# My experience with Gravity Forms
**URL:** https://community.gravityforms.com/t/my-experience-with-gravity-forms/1382
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 23, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/my-experience-with-gravity-forms/1382 "2019-03-23T10:01:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@user5c95e78e771195.7](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5c95e78e771195.7)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/my-experience-with-gravity-forms/1382/1 "2019-03-23T10:01:30Z")
Has anyone else used Gravity Forms? It’s a WordPress plugin for creating custom database backed forms. It seemed initially quite powerful until [Speed Test](https://testmyspeed.onl/) I struck some bizarre limitations. Here is short list:
Their is a total field but no subtotal field.
Updating a form does not instantly update [Scrabble Word Finder](https://scrabblewordfinder.vip/) its preview, even with a hard refresh of the browser.
Calculated fields have no option for providing if-else logic (only if) therefore feels like crippleware. There seems to be no workaround either.
I am therefore wondering if I must learn the gravity forms API in order to create a custom field type (with if-else) logic or whether there is a better way?
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### Author:  [@richardw8k](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/richardw8k)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/my-experience-with-gravity-forms/1382/2 "2022-01-05T12:42:01Z")