the delayed response.

No problem at all, I am happy to help.

You could drag the mouse over the table name, and then copy,  or you can double-click,  to achieve the same effect.

Let us know if you need any further assistance on this matter.

And of course, please don't hesitate to reach out to us with new tickets, for any new/unrelated topics.

Thank you