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Iain Poulson

Senior Product Manager

Iain is the Product Manager for Advanced Custom Fields. He has a long history of building and growing WordPress plugins. Moonlights as a PhpStorm evangelist.

After using WordPress for many years, Iain started building WordPress plugins in 2011 and eventually joined Delicious Brains in 2014 working across all their plugins. He moved from developer to product manager and later took over ACF when Delicious Brains acquired it. When Delicious Brains joined the WP Engine family in 2022, Iain came along for the ride.

Featured Posts by Iain

ACF 6.1 Release – Custom Post Type and Taxonomy Registration, Improved Field Type Selection and More

Advanced Custom Fields version 6.1 is now available! 🚀🎉 ACF 6.1 elevates the plugin further as an essential part of making WordPress a true content management system. Taking WordPress beyond just posts and pages is now possible with ACF, streamlining the workflow of registering custom post types and then adding custom fields. For questions and […]

April 03, 2023

3 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With ACF

There’s no doubt ACF has amazing capabilities. It wouldn’t be so widely used in WordPress if it didn’t. In fact, there’s so much you can do with ACF, it’s likely you’re not taking full advantage of at least one thing.

March 16, 2023

Recent Posts

WordPress Custom Post Types: Manual vs Plugin Methods

December 20, 2024

ACF Plugin no longer available on WordPress.org

October 12, 2024

ACF 6.3.8 Security Release

October 07, 2024

Installing and Upgrading to the Latest Version of ACF

October 03, 2024

ACF 6.3 Release – ACF Blocks Validation and Post Meta Storage, Icon Picker Field and More

May 22, 2024

Revolutionizing Search: WP Engine Smart Search Now Live on ACF

April 08, 2024

ACF 6.2.8

April 02, 2024

ACF 6.2.8-RC1

March 21, 2024

ACF 6.2.3

November 15, 2023

ACF 6.1 Beta 1 Release

March 16, 2023

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Advanced Custom Fields

Iain Poulson

Featured Posts by Iain

Reflecting on Two Years at WP Engine

ACF’s Annual Survey 2024: Your Voice Matters

ACF 2023 Year in Review: Beyond Custom Fields

ACF 6.2 Release – Options Pages UI, Bidirectional Relationships and More

ACF 6.1 Release – Custom Post Type and Taxonomy Registration, Improved Field Type Selection and More

3 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With ACF

Recent Posts

WordPress Custom Post Types: Manual vs Plugin Methods

ACF Plugin no longer available on WordPress.org

ACF 6.3.8 Security Release

Installing and Upgrading to the Latest Version of ACF

ACF 6.3 Release – ACF Blocks Validation and Post Meta Storage, Icon Picker Field and More

Revolutionizing Search: WP Engine Smart Search Now Live on ACF

ACF 6.2.8

ACF 6.2.8-RC1

ACF 6.2.3

ACF 6.1 Beta 1 Release

ACF Chat Fridays

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