ACF

Gutenberg 4.5 was released a few…

Brian Krogsgard

November 27, 2018

Gutenberg 4.5 was released a few days ago, and it "matches the first 5.0 RC feature set." Some notable additions include: (1) a minimal multi-selection block panel; (2) the “Disable Visual Editor” option can be set on a per-user basis; (3)…

Nico Prat talks about ACF Blocks…

Dan Knauss

November 2, 2018

Nico Prat talks about ACF Blocks with Gutenberg and Sage, a WordPress starter theme. The article is in French, but Chrome translated it quite well for me.

Eric Karkovack has showcased an impressive upcoming feature…

Dan Knauss

October 25, 2018

Design

Eric Karkovack has showcased an impressive upcoming feature of Advanced Custom Fields. Called "ACF Blocks," this feature allows users to create custom Gutenberg block types without the usual JavaScript. ACF PRO customers can play with this today in the latest beta release,…

If you’re looking for some quality…

Dan Knauss

September 28, 2018

If you're looking for some quality podcasts, this episode of Elementor Talks with Elliot Condon might be worth a listen. Elliot is the lead developer for the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. ACF has been in the news recently for is updates related…

Speaking of interview podcasts, Elliot Condon…

Dan Knauss

August 10, 2018

Speaking of interview podcasts, Elliot Condon of Advanced Custom Fields spoke about ACF, Gutenberg, and WordPress in general on a recent ShopTalk podcast. If you are a user or developer invested in ACF, you'll be happy to read this update…

The state of handling custom metadata in WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

July 7, 2014

Make WordPressPlanet

WordPress has a table for handling metadata of posts. Quite simply, it's a good place to store "stuff" that relates to a post, but doesn't belong in one of the standard parts of the posts table. Metadata can be nearly…

Advanced Custom Fields Add-Ons: Important Announcement

Brian Krogsgard

January 25, 2013

WordPress News

WordPress sent an email to Elliot Condon asking to "remove all ‘license-key features’ from the repository immediately." The post outlines what will happen to ACF plugins over the next few weeks.