Advanced Custom Fields vs CMB2

🚀 All-in-one enhancement suite that improves WordPress & Advanced Custom Fields. This plugin aims to provide a powerful administration framework with a wide range of improvements & optimizations. This plugin requires at least ACF Pro 5.8. If you don’t already own ACF Pro, you should consider it. It’s one of the most powerful WordPress plugin available. ⭐ Highlight 14+ New ACF Fields 10+ ACF Fields Enhanced 4+ New Field Groups Locations Self/Multi/Bidirectional Fields Advanced Fields Validation Flexible Content as Page Builder Optimize metadata with Performance Mode Advanced Front-End Forms Manager ACF Options Pages / Block Types Manager ACF & WordPress Meta Overview WordPress Post Types / Taxonomies Manager WordPress Options Manager WordPress Admin Enhancements WPML & Polylang Multilingual support … And many more features 💎 Pro Highlight 20+ New ACF Fields 10+ ACF Fields Enhanced 20+ New Locations Payment Field with Stripe & PayPal Express Flexible Content Grid System Flexible Content Layouts Locations Rules Templates Manager Builtin Classic Editor Settings UI Screen Layouts Force Json Sync Field Visibility Settings Global Field Conditional Rules … And many more features 🤟 Philosophy Seamless integration No extra menu, ads or notices Built by developers, for developers 🛠️ Links Website Documentation Guides Roadmap GitHub Twitter Twitter (Personal) Slack Community 🧰 Tools FAQ Support Feature Request Reviews Donation 📁 Field Groups Advanced Settings Enable advanced settings for all fields within the Field Group. Auto Sync PHP Automatically synchronize field groups with local PHP files upon field group updates. This feature will create, include and update a local PHP file for each field group. Auto Sync Json Control which field groups you want to synchronize with local Json files. Display warnings if the Json file has been manually deleted. Categories Spice up your field groups with a custom taxonomy and filter field groups by terms. Custom Key Set custom field group key. Example: group_custom_name. Custom Meta Add custom metas (key/value) in the field group administration. Display Title Display an alternative field group title in post edition screen. Field Group UI (PRO) Enable enhancements to the Field Group UI for a better user experience. Force Sync (PRO) Always keep Json files synchronized with the Field Groups in the database. Hide on Screen (FREE / PRO) Hide Gutenberg Block Editor and 10+ more items to hide in the field group settings. Instructions Placement New instruction placements let you display field description “above the fields” or in a “tooltip”. Location: Advanced Post (PRO) A collection of multiple new Field Groups locations allowing developers to target posts with specific conditions (Post author, date, slug, path etc…). Location: Advanced Menu Item (PRO) Target specific “Menu Item Depth” or “Menu Item Type” from the Field Groups Locations rules. Location: Advanced Taxonomy Term (PRO) A collection of multiple new Field Groups locations allowing developers to target taxonomy and terms with specific conditions (Term name, parent, slug etc…). Location: All post types Display field groups on all post types edition screen. Location: Attachment List (PRO) Display field group on attachment admin list screen. Location: Dashboard Widgets (PRO) Display field groups and update ACF Fields from the WP Dashboard. Location: Field Value (PRO) Display a field group based on the field value of an another field group. Location: Post type Archive Add an Archive Option Page under the Post Type admin menu. Display and save any field groups within it. Location: Post type List Display field group on post types admin list screen. Location: Taxonomy List Display field group on taxonomies admin list screen. Location: User List (PRO) Display field group on user admin list screen. Location: Woocommerce (PRO) Display field groups on Woocommerce pages. Location: WP Settings (PRO) Display field groups on WP Settings pages: General, Writing, Reading, Discussion, Media and Permalinks. Local Field Groups Display local field groups that are loaded by ACF, but not available in the ACF field group administration. Example: Field groups that are registered in the functions.php file, but not in the ACF UI. Note Add a personal note in the field group administration. Only visible to administrators. Permissions Add permission layer to field groups. Choose which roles can view & edit field groups in the post edition screen. Raw Data Display raw field group data in a modal to check your configuration & settings. ⚙️ Fields Settings Advanced Settings A more sophisticated field settings based on specified location (administration/front-end). Example: Field is required only in front-end. Advanced Validation A more sophisticated validation conditions (AND/OR) with custom error messages based on specified location (administration/front-end). Self/Multi/Bidirectional fields An advanced