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We’ve completely redesigned and rebuilt AwesomeACF.com from the ground up. What started as a simple list of ACF extensions is now a full resource hub for WordPress developers who build with Advanced Custom Fields. What’s on AwesomeACF The new site brings together everything an ACF developer needs in one place: 240+ ACF extensions — every […]
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WordPress stores all ACF field data in wp_postmeta — a single table that becomes a bottleneck at scale. Learn why custom tables are faster and three ways to set them up.
Version 1.9.3.7 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small release with a handy UI improvement and a Pro compatibility fix. Shortcode Copy Button The form edit screen now includes a copy-to-clipboard button next to the shortcode field, making it quicker to grab the shortcode without manually selecting […]
Version 1.9.3.6 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small release to fix a bug that would occur when targeting a taxonomy field type in another field’s conditional logic settings. The bug was a simple JS error that was breaking the underlying AJAX request to fetch terms associated […]
Version 1.9.3.5 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small enhancement that introduces a new filter for modifying field groups on form render and controlling the order in which they render in the form. Changelog Pro Version
Version 1.9.3.4 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small enhancement that introduces a new filter. Changelog
Version 1.9.3.3 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small security release and we recommend everyone update to this version. Form export security enhancements This release adds some capability and nonce checks to the form JSON export routine to prevent unauthorized export of form structural JSON data. It […]
Version 1.9.3.2 is now live for both Advanced Forms and Advanced Forms Pro. This is a small release, but it introduces two new action hooks that allow you to add custom markup before and after a field group renders in a form. New Action Hooks We’ve added the af/field_group/before_field_group and af/field_group/after_field_group action hooks. These hooks […]
I’m happy to announce the release of our latest WordPress plugin, ACF Remote Sync! Designed for WordPress professionals who work across multiple sites, ACF Remote Sync offers a convenient solution for migrating ACF field groups between websites without ever leaving the admin. The plugin is an extension for Advanced Custom Fields Pro and requires ACF […]
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