ACF PRO 5.8.0 Beta2 is now available for download 🎉🎸🤘! This includes all the new awesome features shown in the ACF 5.8 – Introducing ACF Blocks for Gutenberg announcement.

To test ACF PRO 5.8.0-beta2, please login to your store account and click the See all versions link alongside your license. Download, extract and replace ‘advanced-custom-fields-pro’ plugin folder contents.

Think you’ve found a bug? Please post in detail a new support ticket.

Quick Look

Here’s a quick look at the Repeater Field working great within a duplicated block using flexslider to create a carousel!

Improvements

We have added lots of new settings in this update. Please see our new acf_register_block() documentation for information on how to use them.

  • Added new setting to restrict post_types.
  • Added new setting to provide a render_template path.
  • Added new supports setting.
  • Added new setting to set the default display mode to “preview” or “edit”
  • Available modes can now be customized
  • Alignment toolbar can now be removed / customized
  • Improved styling of default metaboxes
  • Added field default values to initial preview render
  • Removed field widths when displayed in sidebar
  • Added icon to alignment toolbar for toggling between modes

Bug fixes

  • Fixed bug preventing form validation from running in Gutenberg
  • Fixed unload prompt always showing when navigating out of Gutenberg
  • Removed “Edit block HTML” option
  • Fixed duplicate block not working correctly
  • Fixed reusable block not working correctly
  • Fixed conflicting input names cause issues with duplicate fields (radio)
  • Fixed ACF_Blocks not working in WP5.0-beta2