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Advanced Custom Fields
Small addon for ACF Options. Adds ACF location for each custom post type. New feature in the major version 2! Important! After update to v2+ you must …
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 7
- Active installs
- 2k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 8 Apr 2023
- Added
- Jul 2016
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 6.2.11
- Downloads
- 65,371
Our analysis
AI-assistedAdvanced Custom Fields: CPT Options Pages is a WordPress plugin that serves as a small addon for the ACF Options feature. It allows you to add ACF locations for each custom post type, enabling the creation of custom options pages specific to those post types.
With this plugin, you can activate or deactivate custom post types and create tailored options pages for each. The plugin uses standard ACF functions to load values from these options pages, requiring a specific parameter format to target the custom post types effectively.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for developers or site owners who use Advanced Custom Fields and need to manage options for multiple custom post types.
What it does well
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Adds ACF location for each custom post type
- ✓Allows creation of custom options pages for each CPT
- ✓Compatible with the latest WordPress version (6.2.11)
- ✓Has a good user rating (5 out of 5 from 7 ratings)
Where it falls short
- •Requires reconnection of Field Groups to Options Pages after updating to version 2+
- •Limited information on additional features or support
Verdict
Advanced Custom Fields: CPT Options Pages is a straightforward tool for enhancing ACF functionality with custom post types. It is useful for those familiar with ACF who need to create specific options pages.
From the developer
Tusko Trush's own description of Advanced Custom Fields, lightly tidied.
Small addon for ACF Options. Adds ACF location for each custom post type.
New feature in the major version 2!
Important!
After update to v2+ you must reconnect Field Groups to Options Pages
Now you can activate/deactivate CPTs and create custom options pages for each CPT.
By default, options pages are activated for all custom post types.
Usage
The default functions of ACF plugin (get_field, the_field, etc.) can be used to load values from a CPT Options Pages, but second parameter is required to target the CPT options.
This is similar to passing through a $post_id parameter to target a specific post object.
The $post_id parameter needed is a string containing the cpt_ and CPT name in the following format; "cpt_{CPT_NAME}" and for subpages you can copy generated ID while creating subpages.
Examples
In examples Custom Post Type name is
projects.
So, let’s go!
Display a field
<p><?php the_field('field_name', 'cpt_projects'); ?></p>
and the subpage’s field
<p><?php the_field('field_name', 'cpt_projects_testpage'); ?></p>
Retrieve a field
<?php
$field = get_field('field_name', 'cpt_projects');
// do something with $field
?>
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