Advanced Custom Fields v6.1.3

Release Date 5th April 2023

• Fix - 'Create Terms' button for taxonomy fields now displays correctly
• Fix - ACF JSON field group files which have unsupported keys (not beginning with group_) will now load as field groups
• Fix - Renaming capabilities for post types will now set map_meta_cap to true solving an issue with assigning permissions to roles for that post type

Advanced Custom Fields v6.1.2

Release Date 4th April 2023

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• Fix - Calls to acf_add_options_page after acf_add_local_field_group before acf/init will now behave correctly
• i18n - All new ACF 6.1 strings are now correctly English (United States) by default, along with the following changes from ACF 6.1.1 and 6.1.0:
• Fix - Calls to acf_add_local_field_group before acf/init now behave correctly
• New - Register Custom Post Types and Taxonomies using ACF. View the release post for full information
• New - A new field type selection browser providing details on each type of field. View the release post for full information.
• New - PHP 8.1 and 8.2 support
• Security Fix - ACF's data serialization system will now prevent classes being unserialized. This prevents a potential security issue should an attacker know a vulnerable class is available, and can write malicious data to the database.
• Enhancement - Post Object, Page Link and Relationship fields now support filtering by post status
• Enhancement - Checkbox fields which allow custom entries can now be filtered to set custom text for the “Add New Choice” button using the custom_choice_button_text property
• Fix - ACF Block field edit view buttons now work correctly inside reusable blocks
• Fix - An empty callback function in now passed to scripts to prevent JS warnings when using Google Map fields
• Fix - Checkbox field values now support keys indexed as 0
• Fix - Automatic deactivation of the free or PRO plugin when activating the other now displays the correct message in the admin notice
• Fix - Empty Flexible Content fields will no longer cause an error when used in the block editor on save
• Fix - Admin notices now behave correctly and are closable in RTL languages

Advanced Custom Fields v6.1.1

Release Date 3rd April 2023

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• Fix - Calls to acf_add_local_field_group before acf/init now behave correctly, along with the following changes included in ACF 6.1.0:
• New - Register Custom Post Types and Taxonomies using ACF. View the release post for full information
• New - A new field type selection browser providing details on each type of field. View the release post for full information.
• New - PHP 8.1 and 8.2 support
• Security Fix - ACF's data serialization system will now prevent classes being unserialized. This prevents a potential security issue should an attacker know a vulnerable class is available, and can write malicious data to the database.
• Enhancement - Post Object, Page Link and Relationship fields now support filtering by post status
• Enhancement - Checkbox fields which allow custom entries can now be filtered to set custom text for the “Add New Choice” button using the custom_choice_button_text property
• Fix - ACF Block field edit view buttons now work correctly inside reusable blocks
• Fix - An empty callback function in now passed to scripts to prevent JS warnings when using Google Map fields
• Fix - Checkbox field values now support keys indexed as 0
• Fix - Automatic deactivation of the free or PRO plugin when activating the other now displays the correct message in the admin notice
• Fix - Empty Flexible Content fields will no longer cause an error when used in the block editor on save
• Fix - Admin notices now behave correctly and are closable in RTL languages

Advanced Custom Fields v6.1.0

Release Date 3rd April 2023

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• New - Register Custom Post Types and Taxonomies using ACF. View the release post for full information
• New - A new field type selection browser providing details on each type of field. View the release post for full information.
• New - PHP 8.1 and 8.2 support
• Security Fix - ACF's data serialization system will now prevent classes being unserialized. This prevents a potential security issue should an attacker know a vulnerable class is available, and can write malicious data to the database.
• Enhancement - Post Object, Page Link and Relationship fields now support filtering by post status
• Enhancement - Checkbox fields which allow custom entries can now be filtered to set custom text for the “Add New Choice” button using the custom_choice_button_text property
• Fix - ACF Block field edit view buttons now work correctly inside reusable blocks
• Fix - An empty callback function in now passed to scripts to prevent JS warnings when using Google Map fields
• Fix - Checkbox field values now support keys indexed as 0
• Fix - Automatic deactivation of the free or PRO plugin when activating the other now displays the correct message in the admin notice
• Fix - Empty Flexible Content fields will no longer cause an error when used in the block editor on save.
• Fix - Admin notices now behave correctly and are closable in RTL languages

Advanced Custom Fields v6.1.0-beta1

Release Date 16th March 2023

• New - Custom Post Type and Taxonomy registration support via the ACF Admin UI. View the release post for full information
• New - A new field type selection browser providing details on each type of field. View the release post for full information
• New - PHP 8.1 and 8.2 support
• Enhancement - Post Object, Page Link and Relationship fields now support filtering by post status
• Enhancement - Checkbox fields which allow custom entries can now be filtered to set custom text for the “Add New Choice” button via the custom_choice_button_text property
• Fix - ACF Block field edit view buttons now work correctly inside reusable blocks

