19 Feb 13

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Disable Custom Fields Editing on a Live Site

Overview When delivering a website to a client, it may be beneficial to hide the “ACF” menu item. This prevents your client from changing or deleting fields and keeps the site running smoothly. This doc details three methods for hiding the ACF menu: Hiding the menu for all users on every site. Hiding the menu […]

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19 Feb 13

Custom location rules

Each field group contains a set of location rules. These rules are used to decide where to show the field group throughout the WP admin. It is possible to create your own location rules, or even modify existing rules using the following fil... Continue Reading

19 Feb 13

Creating a new field type

The Advanced Custom Fields plugin is packed with loads of useful field types such as text, image and WYSIWYG. However, when working on a project, it may be necessary to create a new type of field to save & load unique data. This guide w... Continue Reading

19 Feb 13

Create a front end form

This article will cover how to create a form on the front end of your website to add or edit content. Two functions are available to create a working form in a template file. Name Description acf_form_head() This function is placed at the t... Continue Reading

19 Feb 13

Customize the WYSIWYG toolbars

Description The WYSIWYG field contains an option to define the toolbar (buttons) which are rendered onto the tinyMCE object. By default, you can select ‘Full’ or ‘Basic’, however, it is possible to extend these toolb... Continue Reading

17 Feb 13

Upgrade Guide – Version 4

The ACF plugin has undergone some major changes in version 4 to adhere to the new terms & conditions set by WordPress. To make your upgrade a seamless operation, please read this guide before updating. Database No changes have been made... Continue Reading

14 Feb 13

Adding custom javascript to fields

This article will cover how to add custom JS to interact with and modify ACF fields and settings. Similar to the many WordPress actions and filters available in PHP, ACF adopts a similar model for it’s Javascript. Getting Started Ther... Continue Reading