bidirectional setting (also called post-to-post) is available for the following fields: Relationship, Post object, User & Taxonomy terms. Fields will work bidirectionally and automatically update each others. Works in groups & clones. Field Visibility (PRO) Get quick access to “Field Visibility”, “Label Visibility”, “Instructions Visibility” and “Required Setting” for the following screens: “Everywhere”, “Front-end” and “Administration”. Global Condition (PRO) Enable Global Conditional Logic for a specific field, which can then be used in an another Field Group as condition, both as Field Group Condition and Field Condition. Instruction Placement (PRO) Override a specific field instruction placement to any position: Below labels, below fields, above fields or tooltip. Instruction Read More (PRO) Allow to expand instructions text with a “Read More” link. This feature is useful for lengthy instructions text. Min/Max (PRO) Minimum & maximum items is a global field setting that let you define a specific number of items that can or should be added by the user. Permissions Add permission layer to fields. Choose which roles can view & edit fields in the post edition screen. (can be combined with field groups permissions). Raw data Display raw field data in a modal to check your configuration & settings. Required Message (PRO) This setting allow developers to define a custom error message within the field settings for a more intuitive user experience. 🏷️ Fields Advanced Link Display a modern Link Selection in a modal. Posts, Post Types Archives & terms selection can be filtered in the field administration. Block Editor (PRO) Display an isolated Block Editor field on admin screen (with Classic Editor enabled) or on the front-end. Block Types (PRO) Display an ACF Block Types selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Button Display a custom submit or button. Built-in ajax call setting. Usage example available in the field administration. Checkbox (FREE / PRO) Define grouped choices values using ## Title markup in the field’s choices. Clone Allow users to edit clone fields in a modal. Choose the edit button text, display close button and the modal size. Code Editor Edit code using the native WP Core Codemirror library. Default languages: Text/HTML, Javascript, CSS, PHP mixed/plain. Color Picker (PRO) A collection of advanced settings for the ACF Color Picker. The field can now be displayed as a palette, custom colors can be predefined and RGBA mode is supported. Columns (FREE / PRO) Organize and re-arrange your fields using columns and line-breaks. The field acts like the ACF Accordion/Tab field and allow you to create virtually grouped fields which will be displayed inside columns. Countries (PRO) Display a Country selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Currencies (PRO) Display a Currency selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Date/Timepicker (FREE / PRO) Display a modern UI of the ACF Datepicker field. CSS and icons have been enhanced to fit WordPress admin UI and colors. Date Range Picker (PRO) Display a Date Range Picker. The field support a wide range of customization, such as: Placeholder, Default dates, Range Restriction, Date restriction, No weekends etc. Dynamic Render Display custom HTML/PHP content using a simple named hook. Field Groups (PRO) Display an ACF Field Groups selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Field Types (PRO) Display an ACF Field Types selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Fields (PRO) Display an ACF Fields selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. File (FREE / PRO) Choose the uploader type, enable multi file upload and dropzone. Flexible Content (FREE / PRO) Displayed an enhanced version of the native Flexible Content field. Dozens of new settings and settings were added, allowing developers to create the most advanced page builder and fully control the field’s behavior. Forms Select any dynamic form (format: checkbox, radio or select). Google Map (PRO) A collection of new settings added to the ACF Google Map Field that allow developers to have more control over the field behavior. Google reCaptcha Display a reCaptcha field (compatible v2 & v3). Group Allow users to edit group fields in a modal Choose the edit button text, display close button and the modal size Hidden Input Display a hidden input with custom name/value Image (FREE / PRO) Choose the uploader type, customize the upload folder and set the image as post featured thumbnail Image Selector (PRO) Display an Image Selector field. Image Sizes (PRO) Display an Image Sizes selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Languages (PRO) Display a Language selector as radio, checkbox or select field type, compatible with WPML & Polylang. Menu Locations (PRO) Display a Menu Locations selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Menus (PRO) Display a Menu selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Options