Advanced Custom Fields v6.0.7

Release Date 18th January 2023

• Improvement - Removed unnecessary “Layout” prefix for Flexible Content field layouts
• Fix - Dragging and dropping fields containing settings rendered as radio button groups no longer removes the selected value
• Fix - Using the WordPress default_page_template_title filter with two parameters no longer causes a fatal error
• Fix - Select2 inputs in the content editor are no longer receiving styles from the ACF 6 admin UI
• Fix - acf_add_local_field_group() now works with field group titles containing non-ASCII characters
• Fix - Flexible Content field no longer has a missing icon for the “Duplicate” button
• Fix - Clicking the “Add Field” button in a Flexible Content layout no longer adds an invalid field if there are other Flexible Content fields in the layout
• Fix - Edit buttons for ACF blocks now behave correctly inside reusable blocks
• Fix - Field settings rendered as a select2 field now correctly reinitialize when changing between field types

Advanced Custom Fields v6.0.6

Release Date 13th December 2022

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• New - Flexible Content field now has a new admin user experience when editing layouts
• New - Tabs for field settings in the field group editor can now be disabled via a new “Field Settings Tabs” screen option or with the new acf/field_group/disable_field_settings_tabs filter
• Improvement - General field settings tab now selected by default when a field is opened
• Fix - Sub fields are no longer initialized by their parent, resolving performance issues when field groups contain many nested sub fields
• Fix - Frontend forms now disable the submit button after click to prevent multiple submissions
• Fix - Unknown field types no longer display broken HTML in the field group editor
• Fix - Returning an empty string via the acf/blocks/no_fields_assigned_message filter will no longer result in blocks without fields assigned having an extra wrapping div
• Fix - Sites with WPML enabled no longer experience failed ACF updates due to license errors
• Fix - Buttons featuring icons no longer have display issues when using RTL languages

Advanced Custom Fields v6.0.5

Release Date 18th November 2022

• Fix - Uploading multiple files nested in a subfield no longer causes a fatal error when using basic uploader (props @JoKolov)

Advanced Custom Fields v6.0.4

Release Date 8th November 2022

• Improvement - JavaScript initialization performance while editing large field groups has been improved, especially in Safari
• Improvement - Tooltips for field settings are now shown as inline instructions
• Improvement - Saving a field group is now disabled until a field group title has been entered
• Improvement - Additional sanitization across various internal parts of the plugin
• Fix - Dragging and dropping a field in no longer opens the field settings in Firefox
• Fix - Copying the field name or key to the clipboard now works as expected for new or reordered fields, and subfields
• Fix - Saving a field group will now temporarily disable the "Save Changes" button while saving
• Fix - Block templates that include html comments as the first DOM element no longer crash the block editor on edit
• Fix - Block templates that include InnerBlocks on the DOM’s first level no longer trigger JS warnings
• Fix - Block templates that render other blocks now correctly render their InnerBlocks
• Fix - Legacy block attribute values are no longer overwritten by blank defaults of new versions
• Fix - Paginated Repeater fields now work with non-paginated Repeaters as subfields
• Fix - Repeater pagination is now properly disabled while inside blocks
• Fix - REST API no longer causes a PHP warning if $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] is not defined
• Fix - REST API now supports integer keys for the Select field
• Fix - REST API now supports passing null to Image and File fields
• Fix - Invalid ACF meta keys no longer cause a fatal error when retrieved with get_fields()
• a11y - The Relationship field is now fully accessible for keyboard navigation
• i18n - Select dropdown arrow is now aligned correctly in RTL languages
• i18n - Radio buttons are now aligned correctly in RTL languages

Advanced Custom Fields v6.0.3

Release Date 18th October 2022

• Security Fix - ACF shortcode security fixes detailed here
• Improvement - Field names and keys now copy to clipboard on click, and do not open a field
• Fix - The field type input now has default focus when adding a new field
• Fix - ACF no longer publishes h1, h2 or h3 CSS classes outside of the ACF admin screens
• Fix - Conditional field settings now work correctly across different tabs
• Fix - The field list for sub fields are now full width
• Fix - ACF admin notices now display with correct margin
• Fix - Admin CSS improvements when using ACF in an RTL language
• Fix - Clone fields now have the presentation tab for setting wrapper properties when in group display mode
• Fix - Appended labels on field settings will now be displayed in the correct place
• Accessibility - The move field modal is now keyboard and screen reader accessible