Decryption key:
- Fix - The ACF Shortcode now correctly outputs a comma separated list of values for arrays
- Fix - ACF Blocks rendered in auto mode now correctly re-render their previews after editing fields
- Fix - ACF Block validation no longer raises required validation messages if HTML will automatically select the first value when rendered
- Fix - ACF Block validation no longer raises required validation messages if a default value will be rendered as the field value
- Fix - ACF Block validation no longer raises required validation messages for fields hidden by conditional logic when adding a new block
Decryption key:
- Security Fix - The ACF shortcode now prevents access to fields from different private posts by default. View the for more information
- Fix - Users without the edit_posts capability but with custom capabilities for a editing a custom post type, can now correctly load field groups loaded via conditional location rules
- Fix - Block validation no longer validates a field’s sub fields on page load, only on edit. This resolves inconsistent validation errors on page load or when first adding a block
- Fix - Deactivating an ACF PRO license will now remove the license key even if the server call fails
- Fix - Field types returning objects no longer cause PHP warnings and errors when output via the_field, the_sub_field or the ACF shortcode, or when retrieved by a get_ function with the escape html parameter set
- Fix - Server side errors during block rendering now gracefully displays an error to the editor
- Enhancement - All dashicons are now available to the icon picker field type
- Fix - The True/False field now correctly shows it’s description message beside the switch when using the Stylized UI setting
- Fix - Conditional logic values now correctly load options when loaded over AJAX
- Fix - ACF PRO will no longer trigger license validation calls when loading a front-end page
- i18n - Fixed an untranslatable string on Option Page previews
- New - Support for the Block Bindings API in WordPress 6.5 with a new acf/field source. For more information on how to use this, please read
- New - Support for performance improvements for translations in WordPress 6.5
- Enhancement - A new JS filter, select2_escape_markup now allows fields to customize select2's HTML escaping behavior
- Fix - Options pages can no longer set to have a parent of themselves
- Fix - ACF PRO license activations on multisite subsite installs will now use the correct site URL
- Fix - ACF PRO installed on multisite installs will no longer try to check for updates resulting in 404 errors when the updates page is not visible
- Fix - ACF JSON no longer produces warnings on Windows servers when no ACF JSON folder is found
- Fix - Field and layout names can now contain valid non-ASCII characters
- Other - ACF PRO now requires a valid license to be activated in order to use PRO features.
== Changelog ==
= 6.2.4 =
*Release Date 28th November 2023*
* Fix - Custom Post Types labels now match the WordPress 6.4 behavior for "Add New" labels
* Fix - When exporting both post types and taxonomies as PHP, taxonomies will now appear before post types, matching the order ACF registers them. This resolves issues where taxonomy slugs will not work in post type permalinks
* Fix - Advanced Settings for Taxonomies, Post Types or Options Pages now display with the correct top padding when toggled on
* Fix - When a parent option page is set to "Redirect to Child Page", the child page will now correctly show it's parent setting
* Fix - When activated as a must-use plugin, the ACF PRO "Updates" page is now visible. Use the existing `show_updates` setting to hide
* Fix - When activated as a must-use plugin, ACF PRO licenses defined in code will now correctly activate sites
* Fix - When `show_updates` is set or filtered to false, ACF PRO will now automatically still activate defined licenses
* i18n - Maintenance and internal upstream messages from the ACF PRO activation server are now translatable
= 6.1.7 =
*Release Date 27th June 2023*
* New - Added new capability settings for ACF taxonomies
* Enhancement - Added a new `acf/field_group/auto_add_first_field` filter which can be used to prevent new field groups from automatically adding a field
* Enhancement - Field setting labels now have standard capitalization in the field group editor
* Enhancement - Clone field now has a tutorial link
* Enhancement - "Exclude From Search" CPT setting now has an improved description