Pages (PRO) Display an ACF Options Pages selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Payment (PRO) Display a Payment Field that supports with Stripe & PayPal Express gateways, working on both front-end and back-end. Payment Cart (PRO) Display an optional Payment Cart to easily setup an e-commerce solution. Payment Selector (PRO) Display an optional Payment Selector which let the user switch the payment gateway. Phone Number (PRO) Display a fully customizable international Phone Number field. Post Field (PRO) The Post Field is a new field that allow developers to move native WordPress fields such as Post Title, Date, Status, Visibility, Permalink etc. Post Formats (PRO) Display a Post Format selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Post Object (FREE / PRO) Allow user to enter custom value which will be saved as a new post, or enable the inline post creation/edit. Post Status Select any post status (format: checkbox, radio or select) Post Types Select any post type (format: checkbox, radio or select) Radio (FREE / PRO) Define grouped choices values using ## Title markup in the field’s choices. Relationship (PRO) The Relationship field includes new settings allowing users to create and edit post on-the-fly from the post edit screen. Repeater Add stylised to ‘Add Row’ button, lock rows and remove repeater’s actions. Select (FREE / PRO) Change the default “Select” placeholder text and Search Input placeholder and allow user to enter custom values. Slug A slug text input (ie: my-text-input). Tab (PRO) Disable the last opened tab user preference. Which means that when the user will refresh the page, it will always load the first tab. Taxonomies Select any taxonomy (format: checkbox, radio or select) Taxonomy Terms Select any terms of any taxonomies, allow specific terms, level or childrens (format: checkbox or select). Terms can be loaded & saved for the current post (just like the native ACF Taxonomy field) Templates (PRO) Display an ACF Extended Templates selector as radio, checkbox or select field type. Textarea Switch font family to monospace and allow tab indent. True/False (PRO) Five new styles have been added to the native True/False field. User Roles Select any user role (format: checkbox, radio or select) WYSIWYG Editor (PRO) New settings allowing developers to have more control over the field behavior. 🛠️ Modules Block Types UI (FREE / PRO) The Dynamic Block Types module allows you to register and manage ACF Block Types from your WordPress admin, in ACF > Block Types menu. Pro version allows to sync Json/PHP files. Classic Editor (PRO) ACF Extended is bundled with a custom merged version of the Classic Editor & Disable Gutenberg plugins. Developer Mode (FREE / PRO) The Developer Mode allow you to view all Posts, Terms, Users & Options custom metadata in a readable format. This feature is very useful to check what is actually saved in any WordPress Object. Forms (FREE / PRO) Manage Advanced ACF Forms from the WordPress administration. This module is an enhanced version of the native ACF Form feature. While all native settings can be used, Dynamic Forms adds many new settings and introduce “Actions” for a complete control over the form behavior. Options Pages UI (FREE / PRO) The Dynamic Options Pages module allows you to register and manage ACF Options Pages from your WordPress admin, in ACF > Options Pages menu. Pro version allows to sync Json/PHP files. Performance Mode (FREE / PRO) A unique module that allows developers to optimize database load when dealing with hundreds or thousands of metadata with two different methods: Ultra & Hybrid Engines. Post Types UI (FREE / PRO) The Dynamic Post Types module allows you to register and manage custom post types from your WordPress admin, in Tools > Post Types menu. Pro version allows to sync Json/PHP files. All native post types settings can be set within the UI. ACF Extended also adds more advanced settings allowing to manage posts per page, order etc… Rewrite Rules (PRO) Get an overview of all WordPress permalinks structures and rules. Test URLs, export rules and flush permalinks from the UI. Scripts UI (PRO) Run custom scripts on thousands of posts. Including builtin “Orphan Meta Cleaner”, “Script Launcher” and “Performance Converter” scripts. Settings UI (FREE / PRO) The Settings UI allows developers to get an overview of all ACF and ACF Extended settings values from the ACF > Settings menu. Taxonomies UI (FREE / PRO) The Dynamic Taxonomies module allows you to register and manage custom taxonomies from your WordPress admin, in Tools > Taxonomies menu. Pro version allows to sync Json/PHP files. All native taxonomies settings can be set within the UI. ACF Extended also adds more advanced settings allowing to manage posts per page, order etc… Templates (PRO) Manage default ACF values in an advanced way and sync templates with Json/PHP files. 