Adding / integrating ACF to a custom WP theme

1. How do I add ACF to WordPress?
2. How do I add a custom field in ACF?
3. How do I show ACF fields in WordPress?
4. What is advanced custom fields plugin?
5. How do I create a custom field?
6. How do you show ACF in front end?
7. How do I get ACF field in category?
8. What is a custom field?
9. How do I display custom fields?
10. What does ACF stand for?
11. How do I find the shortcode in ACF?

How do I add ACF to WordPress?

Adding fields

1. From the Custom Fields admin screen, click the Add New button to create a new field group.
2. Add the fields you would like to see when editing a Post.
3. Under Locations, select one of the Post related rule types (such as Post Type) and then select the corresponding value to show this field group.

How do I add a custom field in ACF?

Simple & Intuitive. Create a field group, add your fields and define the location rules. Presto! Your fields have appeared and are ready for content.

How do I show ACF fields in WordPress?

To retrieve a field value as a variable, use the get_field() function. This is the most versatile function which will always return a value for any type of field. To display a field, use the the_field() in a similar fashion. Here's a basic usage example, and please be sure to view the code example page for more.

What is advanced custom fields plugin?

Advanced Custom Fields is a WordPress plugin which allows you to add extra content fields to your WordPress edit screens. These extra content fields are more commonly referred to as Custom Fields and can allow you to build websites faster and educate your clients quicker. ... Install the ACF plugin.

How do I create a custom field?

Simply create a new post or edit an existing one. Go to the custom fields meta box and select your custom field from the drop down menu and enter its value. Click on 'Add Custom Field' button to save your changes and then publish or update your post.

How do you show ACF in front end?

How to display custom field information on the frontend of your site.

1. Create a New Field Group. Once you've installed and activated the free version of Advanced Custom Fields from WordPress.org, go to Custom Fields > Add New to create your first Field Group. ...
2. Add Custom Fields. ...
3. Configure Settings and Publish.

How do I get ACF field in category?

ACF add custom fields to categories and display

1. I added the fields to ACF in the category taxonomy.
2. Added this snippet into my custom category category-emails.php. $image = get_field('header_image', 'category_74'); echo($image);

What is a custom field?

Custom fields are a means for storing and representing contact data. ... While users typically use tags to further segment their contact lists, users employ custom fields to get even more granular than tags. Custom fields store data that is permanent and unique to each contact.

How do I display custom fields?

The default way to show custom fields in WordPress would be to:

1. Open the single. php file or page. ...
2. Find the_content function so you can list your custom field data after the actual content of the post or page.
3. Use the get_post_meta function to fetch custom field values using their meta key then list them using PHP echo.

What does ACF stand for?

ACF

How do I find the shortcode in ACF?

How do I create a shortcode that outputs the value of an Advanced Custom Fields plugin field.

1. To do this you must first install and activate the ACF plugin on your WordPress website. ...
2. Create a field group with the information you want to use. ...
3. Once you have your field set up you can start creating your shortcode.