How to detect if an ACF custom-field is really in use?

Most sensible here is probably just a custom query global $wpdb; $sql_find_meta = “SELECT post_id FROM database_name_here.wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = ‘my_special_value’ AND meta_value > ”;”; // > ” == not null, whitespace or blank $posts_with_meta_key = $wpdb->get_col( $sql_find_meta ); foreach ( $posts_with_meta_key as etc….. You can repeat this for wp_termmeta and term_id

Advanced Custom Fields Show PHP in Text Areas

Pay for the ACF Pro version to enable flexible fields (which is basically the function I wanted to have) or use an alternative WP plugin that has the feature for free, such as Carbon Fields or Piklist. If you want to display PHP in the textboxes, although creating a security vulnerability, you could use Shortcodes. … Read more

Tons of Custom Fields [closed]

WordPress offers the core set of features for a CMS vs just a website tool, but sometimes your needs will not always be best met with WordPress. First let’s talk about what WordPress offers in terms on content organization. WordPress offers the three primary features of a CMS. Content-types, or known in WordPress terminology Custom … Read more