wpdesk / wp-forms

3.3.5 2025-12-19 13:42 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.4 || ^8
• ext-curl: *
• ext-json: *
• wpdesk/wp-persistence: ^2.0|^3.0
• wpdesk/wp-view: ^2

Requires (Dev)

• 10up/wp_mock: *
• phpunit/phpunit: ^9
• wpdesk/phpstan-rules: ^1
• wpdesk/wp-code-sniffer: ^1.2.3

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• Marcin
• Krzysiek
• Piotr Potrebka

Published on Packagist.org on 2025-12-19 13:43 UTC

README

Reusable form field objects, renderers and persistence helpers for WordPress projects.

wpdesk/wp-forms is a Composer package, not a standalone WordPress plugin. It is intended to be used from code that already runs inside WordPress, for example a plugin settings page or another admin form.

Requirements

• PHP >=7.4 || ^8
• PHP extensions: ext-curl, ext-json
• Composer packages: wpdesk/wp-persistence ^2.0|^3.0, wpdesk/wp-view ^2
• WordPress runtime for functions used by fields and templates, such as sanitize_title(), sanitize_text_field(), sanitize_email(), wp_verify_nonce(), wp_editor() and escaping helpers
• WooCommerce runtime only for templates and helpers that use WooCommerce functions, such as wc_help_tip(), wc_get_product() and the woocommerce_json_search_products_and_variations AJAX action

Installation

Install the package as a runtime dependency:

composer require wpdesk/wp-forms

When working on this package itself, install development dependencies with:

composer install

Autoloading

Load Composer's autoloader in your plugin or application:

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

The package uses the WPDesk\Forms\ PSR-4 namespace mapped to src/.

Basic Usage

Create field objects, pass them to FormWithFields, handle data submitted under the form ID and render the form with SimplePhpRenderer plus DefaultFormFieldResolver.

<?php

use WPDesk\Forms\Field\CheckboxField;
use WPDesk\Forms\Field\InputEmailField;
use WPDesk\Forms\Field\SubmitField;
use WPDesk\Forms\Form\FormWithFields;
use WPDesk\Forms\Resolver\DefaultFormFieldResolver;
use WPDesk\View\Renderer\SimplePhpRenderer;

$fields = [
	( new InputEmailField() )
		->set_name( 'email' )
		->set_label( __( 'Email address', 'my-text-domain' ) )
		->set_required(),

	( new CheckboxField() )
		->set_name( 'subscribe' )
		->set_label( __( 'Subscription', 'my-text-domain' ) )
		->set_sublabel( __( 'Subscribe to the mailing list', 'my-text-domain' ) )
		->set_default_value( CheckboxField::VALUE_FALSE ),

	( new SubmitField() )
		->set_name( 'save' )
		->set_label( __( 'Save changes', 'my-text-domain' ) )
		->add_class( 'button-primary' ),
];

$form = new FormWithFields( $fields, 'newsletter_settings' );
$form->set_method( 'POST' );
$form->set_action( '' );

if ( isset( $_POST['newsletter_settings'] ) && is_array( $_POST['newsletter_settings'] ) ) {
	$form->handle_request( wp_unslash( $_POST['newsletter_settings'] ) );

	if ( $form->is_valid() ) {
		$data = $form->get_data();
		// Save $data in your persistence layer.
	}
}

$renderer = new SimplePhpRenderer( new DefaultFormFieldResolver() );

echo $form->render_form( $renderer );

Important behavior:

• FormWithFields renders request field names as {form_id}[{field_name}].
• handle_request() reads only fields declared in the form and sanitizes values with each field's sanitizer.
• is_valid() must be called before saving submitted data if validation matters.
• get_data() returns submitted or loaded values and fills missing fields with their default values.
• get_fields() sorts fields by ascending priority; the default priority is 10.

Persistence

FormWithFields::set_data() can load values from a Psr\Container\ContainerInterface implementation.

FormWithFields::put_data() can write current form values to a WPDesk\Persistence\PersistentContainer, but it writes raw values only.

Use WPDesk\Forms\Persistence\FieldPersistenceStrategy when fields with serializers are involved, because it calls field serializers during save and load.

use WPDesk\Forms\Persistence\FieldPersistenceStrategy;

$strategy = new FieldPersistenceStrategy( $persistent_container );

if ( isset( $_POST[ $form->get_form_id() ] ) && is_array( $_POST[ $form->get_form_id() ] ) ) {
	$form->handle_request( wp_unslash( $_POST[ $form->get_form_id() ] ) );

	if ( $form->is_valid() ) {
		$strategy->persist_fields( $form, $form->get_data() );
	}
}

$loaded_data = $strategy->load_fields( $form );
// Pass $loaded_data to your own field owner, container adapter or view layer.

Rendering Fields as Data

Use WPDesk\Forms\Renderer\JsonNormalizedRenderer to convert fields to normalized arrays for custom frontends or JavaScript-driven UIs.

use WPDesk\Forms\Renderer\JsonNormalizedRenderer;

$renderer = new JsonNormalizedRenderer();
$fields_data = $renderer->render_fields( $form, $form->get_data(), $form->get_form_id() );

Available Fields

Text and input fields:

• InputTextField
• InputEmailField
• InputNumberField
• HiddenField
• TextAreaField
• MultipleInputTextField
• DateField
• DatePickerField
• TimepickerField
• ImageInputField
• WPEditorField

Choice fields:

• CheckboxField
• ToggleField
• RadioField
• SelectField
• ProductSelect
• WooSelect

Layout and action fields:

• Header
• Paragraph
• ButtonField
• SubmitField
• NoOnceField, which renders and validates a WordPress nonce field

Base classes:

• BasicField provides common fluent setters such as set_name(), set_label(), set_description(), set_description_tip(), set_placeholder(), set_default_value(), set_required(), set_priority(), add_class() and add_data().
• NoValueField is the base class for display/action fields that normally do not process a submitted value.

Deprecated field:

• WyswigField is deprecated; use WPEditorField instead.

Template notes:

• DefaultFormFieldResolver resolves templates from the package templates/ directory.
• ProductSelect depends on WooCommerce product lookup functions and admin AJAX behavior.
• WooSelect returns the woo-select template name and TimepickerField returns the timepicker template name. Matching templates are not bundled in this package, so provide them through your renderer/resolver setup before using these fields with the default renderer.

Validators, Sanitizers and Serializers

Validators:

• ChainValidator
• NoValidateValidator
• NonceValidator
• RequiredValidator, attached automatically by BasicField::set_required()

Sanitizers:

• NoSanitize, the default sanitizer in BasicField
• TextFieldSanitizer, used by text-like fields
• EmailSanitizer, used by InputEmailField
• CallableSanitizer, for custom sanitizer callbacks

Serializers:

• JsonSerializer
• ProductSelectSerializer
• SerializeSerializer

Fields that return true from has_serializer() should be persisted through FieldPersistenceStrategy if you want serializer-aware save/load behavior.

Development

Available Composer scripts:

composer phpcs
composer phpstan
composer phpcbf
composer phpunit-unit
composer phpunit-unit-fast
composer phpunit-integration
composer phpunit-integration-fast

License

This package is released under the MIT license.