Add custom field groups, flexible content layouts, and repeater fields to WordPress posts and pages.
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Pro
ACF Pro adds advanced custom field management to WordPress with repeater fields, flexible content layouts, gallery fields, and options pages for structured content creation.
Included with purchase:
- 100% GPL Licensed
- Lifetime Updates
- Technical Support
- Instant Download
What is Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Pro?
Advanced Custom Fields Pro is a WordPress plugin that provides structured custom field management with over thirty field types including repeaters, flexible content layouts, galleries, and options pages. It enables developers and content creators to add organized data fields to posts, pages, users, and taxonomies through a visual field group builder.
Key Features
Repeater Field
Create repeatable sets of sub-fields for building lists, team members, FAQs, and other structured data groups.
Flexible Content
Build flexible page layouts with multiple template blocks that content editors can arrange and populate.
Gallery Field
Upload and manage image galleries directly within field groups with drag-and-drop ordering.
Options Pages
Create global settings pages for site-wide options accessible from any template or function.
Field Group Builder
Visual interface for creating and organizing custom field groups with conditional display rules.
Local JSON Sync
Export field configurations as JSON files for version control and synchronization across environments.
Who is this for?
Pros
- Over 30 field types covering text, media, relationships, and complex data structures
- Repeater and flexible content fields enable dynamic, structured page layouts
- Options pages provide global settings accessible throughout the site
- Local JSON feature supports version-controlled field group configuration
- PHP and REST API access for integrating custom field data into themes
Cons
- •Learning curve for complex field configurations like nested repeaters
- •Sites with many field groups may see database query increases
- •Migrating away from ACF requires restructuring custom field data
Product Description
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Pro is a WordPress plugin that provides a comprehensive custom field management system. It allows developers and site builders to add structured data fields to posts, pages, custom post types, users, taxonomy terms, and options pages without writing custom code for each field type.
Field Types and Layouts
ACF Pro includes over 30 field types ranging from basic text and number fields to advanced types like repeater fields, flexible content layouts, gallery uploads, and relationship fields. The Pro version adds key field types that the free version does not include, making it suitable for complex content structures.
Pro Field Types
- Repeater field: Create repeatable sets of sub-fields for lists and structured data groups
- Flexible content: Build flexible page layouts with multiple layout templates that content editors can arrange
- Gallery field: Upload and manage image galleries directly within custom field groups
- Options pages: Create global settings pages accessible from anywhere in your theme or plugin
Developer Integration
ACF Pro provides a PHP API and REST API for accessing custom field data in themes and plugins. Fields can be registered via PHP code, exported as JSON, or synced between development environments. The local JSON feature enables version-controlled field group configurations.
Our Verdict
PluginTheme Team
Expert Reviewer
ACF Pro is a foundational tool for WordPress development. During testing, the repeater and flexible content fields proved essential for building structured content sections. The options pages feature simplified global settings management. Local JSON sync worked reliably for maintaining field configurations across development and production environments.
A widely-adopted custom field solution for WordPress that provides the flexibility and field types needed for structured content management on professional sites.
