WordPress: Advanced Custom Fields

Use the Advanced Custom Fields plugin to add new fields to posts and pages in WordPress.

Introduction

• Customize WordPress content with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
• What you should know
• Demo project overview

1. Getting Started with ACF

• What are custom fields?
• ACF free vs. ACF PRO
• Downloading and installing ACF

2. Creating Field Groups with ACF

• Creating your first field group
• Field types overview
• Adding fields to your fields group
• Adding content to your new fields
• Primer on adding to your website

3. Displaying Your Fields

• Creating a child theme
• Displaying basic fields
• Displaying relational fields
• Styling the fields

4. Working with Data in ACF

• Exploring advanced features of ACF
• What is repeatable data?
• Creating a repeater field
• Displaying the repeater in your theme
• Styling the repeater
• Coding a front-end submission form
• Creating the submission form page

5. Creating a Gutenberg Block

• What do blocks mean in ACF?
• Defining your block in code
• Defining your block in the admin
• Writing your block callback function
• Creating the block template
• Making your block look good

6. Cleaning Up the Admin

• Hiding meta boxes with ACF
• Multiple rules for displaying fields
• Organizing fields with layout types
• Exporting field groups

Conclusion

• Next steps