ACF Blocks

3 Dec 25

Customizing the Inline Editing Experience

Customizing the Inline Editing Experience Inline Editing is a new feature of ACF Blocks that allows authors to edit block data directly within the block preview area, offering a more native Gutenberg-like experience without extra code. Text... Continue Reading

3 Dec 25

Enabling Inline Editing

Enabling Inline Editing Inline Editing is a new feature of ACF Blocks that allows authors to edit block data directly within the block preview area, offering a more native Gutenberg-like experience without extra code. In order to use the In... Continue Reading

3 Dec 25

Inline Editing for ACF Blocks

ACF Inline Editing is a groundbreaking feature for ACF Blocks, allowing authors to edit block data by clicking directly on what they want to edit in the block preview area. This functionality requires no extra code or JavaScript from the bl... Continue Reading

7 Oct 25

ACF Blocks V3

ACF Blocks V3 ACF Blocks Version 3 brings your ACF Blocks improved usability, new functionality, and fixes some issues as well: New: ACF Blocks v3 is compatible with WordPress/Gutenberg blocks v3 (iframe) New: ACF Blocks Edit Mode has been ... Continue Reading

18 Jun 24

Compiling Multiple ACF Blocks With Scripts

Introduction The WordPress block editor has revolutionized the way we can create content in WordPress. Whether you’re developing a custom ACF Block, a theme, or a plugin, effective tooling can help make your development workflows fast... Continue Reading

22 May 24

Disable Field Validation in ACF Blocks

Field validation is enabled by default for all ACF Blocks. Existing posts with ACF Blocks are validated the next time the post is edited. If any fields fail validation, the post cannot be saved until those issues are resolved. In some cases... Continue Reading

22 May 24

Save ACF Block Field Values to Post Meta

By default, WordPress stores a block’s field data inside the block’s HTML comment in post_content. This is usually fine, but you may also want to create an ACF Block that saves and reads its data from post meta instead, thus making it e... Continue Reading

22 May 24

ACF Blocks Configuration via block.json

Description Since ACF 6.0, ACF has recommended using block.json to handle your block registration. A mirror of the WordPress JSON Schema for block.json, with ACF’s additions, is available at https://github.com/AdvancedCustomFields/schemas... Continue Reading

24 Jan 24

Using Context With ACF Blocks

ACF Blocks opens the door to more creative building possibilities. One example we previously explored was using InnerBlocks and parent/child relationships, where we nested ACF Blocks inside of each other. Nesting your ACF Blocks organizes y... Continue Reading