🖥️ WordPress Ajax Author Box The native WP Author Metabox has been replaced with an Ajax version allowing to manage thousands of users without slowing down the post administration. The new Author box also include an inline search input. Enhanced UI The Taxonomy, User profile & Settings views have been enhanced for a more consistent administration experience, using CSS/JS only. Polylang ACF Extended adds a new layer of compatibility for Polylang. ACF Options Pages and all ACF Extended Modules (Dynamic Post Type, Taxonomy, Options Pages, Block Type) are compatible. Screen Layouts (PRO) Post Edit screens have been enhanced allowing up to 3 columns layout and multiple variations. WPML ACF Extended adds a new layer of compatibility for WPML. ACF Options Pages and all ACF Extended Modules (Dynamic Post Type, Taxonomy, Options Pages, Block …

CMB2 is a developer’s toolkit for building metaboxes, custom fields, and forms for WordPress that will blow your mind. Easily manage meta for posts, terms, users, comments, or create custom option pages. CMB2 is a complete rewrite of Custom Metaboxes and Fields for WordPress. To get started, please follow the examples in the included example-functions.php file and have a look at the basic usage instructions. You can see a list of available field types here. Contribution Development occurs on Github, and all contributions welcome. Please read the CONTRIBUTING doc for more details. A complete list of all our awesome contributors found here: github.com/CMB2/CMB2/graphs/contributors Features: Create metaboxes to be used on post edit screens. Create forms to be used on an options pages. Create forms to handle user meta and display them on user profile add/edit pages. Create forms to handle term meta and display wherever your taxonomies are used. Flexible API that allows you to use CMB forms almost anywhere, even on the front-end. Several field types are included. Custom API hook that allows you to create your own field types. There are numerous hooks and filters, allowing you to modify many aspects of the library (without editing it directly). Repeatable fields for most field types are supported, as well as repeatable field groups. CMB2 is safe to bundle with any project. It will only load the newest version in the system. Translation If you are looking to provide language translation files, Please do so via WordPress Plugin Translations. Documentation CMB2 documentation can be found at the CMB2 wiki on github. Also, If you’re into reading code and inline documentation, we tried to keep all functions and methods fully inline-documented. 3rd Party Resources Custom Field Types CMB2 Field Type: CMB Attached Posts Field from coreymcollins: custom_attached_posts, for attaching posts to a page. CMB2 Field Type: Post Search Ajax by alexis-magina: post_search_ajax Attach posts to each other. Same approach as CMB2 Attached Posts Field but with Ajax request, multiple/single option, and different UI. CMB2 Field Type: Ajax Search from rubengc: 3 different fields with the same UI in AJAX to search (with query parameters) to users, post type and taxonomy terms. CMB2 Field Type: CMB2 User Search field from Mte90: user_search_text adds a user-search dialog for searching/attaching other User IDs. CMB2 Field Type: Google Maps from mustardBees: Custom field type for Google Maps. The pw_map field stores the latitude/longitude values which you can then use to display a map in your theme. CMB2 Field Type: Leaflet Maps from villeristi: Custom field type for Leaflet Maps. CMB2 Field Type: Select2 from mustardBees: Custom field types which use the Select2 script: The pw_select field acts much like the default select field. However, it adds typeahead-style search allowing you to quickly make a selection from a large list The pw_multiselect field allows you to select multiple values with typeahead-style search. The values can be dragged and dropped to reorder CMB Field Type: Slider from mattkrupnik: Adds a jQuery UI Slider field. WDS CMB2 Date Range Field from dustyf of WebDevStudios: Adds a date range field. CMB2 Remote Image Select from JayWood of WebDevStudios: Allows users to enter a URL in a text field and select a single image for use in post meta. Similar to Facebook’s featured image selector. CMB Field Type: Sorter: This plugin gives you two CMB field types based on the Sorter script. CMB Field Type: Tags: WordPress-Tags-like field type for CMB2. note: this does not set the post tags, but simply provides a unique text input CMB Field Type: Link Picker: Using the Link Picker for CMB2 control, you can choose a link from your WordPress site, or manually enter a link. You can also identify if the link should open in a new window, or not. CMB Field Type: MultidatesPicker: Creates a CMB2 field type that enables a multiple date calendar. It uses a plugin called MultiDatesPicker v1.6.3 for jQuery UI. CMB Field Type: CMB2-radio-image: Image as radio buttons. CMB2 Term Select: Special CMB2 Field that allows users to define an