Installation
- Search for “Extra Fields for ACF” in your WordPress admin
- Click Install Now
- Activate the plugin
Free Field Types
The plugin includes 17 free field types:
- Icon Picker — Visual Font Awesome Free icon selector
- Unit Control — Numeric input + unit selector
- Gradient Picker — Visual CSS gradient builder
- Responsive Range — Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile range sliders
- Date Range Picker — Calendar-based date range selection
- Table Field — Editable grid with dynamic rows and columns
- Country Selector — ISO 3166-1 country dropdown
- Phone Number — International phone input
- Markdown Field — EasyMDE editor with live preview
- Star Rating — Click-to-rate star widget
- Nav Menu Selector — Pick from WordPress navigation menus
- JSON Field — CodeMirror syntax-highlighted JSON editor
- Address Field — Structured address input
- Currency Field — ISO 4217 currency code selector
- Color Swatch — Radio choices as colour swatches
- Button Group — Segmented button toggle
- Advanced Link — Enhanced link picker
Pro Field Types
Upgrade to unlock 13 additional field types:
- Photo Gallery
- OpenStreetMap
- Image Hotspot
- Tags Input
- oEmbed
- Stripe Payment
- Time Zone Selector
- Image Selector
- Code Editor
- DateTime Picker
- Hidden Input
- Post Types Selector
- Slug Field
get_field() API
All fields use the same get_field() API as native ACF fields:
// Get field value
$value = get_field('icon_picker');
$value = get_field('unit_control');
$value = get_field('star_rating');
No custom functions required. Works seamlessly with ACF PRO.
Compatibility
Works with:
- ACF (free version)
- ACF PRO
- Gutenberg
- Elementor
- Beaver Builder
- Bricks Builder
- Oxygen Builder