Using Advanced Custom Fields Pro

In this series we’ll be taking a look at the Advanced Custom Fields Pro plugin for WordPress, or ACF Pro for short. In case you’re unfamiliar, the free version of ACF lets you extend your content creation abilities by letting you define your own custom input fields. That means you can work with more than just the default Title and Content forms when creating content. It really pushes the content management aspect of WordPress. This series assumes you have a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and PHP, as well as familiarity with the WordPress dashboard, WordPress folder structure, WordPress theme editing, setting up a local WordPress install and using the free version of Advanced Custom Fields. If none of that seems familiar, then please check out their respective series here on CodeTime before moving on. You should also have already purchased an ACF Pro license, which can be had starting at $25 for one site, or $100 for unlimited. Please have it installed on a local WordPress instance before starting the next episode.

intermediate

2h 22m

Learning Outcomes

This series will teach you the following concepts using the Advanced Custom Fields Pro plugin for WordPress:

Planning repeater fields
Planning nested repeater fields
Outputting repeater, and nested repeater field data
Outputting images as arrays using Advanced Custom Fields
Styling repeater fields with CSS
Adding custom field content to the Twenty-Seventeen WordPress theme
Creating child themes
Creating partial files for your custom fields

Episodes

Introduction

Planning Our Repeater Fields

Creating the Repeater Field

15m

Creating a Child Theme for Our Fields

10m

Creating a Page Template for Our Fields

Populating Our Custom Fields

Outputting Our Custom Fields with PHP

24m

Outputting Custom Field Images

Styling Our Custom Fields with CSS

Displaying Custom Fields on Your Homepage

Planning a Nested Repeater

Creating Nested Repeater Fields

Creating a Page Template for Nested Repeater Fields

Populating Nested Repeater Fields

Outputting Nested Repeater Fields

10m