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Posts about Advanced Custom Fields

  • Building a WordPress site for a client: separating content from design

    Using custom post types in combination with the Block Editor in WordPress for easy content management, irrespective of design changes.

  • WordPress expert Mark Howells-Mead

    Easier alternative string translation using Advanced Custom Fields

    There are several translation plugins in the WordPress ecosystem, each of which has its strengths and weaknesses when it comes to translating and managing multilingual content. There is also the brilliant plugin Loco Translate, which I’ve been using for a very long time to translate English strings in plugins and themes. (Usually German, French and…

  • Working with multilingual theme options

    I’ve been using the Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress for nearly five years, and it’s implemented in every project I’ve created or worked on since I began using it. At work, our WordPress Themes depend on Theme Options, which are set using custom fields created by the plugin. In order to make the technique…