Today, we’re excited to release the first beta of ACF PRO 6.3.
We’ve packed this release full of some of the most common feature requests from our ACF Blocks users, the biggest of these are field validation support and the ability to store field data of a block in the postmeta table, which are the focus of our beta 🎉
New – ACF now requires WordPress version 6.0 or newer, and PHP 7.4 or newer.
New – ACF Blocks now support validation rules for fields
New – ACF Blocks now supports storing field data in the postmeta table rather than in the post content
New – Conditional logic rules for fields now support selecting specific values for post objects, page links, relationships and users rather than having to enter the ID
New – Icon selection for a custom post type menu icon
New – Icon selection for an options page menu icon
New – ACF now surfaces debug and status information in the WordPress Site Health area
New – The escaped html notice can now be permanently dismissed
Enhancement – Tab field now supports a selected attribute to specify which should be selected by default, and support class attributes
Fix – Block Preloading now works reliably in WordPress 6.5 or newer
Fix – Custom post types registered with ACF will now have custom field support enabled by default to better support revisions
Fix – The first preview after publishing a post in the classic editor now displays ACF fields correctly
Fix – ACF fields and Flexible Content layouts are now correctly positioned while dragging
Fix – Copying the title of a field inside a Flexible Content layout no longer adds whitespace to the copied value
Fix – Flexible Content layout names are no longer converted to lowercase when edited
Fix – ACF Blocks with attributes without a default now correctly register
Fix – User fields no longer trigger a 404 when loading results if the nonce generated only contains numbers
Fix – Description fields for ACF items now support being solely numeric characters
Fix – The field group header no longer appears above the WordPress admin menu on small screens
i18n – All errors raised during ACF PRO license or update checks are now translatable
Other – The ACF Shortcode is now disabled by default for new installations of ACF as discussed in the ACF 6.2.7 release notes
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Liam’s a veteran WordPress developer based in Bath, UK. He’s a fan of all things devops, gaming and coffee, but is still working on his espresso skills. Just don’t ask him to try latte art… the results are never good.
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