ACF Page Builder Field

Description

This plugin will add a page builder field type in Advanced custom fields.
The field works just like any other ACF field type and you can use it however you want. get_field() returns the generated HTML and the CSS is outputed in the footer. We are using it together with ACFs flexible content layouts where you want to build more advanced layouts inside the ACF sections. This makes the content in ACFs flexible content truly flexible!

Building a great CMS-experience for editors, designers and developers is really hard. They all have very different requirements and ideas about that a great CMS consists of and how it should work. How do you give the editors the tools they need to edit all the content, the designer the freedom they want about how things should look, and empower the developer with tools to provide this easily and efficently?
We think we have found a sweet spot when ut comes to the balance between freedom for for editors and designers and ease for developers to implement and maintain a beatifull site.

The editor

The editor can easily edit all the content and maintain a good look and feel of the website. The editor has the right amunt of freedom to be able to express themselfts, but enough structure to prevent them from going wild and ruin the page layout and design.

The designer

The designer can be creative and has the freedom they need express themselfs without making the life for the developers hard.

The developer

The developer have the tools to easily create blocks/modules that fits good together.

Requirements

• Advanced Custom Fields 5+ (ACF 4 is not supported)
• Page Builder by SiteOrigin 2.5 or newer
• PHP 5.3+

Theme integration

We recommend using this plugin together with ACF Flexible Content for building beautiful landing pages.
This is an example of a template using ACF Flexible Content:

if( have_rows('flexible_content_field_name') ) :

    while ( have_rows('flexible_content_field_name') ) : the_row();

        switch( get_row_layout() ) {

            case 'page_builder_layout':

                if( get_sub_field( 'page_builder_field' ) ) {
                    echo get_sub_field( 'page_builder_field' );
                }

                break;
            case 'other_layout':

                the_sub_field('field1');
                the_sub_field('field2');

                break;
        }

    endwhile;

endif;

For more information, read about flexible content on advancedcustomfields.com.

We also recommend using one of the latest versions of WordPress, Advanced Custom Fields and Page Builder by SiteOrigin at all times for best compatibility.

Known issues and limitations

• Use of ACF Page Builder field in widget areas. We aim to fix this in a comming release.
• Does not work on ACF Option pages. We aim to fix this in a comming release.
• Some issues with Page Builder content in the_content()(normal post content) if an ACF Page Builder field is rendered before the_content(). This is due to the way the page builder works and we can’t fix this in a good way. We recommend using ACF Page Builder fields instead and removing the normal post content completely on ACF-pages in WP-Admin as a workaround.

Screenshots

Installation

1. Copy the acf-page-builder-field folder into your wp-content/plugins folder.
2. Activate the ACF Page Builder Field plugin via the plugins admin page.
3. Create a new field via ACF and select the Page Builder Field type.
4. Display the field in your theme’s templates with get_field() or get_sub_field() as usual.
5. Enjoy your improved CMS experience!

FAQ

Installation Instructions

1. Copy the acf-page-builder-field folder into your wp-content/plugins folder.
2. Activate the ACF Page Builder Field plugin via the plugins admin page.
3. Create a new field via ACF and select the Page Builder Field type.
4. Display the field in your theme’s templates with get_field() or get_sub_field() as usual.
5. Enjoy your improved CMS experience!

Reviews

Great addon to ACF functionality

wherejuly September 14, 2018

Used it to quickly add the flexible set of WP widgets to the page edit admin screen within minutes. ACF Page Builder Field works like a charm. The great interface between ACF and Page Builer without excessive Page Builder UI but with all its power avaiuilable and controlled by ACF. Thank you a lot, guys:)

Some options in Google Maps not being saved

ilokano October 5, 2017

I tried testing this and would have been ok ok if not for the fact that the very feature I need is wonky. Google Maps is not saving the custom style, and cannot deactivate zoom scroll and dragging action. Had to revert back to hard coding the Google Maps JS API.

Working Great.

stephenm August 2, 2017

Working great so far…..please keep up and good work and future updates.

Works as it should

keithghrobertson March 7, 2017

Does exactly what it says it does

Breaks the rest of my page builder layout

elizoliva October 27, 2016

Appends an id to all page builder elements on a post/page, including those not generated with the support of this plugin. Causes Page Builder styling to be blown away, as the plugin styles on a per id basis, and anyhow this plugin shouldn’t have a hand in anything that it isn’t supposed to be directly associated with.

Option page

Anonymous User 7501994 October 24, 2016

Unfortunately it does not work on the Option Page

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.0.3

• Fix for custom ID
• Fix for custom cell classes.
• Fix for full width rows
• Fix for row customizations without custom row class…

1.0.2

• Fix PHP warning
• Fix missing widget customizations

1.0.1

• Fix for Page Builder 2.5

1.0.0

• First stable release.

1.0.0-rc.3

• Support for version 2.4.9 of the Page Builder by Siteorigin plugin.

0.1.0

• Initial Beta Release.