Latest Product Updates and Feature Enhancements on Advanced Custom Fields
ACF Chat Fridays: ACF 6.8 PRO Beta 1 Abilities API Demo
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) hosted a session on January 9, 2026, demonstrating the ACF 6.8 PRO Beta 1's integration with the WordPress Abilities API. This beta release enhances interoperability with... automation tools and AI, allowing structured data discovery. The session showcased AI capabilities in content modeling and data seeding, emphasizing security through opt-in features.
ACF PRO 6.5 Release Candidate 1
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) has released the first candidate for ACF PRO 6.5, introducing significant UX improvements to the Flexible Content field. New features include layout renaming, disabling w...ithout deletion, active layout highlighting, and bulk collapse/expand options. These enhancements aim to streamline content management for editors. The update also addresses PHP 8.2 compatibility issues and various bug fixes.
ACF 6.4.3 Security Release
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) has released version 6.4.3, addressing several security vulnerabilities. This update includes enhanced HTML escaping for field group labels and post titles to prevent Jav...aScript vulnerabilities, and deprecates the Select2 v3 library in favor of v4. Users are advised to upgrade promptly to maintain security.
ACF 6.4.2
Advanced Custom Fields has released ACF version 6.4.2. This update adds support for adding fields to WooCommerce Subscriptions with HPOS in ACF PRO. It also includes a security fix for field type cha...nges and resolves issues with paginated Repeater fields and block registration. The release enhances compatibility and security for WordPress developers.
ACF 6.4.1
Advanced Custom Fields has released ACF version 6.4.1, introducing new select field options, enhancements to the Icon Picker, and multiple bug fixes, including improved compatibility with Classic Wid...gets, legacy addons, and bbPress.
ACF 6.4 Release WooCommerce HPOS Support and More
Advanced Custom Fields version 6.4 now supports WooCommerce's High-Performance Order Storage, enhancing database performance and scalability for WooCommerce store owners.