* Enhancement - The `acf_get_posts()` function now has `acf/acf_get_posts/args` and `acf/acf_get_posts/results` filters
* Enhancement - Added a new `acf/options_page/save` action hook that gets fired during save of ACF Options Pages
* Fix - Taxonomies are now initialized before post types, preventing some permalink issues
* Fix - Increased the taxonomy slug maximum length to 32 characters
* Fix - Extra tabs are no longer added to PHP exports with field settings containing multiple lines
* Fix - ACF admin assets now load when editing profile and users for a multisite network
* Fix - Blocks with recursive `render_callback` functions will no longer crash the editor
* Fix - JSON files now end in a new line for better compatibility with code editors
* i18n - `layout(s)` strings in Flexible Content fields are now translatable
* i18n - Updated Polish translations
Advanced Custom Fields Pro v6.1.6 - WordPress Plugin
= v6.1.6 = Release Date 4th May 2023
* Security Fix - This release resolves an XSS vulnerability in ACF’s admin pages (Thanks to Rafie Muhammad for the responsible disclosure)
* Fix - Duplicating fields in a new field group with field setting tabs disabled now behaves correctly
Advanced Custom Fields Pro v6.1.5 - WordPress Plugin
= v6.1.5 = Release Date 2nd May 2023
* Enhancement - Creating a new field group from the post-save actions for a post type or taxonomy will automatically populate the field group title
* Enhancement - Empty values in list tables now display as a dash, rather than blank
* Enhancement - The `Generate PHP` export tool for field groups now displays the code wrapped in the `acf/include_fields` action hook to match the recommended way of using `acf_add_local_field_group`, and the code is formatted correctly
* Enhancement - Post count and Term count values in list tables now link through to the matching posts or terms
* Enhancement - Added post-save actions to post type and taxonomies to create another
* Enhancement - Selecting existing taxonomies when registering a Custom Post Type is now available in the Basic settings section rather than Advanced
* Fix - `Exclude From Search` setting for custom post types now behaves correctly
* Fix - Duplicating fields with sub fields no longer results in JS errors
* Fix - Select2 field settings now render correctly when duplicating fields
* Fix - Checkbox fields allowing custom values which use integer keys can now be updated over the REST API
* Fix - Using the `No Permalink` rewrite setting for post type will no longer generate PHP warnings
* Fix - The `minimum rows not met` validation message for the Repeater field type now correctly states the minimum rows are not met
* Fix - The Range field type no longer cuts off three digit values
* Fix - `Created on` and `Delete Field Group` now correctly only appear on the Group Settings tab of a field group
* Fix - Padding for field settings tabs is now correct
* i18n - Updated all PRO translation files, removing legacy free strings which are now handled through [translate.wordpress.org](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/advanced-custom-fields/stable/)
* i18n - Updated PRO translations with the latest contributions from [GitHub](https://github.com/AdvancedCustomFields/acf/tree/master/lang/pro) (Thanks to @MilenDalchev, @Xilonz and @wiliamjk)
Advanced Custom Fields Pro v6.1.4 - WordPress Plugin
= v6.1.4 = Release Date 12th April 2023
* Fix - ACF now detects when another plugin or theme is loading an incompatible version of Select2, and will fallback to a basic select field for the field type selection
* Fix - Post Object, Page Link and Relationship field types now use a default `post_status` filter of `any`, matching the behavior prior to ACF 6.1. This can be edited per field in the field group admin or via the `acf/fields/$field_type/query` filters
* Fix - Post Type and Taxonomy key generation now uses dashes rather than underscores
* Fix - The "add first" text no longer appears when no search results are found for ACF field groups, post types or taxonomies
Advanced Custom Fields Pro v6.1.3 - WordPress Plugin
= v6.1.3 = Release Date 5th April 2023
*Fix - 'Create Terms' button for taxonomy fields now displays correctly
*Fix - ACF JSON field group files which have unsupported keys (not beginning with group_) will now load as field groups
*Fix - Renaming capabilities for post types will now set map_meta_cap to true solving an issue with assigning permissions to roles for that post type