It’s been quite a year for the ACF team and our users in the WordPress community. We’ve released new capabilities and features, stayed in touch through ACF Chat Fridays, and introduced new ways to install and update ACF. TL; DR – Releases in 2024 allowed developers to install the…
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Effective Techniques for WooCommerce Product Page Customization
Key points: Default WooCommerce product pages are often insufficient for optimal sales performance, requiring customization to improve user experience and conversion rates. Store owners can customize their product pages through three methods: WordPress Site Editor for basic visual changes, page builders/plugins for enhanced functionality, or custom code for complete…
WordPress Custom Post Types: Manual vs Plugin Methods
Key points: Learn the fundamentals of WordPress custom post types (CPTs). Compare manual coding vs. ACF plugin approaches for implementing CPTs. Master ACF’ s visual development tools for creating and managing complex content structures. Discover advanced CPT features, including custom taxonomies, field types, and front-end display options. Explore real-world implementation…
ACF Chat Fridays: Potential Icon Picker Improvements
ACF Chat Fridays are monthly open forums where the ACF community gathers to discuss various aspects of Advanced Custom Fields, including upcoming developments, recent releases, and best practices for building WordPress sites. These sessions provide a valuable opportunity for users to interact with the development team, ask questions, …
ACF 6.3.11
Advanced Custom Fields version 6.3.11 is now available. Please find the release notes below. And for the latest ACF news, follow us on Twitter @wp_acf. Changelog Enhancement – Field Group keys are now copyable on click Fix – Repeater tables with fields hidden by conditional logic now render…
ACF Chat Fridays: 2024 Survey Results
ACF Chat Fridays are the monthly open forum where the ACF community comes together to discuss all things ACF, including future developments, the latest releases, the best ways to build WordPress sites with ACF, and much more. The November 1st session of ACF Chat Fridays focused on the…
ACF 6.3.10 Security Release
Advanced Custom Fields version 6.3.10 is now available. This release contains important security fixes, an improvement to the user experience of adding fields to a field group, and a bug fix for exporting post types and taxonomies. Add Fields, Quicker ACF 6.0 introduced the new UI for the…
ACF 6.3.9 Security Release
Advanced Custom Fields version 6.3.9 is now available. Please find the release notes below. And for the latest ACF news, follow us on Twitter @wp_acf. Changelog Security – Editing an ACF Field in the Field Group editor can no longer execute a stored XSS vulnerability. Thanks to Duc…
Reflecting on Two Years at WP Engine
June 2024 marked two years since the Advanced Custom Fields plugin (ACF) joined WP Engine as part of the Delicious Brains acquisition. Although I’m a few months late getting to this post, I think it’s worth taking the time to stop and reflect and celebrate where ACF is…
ACF PRO 6.4 Alpha 1
We’re excited to announce the first alpha release for ACF PRO 6.4. This PRO-only release introduces support for WooCommerce high-performance order storage (HPOS). As it is only an alpha release, we do not recommend using this on production sites, but have released it for the broader ACF…
ACF Chat Fridays: Supporting WooCommerce HPOS
ACF Chat Fridays are open office sessions, providing a forum for users and the dev team to come together to solve challenges, share feedback, and gain insights into the future of ACF. Sessions are typically held on the first Friday of every month. The September 6th session of…
ACF 6.3.6 Security Release
Advanced Custom Fields version 6.3.6 is now available. This release contains important security fixes, along with other bug fixes and a new field setting to mark fields as accessible to content editors via Block Bindings or the ACF Shortcode. Field Value Access in the Content Editor The ACF…
ACF Chat Fridays: Demoing ACF Forms
ACF Chat Fridays are a biweekly opportunity for WordPress developers and the ACF team to connect, share knowledge, and explore the latest developments. These open office hours provide a platform for users to ask questions, share feedback, and get insights into the future of ACF, while learning from…
ACF 6.3.5
Advanced Custom Fields version 6.3.5 is now available. 👨💻 Please find the release notes below. And for the latest ACF news, follow us on Twitter @wp_acf. Changelog Fix – The ACF Shortcode now correctly outputs a comma separated list of values for arrays Fix – ACF Blocks…
ACF Chat Fridays: Annual User Survey, ACF 6.3.4, and WooCommerce HPOS Support
ACF Chat Fridays are the biweekly open forum where the ACF community comes together to discuss all things ACF, including future developments, the latest releases, the best ways to build WordPress sites with ACF, and much more. The July 19th session of ACF Chat Fridays covered the recent…
ACF 6.3.4
Advanced Custom Fields version 6.3.4 is now available. This release contains improvements and refinements to block validation, and some further changes to the ACF Shortcode. ACF Shortcode changes The ACF shortcode has been disabled by default since ACF 6.3 for new installs. In this release, we’ve added a…
ACF’s Annual Survey 2024: Your Voice Matters
Last year, we embarked on an exciting journey with the first-ever ACF Annual Survey. The response was overwhelming, with over 2, 000 of you sharing your valuable insights on how you use ACF and how we can improve it. We’ve now officially launched the 2024 ACF Annual Survey…
ACF 6.3.3
Advanced Custom Fields version 6.3.3 is now available. 👨💻 Please find the release notes below. And for the latest ACF news, follow us on Twitter @wp_acf. Changelog Enhancement – All dashicons are now available to the icon picker field type Fix – The True/False field now correctly…
ACF Chat Fridays: Q&A on ACF Blocks
ACF Chat Fridays is where the ACF community comes together to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and explore the latest advancements. Make sure to register for the next session and get an inside look at the latest developments and insights from the experts who shape the ACF ecosystem. The…
ACF 6.3.2 Security Release
Advanced Custom Fields version 6.3.2 is now available. This release contains several miscellaneous security fixes found in a recently commissioned external security audit of ACF and ACF PRO’s codebase. 👨💻 Please find the release notes below. And for the latest ACF news, follow us on Twitter @wp_acf….
