Forms: Enable Central Forms Management by default for all sites (#47826)

* Forms: Enable Central Forms Management by default for all sites

Flip the jetpack_forms_alpha filter default from false to true and
add the central-form-management editor feature flag from within the
Forms package. This makes CFM available to all sites including
self-hosted Jetpack installations, without requiring a feature flag.

The wpcom flags file is updated to explicitly disable CFM for
excluded sites (e2e test, disable sticker) rather than enabling
for included ones, preserving the opt-out mechanism.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Fix forms e2e test: use explicit inner blocks to avoid synced form creation

With CFM enabled by default, clicking the variation picker creates a
synced form whose title comes from the variation (not the block's
formTitle attribute). The test then fails looking for a form with the
original title.

Provide explicit innerBlocks when inserting the form block, matching
the pattern already used by the second test. This keeps the form
inline and preserves the formTitle attribute.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add changelog for Jetpack plugin e2e test update

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Lets not introduce a new public method to enable the 'enable_central_form_management_flag' flag.

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Enej Bajgoric <enej.bajgoric@automattic.com>

Committed via a GitHub action: https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/actions/runs/24368126638

Upstream-Ref: Automattic/jetpack@80ea3fd

Author: enejb

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [7.17.1-alpha] - unreleased
+## [7.18.0-alpha] - unreleased
 
 This is an alpha version! The changes listed here are not final.
 
 ### Changed
+- Enable Central Forms Management (wp-build dashboard and synced forms) by default for all sites, including self-hosted Jetpack installations.
 - Forms responses dashboard: request field values as a keyed collection from the API.
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -2434,7 +2435,7 @@ This is an alpha version! The changes listed here are not final.
 - Added a new jetpack/forms package [#28409]
 - Added a public load_contact_form method for initializing the contact form module. [#28416]
 
-[7.17.1-alpha]: https://github.com/automattic/jetpack-forms/compare/v7.17.0...v7.17.1-alpha
+[7.18.0-alpha]: https://github.com/automattic/jetpack-forms/compare/v7.17.0...v7.18.0-alpha
 [7.17.0]: https://github.com/automattic/jetpack-forms/compare/v7.16.0...v7.17.0
 [7.16.0]: https://github.com/automattic/jetpack-forms/compare/v7.15.0...v7.16.0
 [7.15.0]: https://github.com/automattic/jetpack-forms/compare/v7.14.0...v7.15.0

build/constants.php

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
  */
 
 return array(
-	'version' => '7.17.1-alpha',
+	'version' => '7.18.0-alpha',
 	'build_url' => plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ),
 );

composer.json

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 			"link-template": "https://github.com/automattic/jetpack-forms/compare/v${old}...v${new}"
 		},
 		"branch-alias": {
-			"dev-trunk": "7.17.x-dev"
+			"dev-trunk": "7.18.x-dev"
 		},
 		"textdomain": "jetpack-forms",
 		"version-constants": {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@automattic/jetpack-forms",
-	"version": "7.17.1-alpha",
+	"version": "7.18.0-alpha",
 	"private": true,
 	"description": "Jetpack Forms",
 	"homepage": "https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/tree/HEAD/projects/packages/forms/#readme",

src/blocks/contact-form/class-contact-form-block.php

@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ public static function register_feature( $features ) {
 		$features['multistep-form'] = Current_Plan::supports( 'multistep-form' );
 		$features['form-webhooks']  = Current_Plan::supports( 'form-webhooks' );
 
+		if ( ! isset( $features['central-form-management'] ) ) {
+			$features['central-form-management'] = true;
+		}
+
 		return $features;
 	}
 

src/class-jetpack-forms.php

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 class Jetpack_Forms {
 
-	const PACKAGE_VERSION = '7.17.1-alpha';
+	const PACKAGE_VERSION = '7.18.0-alpha';
 
 	/**
 	 * Load the contact form module.

src/contact-form/class-contact-form-plugin.php

@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ public static function has_editor_feature_flag( $flag ) {
 		$feature_flags = apply_filters( 'jetpack_block_editor_feature_flags', array() );
 		return ! empty( $feature_flags[ $flag ] );
 	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Remove feedback post type from the allowed post types for related posts.
 	 *
@@ -1566,7 +1565,8 @@ public function unread_count() {
 
 				// Jetpack submenu entries
 				foreach ( $submenu['jetpack'] as $index => $menu_item ) {
-					$admin_slug = apply_filters( 'jetpack_forms_alpha', false ) ? Dashboard::FORMS_WPBUILD_ADMIN_SLUG : Dashboard::ADMIN_SLUG;
+					/** This filter is documented in class-dashboard.php::init */
+					$admin_slug = apply_filters( 'jetpack_forms_alpha', true ) ? Dashboard::FORMS_WPBUILD_ADMIN_SLUG : Dashboard::ADMIN_SLUG;
 					if ( $admin_slug === $menu_item[2] ) {
 						// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.GlobalVariablesOverride.Prohibited
 						$submenu['jetpack'][ $index ][0] .= $forms_unread_count_tag;

src/dashboard/class-dashboard.php

@@ -170,8 +170,17 @@ public function init() {
 		add_action( 'admin_menu', array( $this, 'add_admin_submenu' ), self::MENU_PRIORITY );
 		add_action( 'admin_menu', array( __CLASS__, 'redirect_dashboard_url_cross_variant' ), 1 );
 
-		// Flag to enable the wp-build-based dashboard.
-		$is_wp_build_enabled = apply_filters( 'jetpack_forms_alpha', false );
+		/**
+		 * Filter to enable or disable the wp-build-based Forms dashboard.
+		 *
+		 * Enabled by default since Central Forms Management is now available for all sites.
+		 * Can be disabled by returning false from this filter.
+		 *
+		 * @since 7.18.0-alpha
+		 *
+		 * @param bool $enabled Whether the wp-build dashboard is enabled. Default true.
+		 */
+		$is_wp_build_enabled = apply_filters( 'jetpack_forms_alpha', true );
 
 		if ( $is_wp_build_enabled ) {
 			self::load_wp_build();
@@ -200,7 +209,8 @@ public static function redirect_dashboard_url_cross_variant() {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$is_wp_build_enabled = apply_filters( 'jetpack_forms_alpha', false );
+		/** This filter is documented in class-dashboard.php::init */
+		$is_wp_build_enabled = apply_filters( 'jetpack_forms_alpha', true );
 
 		// Legacy URL requested but wp-build is now active → redirect to wp-build.
 		if ( $page === self::ADMIN_SLUG && $is_wp_build_enabled ) {
@@ -368,7 +378,8 @@ public function load_admin_scripts() {
 	 */
 	public function add_admin_submenu() {
 
-		if ( apply_filters( 'jetpack_forms_alpha', false ) ) {
+		/** This filter is documented in class-dashboard.php::init */
+		if ( apply_filters( 'jetpack_forms_alpha', true ) ) {
 
 			// `jetpack_forms_jetpack_forms_responses_wp_admin_render_page` is the callback generated by WP build script.
 			$callback = function_exists( 'jetpack_forms_jetpack_forms_responses_wp_admin_render_page' )
@@ -553,7 +564,8 @@ public static function mark_classic_form_detected() {
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	public static function get_forms_admin_url( $tab = null, $post_id = null ) {
-		$is_wp_build_enabled = apply_filters( 'jetpack_forms_alpha', false );
+		/** This filter is documented in class-dashboard.php::init */
+		$is_wp_build_enabled = apply_filters( 'jetpack_forms_alpha', true );
 		$url                 = admin_url( 'admin.php' );
 
 		$url .= $is_wp_build_enabled