ACF Frontend Forms in WordPress: Complete Guide
Compare every approach to building ACF frontend forms — acf_form(), custom PHP, and Advanced Forms. Code examples, feature comparison, and guidance on which fits your project.
How to Store ACF Data in Custom Database Tables
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.
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Using the Gravity Forms Advanced Post Creation add-on with ACF Custom Database Tables
Learn how to use the Gravity Forms Advanced Post Creation Add-on to save data to custom database tables.
Phil Kurth Three ways to exclude fields in ACF front end forms
ACF-powered front end forms are quite powerful as you can use a single ACF field group in both the WordPress admin & a front end form. Here are three ways to control which fields render on the front end.
How to store attachment ACF field data in custom database tables
A quick and easy workaround for enabling custom database table support on the core WordPress attachment post type.
A beginner’s guide to using SQL to query the WordPress database
Writing SQL isn’t something we do often in WordPress but it is more common when working with custom database tables. In this article we take a look at the basics of SQL and how to use it within WordPress safely.
Using ACF Forms to manage third party metadata for posts or users
Learn how to use ACF Forms to edit meta data from other systems such as WooCommerce, EDD, Restrict Content Pro, MemberPress, and more.
How to set up custom database tables per ACF form with Advanced Forms Pro
Storing ACF Form values in custom database tables is a powerful feature which you can easily set up using ACF Custom Database Tables and Advanced Forms Pro.
Effortless Gutenberg Blocks with the help of ACF Theme Code Pro
Learn how to quickly and easily create custom ACF blocks for the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) using our ACF Theme Code Pro plugin. Theme Code Pro will generate all the necessary block registration and template logic – you just need to bring the HTML & CSS to suit your project needs. Video Transcript Hey. Phil […]
Calculated field enhancements in Advanced Forms Pro version 1.6.6
Version 1.6.6 of Advanced Forms Pro was released just a few days ago and with it came some interesting little enhancements to the calculated field that allow you to do the following: Trigger calculated field rerenders whenever needed. Intercept the rendered preview markup and append it anywhere you need it on the page. This is […]