---
title: "GravityExport download URL shortcode"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityexport-lite/gravityexport-lite-shortcode/"
---

Sometimes you want to use the download URL as publicly available. But you don’t want to update all posts when you regenerate the URL for that form. Use a shortcode when you want to display download URL in [WordPress](#WordPress-9Mptj) and a Merge Tag when you wish to embed the download URL in [Gravity Forms Notifications](#Notifications-B0yEB).

## WordPress

You can render the URL for a form on the front-end by using the `gravityexport_download_url` shortcode.

### **Attributes**

- `id` - (required) the id of the form to get the download url from
- `type` - The file type, either `xlsx` or `csv` . No type defaults to the predefined setting.

### **Full example**

```
[gravityexport_download_url id=1 type=csv]
```

```
[gravityexport_download_url id=1 type=csv]
```

## Notifications

A notification is sent when a user fills out your form. It’s easy to add a link to the download URL in a notification: Add a “Merge Tag”, a special Gravity Forms shortcode that gets dynamically replaced with the URL for easy access. The Merge Tag format is slightly different than the shortcode, as it uses **curly braces** instead of **square brackets**.

### **Attributes**

There are no attributes for the notification Merge Tag. The file extension is retrieved from the form settings.

Because the notification is connected to a form, we already know what form ID to use for the URL. Therefore, we don’t need any other attributes.

### **Full example**

```
{gravityexport_download_url}
```

```
{gravityexport_download_url}
```

## Additional information

The names of the shortcode and Merge Tag have changed. The prior names work and will continue to work.

- The `[gravityexport_download_url]` shortcode was previously named `[gfexcel_download_url]`.
- The `{gravityexport_download_url}` Merge Tag was previously named `{gfexcel_download_url}`.