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Advanced Custom Fields: Archive Templates
ACF Archive is a little plugin for helping you attach ACF fields to the archive template.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 2
- Active installs
- 800+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 25 May 2020
- Added
- Oct 2018
- Requires WP
- 4.1
- Tested up to
- WP 5.4.21
- Requires PHP
- 5.4
- Downloads
- 13,025
Our analysis
AI-assistedAdvanced Custom Fields: Archive Templates is a WordPress plugin designed to help you attach ACF fields to archive templates. It adds a submenu for each public custom post type with an archive defined, allowing you to select options under the ACF rules box.
This plugin is suitable for developers or site owners who want to enhance their custom post types by integrating custom fields into archive pages. It requires some coding knowledge for customisation, as demonstrated in the provided code example.
Best for: This plugin suits developers or site owners looking to enhance custom post types with ACF fields on archive pages.
What it does well
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Allows integration of ACF fields with archive templates
- ✓Provides a submenu for public custom post types
- ✓Customisable through code in theme functions.php
Where it falls short
- •Requires coding knowledge for customisation
- •Limited feature information provided
- •Last updated in May 2020
Verdict
Advanced Custom Fields: Archive Templates offers a straightforward solution for integrating custom fields into archive templates, but it may not be suitable for users without coding experience.
From the developer
Imark Image's own description of Advanced Custom Fields: Archive Templates, lightly tidied.
ACF Archives is a little plugin for helping you attach ACF fields to the archive template.
The plugin will add a submenu for each public custom post type with archive defined
and then you can select under ACF rules box.
Want to add or remove the submenu for other custom post types?
Here is a code example you can add to to your theme functions.php
add_filter( 'acf_archive_post_types', 'change_acf_archive_cpt' );
function change_acf_archive_cpt( $cpts ) {
// 'book' and 'movie' are the cpt key.
// Remove cpt
unset( $cpts['book'] );
// Add cpt
$cpts['movie'] = Movies Archive;
return $cpts;
}
Get the acf field on archive page
$object = get_queried_object();
$field = get_field( 'field_name', $object->name );
var_dump( $field );
From within WordPress
- Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’
- Search for ‘acf archive’
- Activate ACF Archive from your Plugins page.
Manually
- Upload the
acf-archivefolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the ACF Archive plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
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