Including ACF Within a Plugin or Theme
Introduction The Advanced Custom Fields plugin is a powerful tool for developing bespoke websites and web-apps. Although designed primarily for individual use, it may also be used as a framework by both plugin and theme authors to power the... Continue Reading
ACF Blocks: Using InnerBlocks and Parent/Child Relationships
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to utilize the InnerBlocks component within an ACF Block. We’ll also demonstrate how you can leverage relationships to nest blocks while limiting their discoverability. By the end of the tuto... Continue Reading
ACF Blocks: Using get_block_wrapper_attributes()
The get_block_wrapper_attributes() function allows you to use the styles built by WordPress’ native supports for a block, such as background and text colors, padding, margin, etc. In the block editor, this is automatically output for ... Continue Reading
How to Query Posts by Custom Fields
This article demonstrates how to retrieve an array of post objects from the database using native WordPress functions. There are many ways to query posts in WordPress, however, this article will make use of the common get_posts function, WP... Continue Reading
How to Use the Clone Field
The Clone field helps create reusable data structure components that you can pull into other field groups using ACF PRO. It gives you a way to create smaller composable field groups, and clone them into larger, more complex groups. It’s i... Continue Reading
How to Use the Gallery Field
The Gallery field gives you the flexibility to display images in a wide variety of options such as carousels, sliders, and light boxes. However, the Gallery field’s greatest strength might be what it lets you offer content editors: a simp... Continue Reading
Move Fields Between Field Groups
Once a field is created in one field group, it can be moved to another field group. This allows you to easily reorganize your fields when required, without direct database queries or the need to import a modified JSON file. Moving Fields To... Continue Reading
How to Use the Repeater Field
The Repeater field is essentially a way to organize and display data, specifically “repeating” content like slides, team member bios, and events. This is true, but it doesn’t really capture all the capabilities of this amazing field. ... Continue Reading
How to help translate ACF into other languages
ACF 6.0 introduces a new way of collecting translations from our contributors. For all the strings contained in the free version of ACF, these are now collected from translate.wordpress.org. Many of you have submitted translations for numer... Continue Reading
