Advanced Custom Fields v5.9.7

Release Date - 22 June 2021

• Fix - Fixed PHP warnings logged due to incorrect parameter type for add_menu_page()/add_submenu_page()
• Fix - Fixed bug causing WYSIWYG field to not keep line breaks
• Fix - Fixed bug causing Email field to incorrectly invalidate emails with unicode characters
• Fix - Fixed bug causing file type validation to fail in some cases
• Fix - Fixed bug where newly uploaded or selected images do not contain custom preview size data

Advanced Custom Fields v5.9.6

Release Date - 20 May 2021

• Enhancement - Added 'position' setting compatibility for Options Page submenus.
• Enhancement - Visually highlight "High" metabox area when dragging metaboxes.
• Fix - Fixed compatibility issue between Block matrix alignment setting and the latest version of Gutenberg (10.6).
• Fix - Fixed bug breaking WYSIWYG field after reordering a child block via the block's toolbar up/down buttons.
• Fix - Added missing "readonly" and "disabled" attributes to DateTime and Time picker fields.
• Fix - Fixed bug incorrectly validating Email field values containing special characters.
• Fix - Fixed missing "dashicons" asset dependency from front-end forms.
• Fix - Fixed bug causing Review JSON diff modal to appear with narrow column since WP 5.7.
• Dev - Added label elements to Repeater, Flexible Content and Clone field's table header titles.
• Dev - Added new ACF_EXPERIMENTAL_ESC_HTML constant. Read more

Advanced Custom Fields v5.9.5

Release Date - 11 February 2021

• Fix - Fixed regression preventing blocks from loading correctly within the editor in WordPress 5.5.
• Fix - Fixed bug causing incorrect post_status properties when restoring a Field Group from trash in WordPress 5.6.
• Fix - Fixed edge case bug where a taxonomy named "options" could interfere with saving and loading option values.
• Fix - Fixed additional PHP 8.0 warnings.
• i18n - Updated Finnish translation thanks to Mikko Kekki

Advanced Custom Fields v5.9.4

Release Date - 14 January 2021

• Enhancement - Added PHP validation for the Email field (previously relied solely on browser validation).
• Fix - Added support for PHP 8.0 (fixed logged warnings).
• Fix - Added support for jQuery 3.5 (fixed logged warnings).
• Fix - Fixed bug causing WYSIWYG field to appear unresponsive within the Gutenberg editor.
• Fix - Fixed regression preventing "blog_%d" and "site_%d" as valid $post_id values for custom Taxonomy terms.
• Fix - Fixed bug causing Radio field label to select first choice.
• Fix - Fixed bug preventing preloading blocks that contain multiple parent DOM elements.
• i18n - Updated Japanese translation thanks to Ryo Takahashi.
• i18n - Updated Portuguese translation thanks to Pedro Mendonça.

Advanced Custom Fields v5.9.3

Release Date - 3 November 2020

• Fix - Fixed bug causing Revision meta to incorrectly update the parent Post meta.
• Fix - Fixed bug breaking "Filter by Post Type" and "Filter by Taxonomy" Field settings.

Advanced Custom Fields v5.9.2

Release Date - 29 October 2020

• Enhancement - Added experiment for preloading block HTML and reducing AJAX requests on page load.
• Fix - Added boolean attribute value detection to JSX parser (fixes issue with templateLock="false").
• Fix - Added "dateTime" attribute to JSX parser ruleset.
• Fix - Fixed unresponsive Select2 instances after duplicating a row or layout.
• Fix - Added missing Color Picker script translations for previous WordPress versions.
• Fix - Fixed bug in Clone Field causing potential PHP error if cloning a Field Group that no longer exists.
• Fix - Fixed PHP warning logged when comparing a revision that contains values for a Field that no longer exist.
• Dev - Added $wp_block parameter to block render_callback and render_template (unavailable during AJAX preview requests).
• Dev - Deprecated acf_get_term_post_id() function.

