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ACF Simple Tooltip
Displays ACF field instructions as tooltips using only CSS.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 1
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 18 May 2022
- Added
- Mar 2019
- Requires WP
- 4.7
- Tested up to
- WP 5.9.16
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- Downloads
- 5,690
Our analysis
AI-assistedACF Simple Tooltip is a WordPress plugin designed to display instructions for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) as tooltips. It uses minimal JavaScript and CSS to enhance the user interface by reducing visual clutter in the WordPress dashboard.
This plugin is suitable for developers who work with ACF and want a lightweight solution for managing instructional text without impacting performance significantly. It aims to improve the user experience for data entry personnel by keeping the interface clean.
Best for: Developers using Advanced Custom Fields who want to streamline the WordPress dashboard.
What it does well
- ✓Displays ACF field instructions as tooltips
- ✓Uses only two lines of JavaScript
- ✓Reduces visual clutter in the WordPress interface
- ✓Lightweight solution for ACF implementations
Where it falls short
- •Initial version may have unresolved issues
- •Performance may drop with a large number of ACF fields
Verdict
ACF Simple Tooltip offers a straightforward way to manage ACF field instructions, though it may have limitations in performance with extensive ACF setups.
From the developer
palmerijosh's own description of ACF Simple Tooltip, lightly tidied.
Displays ACF field instructions as tooltips using only CSS.
Overview
The Advanced Custom Fields plugin by Elliot Condon is a fantastic resource for developers, allowing us to structure custom data and create a great user experience for data entry personnel.
The instruction text for ACF fields is useful, but creates visual clutter in the WordPress interface when there is a lot of instructional text. Thomas Meyer has created a great plugin to address this issue with his ACF Tooltip Plugin. However, when using this plugin on implementations that have a large number of ACF fields, I have seen that performance drops and load-time of the WP Dashboard increases.
This plugin, ACF Simple Tooltip, is a lightweight solution that uses only two lines of JavaScript to add classes to ACF field labels which have instruction text. CSS takes care of the rest (creating the “info” ⓘ icon, styling the instruction text as a tooltip, and creating the hover functionality for showing the tooltip). Simply install the plugin, and the JS and CSS will enqueue on any post.php page in the WP Dashboard.
Contact
This is an initial version, so please contact me if you find any issues while using the plugin. Happy developing!
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