autocomplete text field for terms. Note: this will set the taxonomy terms, but has the option ('apply_term' => false) to disable and save the term ids as data instead (like for options pages, etc). CMB2 Related Links: Allows users to add a related links via a repeating field group. Field inputs are powered by the CMB2 Field Type: CMB2 Post Search field documented above, and so each link can be populated with existing WordPress content by clicking on the search button. Note: this is not a standard field type, but instead a function you use in combination with CMB2::add_field(). CMB2 Field Type: Order by rubengc: Allows users to define custom order of predefined options. CMB2 Field Type: Animation by rubengc: Allows users to pickup an animation from Animate.css (includes preview of chosen animation). CMB2 Field Type: Ajax Search by rubengc: Based on CMB2 Field Type: Post Search Ajax, adds the ability to attach posts/users/terms, and the ability to limit the maximum number of attached objects. CMB2 Field Type: Visual Style Editor by rubengc: Custom field for CMB2 which allows customizing style from a small set of controls. CMB2 Field Type: Content Wrap by rubengc: Custom field for CMB2 to store a content wrap values (padding, margin or border width). CMB2 Field JS Controls by rubengc: Show any field similar to WordPress publishing actions (Post/Page post_status, visibility and post_date submit box field). CMB2 Field Type: Position by rubengc: CMB2 field type to setup a jquery UI position values. CMB2 Field Type: CMB2 Roadway Segments by pixelwatt: This plugin adds a new CMB2 fieldtype for drawing roadway segments onto a map and provides a shortcode for display. CMB2 Field Type: Font Awesome by serkanalgur: This plugin adds a new CMB2 field type for selecting Font Awesome icons. CMB2 Field Type: Typography by eduplessis: This plugin adds a new CMB2 field type “Typography” and it use jQuery fontselect for the font-family selection. CMB2 Field Type: Markdown by Rekenna: This plugin adds a new CMB2 field type “CMB2 Markdown” where you can type in markdown and view a live preview of the results or convert to html with a button. CMB2 Field Type: Switch Button by themevan: This plugin adds a Custom Switch Button field type for CMB2. CMB2 Field Type: select_plus from manzoorwanijk: Select field type which acts much like the default select field. However, it adds the support for optgroup and saving of values with multiple attribute. CMB2 Field Type: Address by scottsawyer: Just a simple, repeatable address field. It’s really just the snippet from CMB2 Snippet Library converted to a plugin. CMB2 Field Type: Link by scottsawyer: Create a link field with some attributes. Very nice for styling links. CMB2 Field Type: Widget Selector by scottsawyer: Need a field that lets you ( or your editor ) select / display an existing widget instance? Then this is the plugin for you. Other Helpful Resources CMB2 WooCommerce HPOS Orders: Adds the ability to add custom fields to the new WooCommerce HPOS orders page. CMB2 Admin Extension: Adds a UI to create CMB2 meta boxes from the WordPress admin. Also on wordpress.org. WordPress Shortcode Button: Uses CMB2 fields to generate fields for shortcode input modals. WDS-Simple-Page-Builder: Uses existing template parts in the currently-active theme to build a customized page with rearrangeable elements. Built with CMB2. CMB2 Example Theme: Demonstrate how to include CMB2 in your theme, as well as some cool tips and tricks. facetwp-cmb2: FacetWP integration with CMB2. CMB2-grid from origgami: A grid system for WordPress CMB2 library that allows the creation of columns for a better layout in the admin. CMB2 Metatabs Options from rogerlos: CMO makes it easy to create options pages with multiple metaboxes–and optional WordPress admin tabs. CMB2 Conditionals from jcchavezs: Allows developers to relate fields so the display of one is conditional on the value of another. CMB2 Metabox Code Generator from willthemoor: Skip the boring bits. Use this generator to create fully functional CMB2 metaboxes easily. Now with bulk entry! Caldera Metaplate by CalderaWP: Not specific to CMB2, but allows creating templates for outputting your custom fields. Yoast CMB2 Field Analysis WP Plugin by alexis-magina: This plugin adds in a js based method of recalculating Yoast SEO’s content scores when updating page content, specifically custom meta fields added via the CMB2 library. Skeleton by awethemes: A complete framework for WordPress, uses CMB2 engine. WP Simple Iconfonts by awethemes: An icon fonts manager and provides a font icon picker for CMB2. CMB2 Nav Menus by nsrosenqvist: Lets you use CMB2 in nav menu entries.. Links Project Homepage Github project page Documentation (GitHub wiki) Snippet Library View CHANGELOG Known Issues Metabox containing WYSIWYG editor cannot be moved or used in a repeatable way at this time (this is a TinyMCE issue). Not all fields work well in a repeatable group.