3 Apr

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Registering a Custom Post Type

Overview Post Types are great for storing data objects other than posts and pages, where WordPress provides an admin UI for managing your data and a URL structure for viewing them on the frontend of the site. Add New To register a new post type, navigate to the ‘ACF’ > ‘Post Types’ screen and click […]

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3 Apr

Registering a Custom Taxonomy

Overview Taxonomies are used to classify and categorize individual posts for a post type. WordPress provides an admin UI for managing terms in a taxonomy and categorizing posts with terms. Add New To register a new taxonomy, navigate to the... Continue Reading

6 Mar

Building Layouts With the Flexible Content Field in a Theme

ACF’s Flexible Content fields allow you to create multiple groups of fields known as layouts. You can then use these to give content editors more control over how data is rendered. In this article, I’ll give you a complete use case and ... Continue Reading

17 Feb

Custom location rules

Introduction Location rules are used to determine which field groups appear on which admin screen. They are defined when editing a Field Group and consist of a location type, a comparison operator, and a value. One example of a location rul... Continue Reading

12 Jul

JavaScript API

Learn how to use ACF's JavaScript library including functions, actions and filters and models.

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18 Oct

Adding Custom Settings to Fields

Each ACF field type may contain several different settings that can be used to customize the appearance and functionality of the field. There are two main types of these settings: global and type-specific. Global field settings are register... Continue Reading

18 Dec

Bidirectional Relationships

This tutorial will cover the concept and code for creating a bidirectional relationship between posts using only the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. This tutorial uses a Relationship field to select posts, however a Post Object field with mu... Continue Reading

6 Aug

Translating this plugin

This article will cover the information, tools and instructions to create and submit a translation for the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. Information There are a number of ways you can create translations but the end result is always the sa... Continue Reading

2 Feb

Moving WP elements (such as the content editor) within ACF fields

This article will demonstrate a solution for moving core WordPress elements within ACF fields. This concept uses a message field as a blank placeholder into which the elements are moved via jQuery. Here’s a look at what the interface ... Continue Reading

28 Oct

Multilingual Custom Fields

Introduction Translating your WordPress website into multiple languages is one way to increase traffic and engage visitors from other countries. It may also be a requirement for your project. In this guide, we’ll explore the basic concept... Continue Reading