{"id":9159,"date":"2015-05-19T13:51:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T18:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=9159"},"modified":"2015-05-19T13:54:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T18:54:17","slug":"why-were-updating-you-to-the-latest-version-of-the-gravity-forms-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/why-were-updating-you-to-the-latest-version-of-the-gravity-forms-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We\u2019re Updating You To The Latest Version Of The Gravity Forms Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our missions at WP Engine is to provide you with the most secure WordPress experience possible.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, we\u2019re immediately updating all of our customers who are using an out-of-date version of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/\"> Gravity Forms<\/a> plugin to the latest version, 1.9.9. 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