Advanced Custom Fields v5.9.1

Release Date - 8 September 2020

• Fix - Fixed guten-bug causing "Preview Post" button to publish changes.
• Fix - Fixed guten-bug causing JS errors when editing with Elementor or Beaver Builder.
• Fix - Fixed bug in Color Picker field causing JS error on front-end forms.
• Fix - Fixed bug in Post Taxonomy location rule causing incomplete list of rule choices.
• Fix - Reverted Local JSON "save to source path" enhancement due to DX feedback.
• i18n - Updated Indonesian translations thanks to Rio Bahtiar.
• i18n - Updated Turkish translation thanks to Emre Erkan.

Advanced Custom Fields v5.9.0

Release Date - 17 August 2020

• Enhancement - New Field Groups admin.
  • Added toolbar across all ACF admin pages.
  • Added new table columns: Description, Key, Location, Local JSON.
  • Added popup modal to review Local JSON changes before sync.
  • Added visual representation of where Field Groups will appear.
  • Added new help tab.
  • Simplified layout.
• Enhancement - New ACF Blocks features.
  • Added support for Inner Blocks.
  • Added new "jsx" setting.
  • Added new "align_text" settings.
  • Added new "align_content" settings.
• Enhancement - Added duplicate functionality for Repeater and Flexible Content fields.
• Enhancement - Added PHP validation support for Gutenberg.
• Enhancement - Added ability to bypass confirmation tooltips (just hold shift).
• Enhancement - Local JSON files now save back to their loaded source path (not "save_json" setting).
• Tweak - Replaced all custom icons with dashicons.
• Tweak - Changed custom post status label from "Inactive" to "Disabled".
• Tweak - Improved styling of metaboxes positioned in the block editor sidebar.
• Fix - Improved AJAX request efficiency when editing block className or anchor attributes.
• Fix - Fixed bug causing unresponsive WYSIWYG fields after moving a block via the up/down arrows.
• Fix - Fixed bug causing HTML to jump between multiple instances of the same Reusable Block.
• Fix - Fixed bug sometimes displaying validation errors when saving a draft.
• Fix - Fixed bug breaking Image field UI when displaying a scaled portrait attachment.
• Fix - Fixed bug in Link field incorrectly treating the "Cancel" button as "Submit".
• Fix - Fixed bug where a sub field within a collapsed Repeater row did not grow to the full available width.
• Fix - Ensured all archive URLs shown in the Page Link field dropdown are unique.
• Fix - Fixed bug causing incorrect conditional logic settings on nested fields when duplicating a Field Group.
• Fix - Fixed bug causing license activation issues with some password management browser extensions.
• Dev - Major improvements to ACF_Location class.
• Dev - Refactored all location classes to optimize performance.
• Dev - Extracted core JavaScript from "acf-input.js" into a separate "acf.js" file.
• Dev - Field Group export now shows "active" attribute as bool instead of int.
• Dev - Added filter "acf/get_object_type" to customize WP object information such as "label" and "icon".
• Dev - Added action "acf/admin_print_uploader_scripts" fired when printing uploader (WP media) scripts in the footer.
• Dev - Added filters "acf/pre_load_attachment" and "acf/load_attachment" to customize attachment details.
• Dev - Added filter "acf/admin/toolbar" to customize the admin toolbar items.
• Dev - Added new JS actions "duplicate_fields" and "duplicate_field" fired when duplicating a row.
• i18n - Changed Croatian locale code from "hr_HR to "hr".
• i18n - Updated Portuguese translation thanks to Pedro Mendonça.
• i18n - Updated French Canadian translation thanks to Bérenger Zyla.
• i18n - Updated French translation thanks to Maxime Bernard-Jacquet.
• i18n - Updated German translations thanks to Ralf Koller.

Advanced Custom Fields v5.8.14

Release Date - 13 August 2020

• Fix - Fixed bug breaking ACF Block $is_preview parameter in WordPress 5.5.
• Fix - Fixed bug breaking seamless postbox style in WordPress 5.5.

Advanced Custom Fields v5.8.13

Release Date - 10 August 2020

• Tweak - Added styling compatibility for WordPress 5.5.
• Fix - Implemented new wp_filter_content_tags() function in "acf_the_content" filter.
• i18n - Updated Arabic translation thanks to Karim Ramadan.