How to Use Custom Fields in Wordpress Theme Development

Create and configure a basic text field in Advanced Custom Fields for a WordPress theme, covering labels, names, defaults, placeholders, validation, and front-end output via get_field.

Configure a textarea field and a wysiwyg editor in advanced custom fields, exploring default values, row size, and front-end rendering via the field call in templates.

Create and configure a number field in Wordpress custom fields, setting minimum, maximum, and step values. Validate numeric input and display it on the front end.

Explore using the email field in advanced custom fields for Wordpress, focusing on validation, default values, placeholders, and rendering the email on the front end with a mailto link.

Select the password field in advanced custom fields, attach it to the home page template, and note that passwords render as bullets and should be hashed for security.

Learn how to display advanced custom fields in a Wordpress theme by checking if fields exist on the front end, using conditional statements and get_field.

Explore configuring the Advanced Custom Fields image field in WordPress theme development, choosing return values (image object, URL, or ID) and applying image sizes for front-end templates.

Configure an advanced custom fields file field within a field group for WordPress theme development, and learn to return and render file data on the front end.

Configure choice field types in advanced custom fields: select, checkbox, radio, and true/false, with value and label handling, front end output, using columns and colors for horizontal or vertical layouts.

Explore the checkbox custom field in Wordpress theme development, set color options, display them on posts, and use array checks to show red or other selections.

Explore using radio fields in WordPress theme development to control layout options, choosing horizontal or vertical layouts, and rendering fields with conditional if statements in the back end UI.

Explore true/false and select custom fields in WordPress theme development, using conditional logic to reveal options like layout availability and column counts for clean interfaces.

Use conditional display with a feature content type to show fields like testimonial text or product name based on selection. Learn how conditional logic controls visibility from back-end field groups.

Learn how to use the page link field to pull permalinks from custom post types, create a field group, and render clickable links in posts.

Learn to use the post object custom field to attach a related post to a page, then display its title and content with proper post data handling.

Learn to use relationship and host objects to attach multiple posts with a foreach loop, displaying titles and content while leveraging a searchable, drag-and-drop relationship field.

Learn to add taxonomy fields to post pages and custom post types, select default or custom taxonomies, and return term objects for display with loops using radio or checkbox options.

Configure a relational user field in WordPress theme development with role-based filtering; select a user on the front end and print their data (avatar, email) from the stored field.

Learn how to add and render a Google Maps field in WordPress using Advanced Custom Fields, including setting markers by latitude and longitude and adjusting map options in templates.

Explore adding a Jake Query color picker field in a color demo group to control the home page header color, with a default value and inline styling.

Explore how to implement a date picker as a custom field, set default save and display formats, and order posts chronologically by this meta value, with front-end formatting in PHP.

Organize WordPress admin with advanced custom fields using tab fields to create tab 1 and tab 2 for a home page field group, plus a message field for guidance.

Learn how to pull custom field values from taxonomy terms into the front end using advanced custom fields, with category or tag based rules and dynamic term name formats.

Create and attach custom user fields in WordPress theme development, then retrieve and display user values such as nicknames on author pages using the user ID.

Upgrade to advanced custom fields pro to unlock features like the gallery field, flexible content field, and options pages, and learn license options and upgrade steps in WordPress.

Discover how to use a repeater field with Advanced Custom Fields Pro, including subfields, minimum and maximum item limits, and layout options, then loop through repeating items on a page.

Learn to use the gallery field in WordPress custom fields to create image galleries, loop through images in a template, and display thumbnails, large sizes, and captions.

Discover how the flexible content field in Advanced Custom Fields Pro lets clients build pages with blocks like feature testimonials and featured products, while you control layouts and limits.

Set up options pages with a function in your theme and create theme options with fields like copyright text. Pull these values into the front end using an option call.

Explore the oEmbed field in advanced custom fields pro, learn to configure embed size, paste site URLs (YouTube, Twitter, etc.), and display embeds on the front end.