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Advanced Custom Fields Extended Pro
Advanced Custom Fields Extended Pro expands ACF Pro with additional field types, flexible-content tools, form controls, metadata utilities, and administration modules. It is intended for developers building structured WordPress experiences rather than for users seeking a visual page-builder workflow.
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Overview
Advanced Custom Fields Extended Pro is an add-on layer for Advanced Custom Fields Pro. Its feature set focuses on improving structured content workflows inside WordPress: developers can add specialized fields, manage dynamic post types and taxonomies, extend front-end forms, organize edit screens, and work with Flexible Content as a more controlled page-building system. The plugin can therefore suit custom themes, editorial platforms, and client sites where the content model is designed in code or through carefully configured admin screens. It is less appropriate if the project primarily needs drag-and-drop page design without custom field architecture. Setup requires ACF Pro, and the official installation guide distinguishes the paid Pro package from the free repository version. A license activation is used for Pro updates; the documented features continue to function without activation, but update delivery is unavailable. Before deployment, test field rendering, Flexible Content previews, forms, multilingual integrations, payment-related fields, and any custom post-type or taxonomy registrations on staging. Also confirm that the installed ACF Pro version and the site’s WordPress version remain within the documented compatibility range.
Adds Pro-only ACF field types and enhanced controls, including Block Editor, Payment, Phone Number, Relationship, Templates, and WYSIWYG-related fields.
Provides Flexible Content enhancements, including a grid system and layout-location rules for more structured custom page assemblies.
Includes administration modules for dynamic post types, taxonomies, options pages, block types, templates, settings, scripts, and rewrite-rule inspection.
Extends ACF forms with an administration manager and additional settings and actions for front-end form workflows.
Offers Screen Layouts for arranging post-edit screens in up to three columns, plus other WordPress administration refinements.
Includes Performance Mode options intended to optimize database load when working with large volumes of metadata.
Supports Pro features such as JSON/PHP synchronization for selected modules, including block types, post types, taxonomies, options pages, templates, and forms.
Provides a Pro licensing workflow in WordPress under ACF > Updates; activation unlocks plugin updates rather than the core feature set.
Compatibility and setup context
- Requires Advanced Custom Fields Pro; the official product site states a minimum of ACF Pro 5.8 or higher.
- The official product site states a minimum WordPress version of 4.9.
- Installation of the Pro package requires removing ACF Extended Free if the free version was previously installed.
- ACF Extended lists compatibility layers for WPML and Polylang, but each multilingual site should be tested with its installed versions and field configuration.
- Payment fields are documented with Stripe and PayPal Express support; verify gateway configuration, checkout behavior, and regulatory requirements independently.
- ACF Pro version support changes over time; the current documentation warns that support for ACF Pro 5.8 is scheduled to end in September 2026.
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- The WordPress.org listing identifies Pro-only fields and enhancements such as Block Editor, Payment, Phone Number, Relationship, Templates, and WYSIWYG controls.
- The WordPress.org listing documents Flexible Content, dynamic administration modules, forms, Performance Mode, Screen Layouts, multilingual compatibility layers, and JSON/PHP synchronization features.
- The official product site states that the plugin requires WordPress 4.9 or higher and Advanced Custom Fields Pro 5.8 or higher.
- The official installation guide documents separate Pro installation, removal of the free plugin when upgrading, and Composer installation requirements.
- The official activation guide states that license activation enables plugin updates and that other plugin features continue to work without a valid activation.
- The official changelog notes that support for ACF Pro 5.8 is scheduled to be dropped in September 2026.
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Version 0.9.2.3
Product Details
Version
0.9.2.3
Last Updated
Jan 23, 2026
File Size
2.6 MB
License
GPL
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