Field Groups

Purpose

Field Groups turn WordPress into a Content Management System (CMS) by adding a section below the page editor’s canvas. Per each post type that the field group(s) are added to, data can be entered.

Data entered into the field group can be displayed on the post itself, by using the Meta Field Block plugin.

Creating

The interface for creating Field Groups is within the ACF menu option in the sidebar on the left side of the dashboard.

For each Field Group:

Enter a Field Group Title
Choose a Field Type. There are many to choose from and options change accordingly.
Give the field a Field Label
A Field Name is generated automatically, based on the value provided in the Field Label; it can be changed, if desired. This is considered the field’s “slug” and is used in custom programming and when choosing to display the field’s data using the Meta Field Block.

Rather than list all the various options for each different type of field added to a Field Group here, check out the ACF documentation.

You associate the Field Group with post types by updating the Location Rules in the Settings panel of the Field Group (at the bottom of the page). You can associate the same Field Group with many different post types by adding a rule group (click the Add Rule Group button).