WordPress & developer toolsLive
DataTables for Formidable
Searchable, sortable, exportable tables from Formidable Forms entries.
WordPress pluginA Jones Foundry product
Service
WordPress & Formidable Forms Engineering
Formidable Forms can run a surprising amount of a business when it’s engineered properly. We build complex Formidable applications for clients and sell our own Formidable products and add-ons, so we know the platform from both sides.
The problem
What this solves
If any of these sound familiar, this is the right page.
- A Formidable site has grown into an application and is now slow or fragile
- You need a feature Formidable doesn’t offer out of the box
- Entries hold sensitive information that needs encryption or an audit history
- You want reports and dashboards from form data without exporting to spreadsheets
What we deliver
Solutions we build
Formidable applications
Multi-form applications with views, lookups, calculations, user-scoped entries and front-end editing.
Custom plugins
WordPress plugins written to current WordPress and PHP standards, versioned and maintainable.
Data & reporting
Searchable tables, dashboards and exports built on Formidable entries.
Security add-ons
Field encryption, audit trails and access controls for sites that collect sensitive data.
Our product · Tessera
Business intelligence, inside WordPress
Tessera, our Formidable Forms plugin, turns form entries into dashboards: KPI cards, charts and tables across multiple forms, scheduled email reports, and white-label branding for agencies.
- Joins data across multiple forms
- Scheduled reports by email, with PDF and CSV export
- Dashboards published to a page or shared by link
The foundry process
How a project runs
Every project moves through the same five stages, whether it’s a single integration or a full records system. You see working software early and often.
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01
Discover
Every great creation starts with an idea.
We examine the challenge, understand the opportunity, and establish what needs to be built.
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02
Shape
Ideas need structure.
We architect the technology, plan its components, define the experience, and create the foundation.
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03
Forge
This is where the work takes form.
We engineer the application, integrate the systems, develop the functionality, and turn architecture into working software.
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04
Refine
Precision separates a prototype from a product.
We test, secure, optimize, and improve the solution.
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05
Deliver & Evolve
Built for use. Designed to grow.
We deploy the finished solution and keep supporting it as it evolves.
Under the hood
What we build it with
Proven, well-supported tools we use on our own products every day, chosen for the job rather than for fashion.
Platform
- WordPress
- Formidable Forms Pro
- PHP 8
Data
- MySQL
- Formidable views & lookups
Front end
- JavaScript
- DataTables
- Chart rendering
Our plugins
- Tessera
- DataTables for Formidable
- Canvas for Formidable
Who it’s for
Who typically needs this
- Organizations already running on Formidable Forms
- Agencies building client sites on WordPress
- Teams that need an application without leaving WordPress
Evidence
Work that shows how we do this.
Client projects are labeled as such. Products are ours: built, owned and maintained in-house.
WordPress pluginA Jones Foundry product
Formidable Forms Add-ons
WordPress & developer toolsNot listed
Formidable Forms Add-ons
Sixteen focused extensions for Formidable Forms, each born from a client requirement.
WordPress pluginA Jones Foundry product
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Questions
Common questions
Our Formidable site has gotten slow. Can you help?
Usually. Slow Formidable sites tend to come from a few heavy views or lookups; we find them and fix them before suggesting anything bigger.
Can you build a feature Formidable does not have?
Yes. That is how most of our own Formidable plugins started: a client needed something the platform did not do.
Can sensitive entries be encrypted?
Yes. We build field-level encryption and audit history into Formidable sites that collect sensitive information.
Do we have to leave WordPress?
Not unless it is the right call. Many applications can stay in WordPress; when one has outgrown it, we will say so and explain why.
Related services
Often paired with
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Custom Software Development
Business applications, internal tools, dashboards and workflow systems built around how your organization actually operates.
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Web & Mobile Applications
Responsive web applications and iPhone apps, from first prototype through App Store review and every update after.
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Enterprise & Public-Sector Systems
Records management, audit trails, role-based access and integrations for organizations where accuracy and accountability are not optional.
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AI & Automation
Practical AI: finding where it genuinely saves time, setting it up safely, and building assistants and document workflows that stay grounded in your own information.
Next step
Have an idea worth building?
Bring us the challenge. We’ll help shape the solution. You’ll hear back from the engineer who would build it, not a sales team.