Title: Media Carousel ACF Field
Author: Srawan Paudel
Published: <strong>March 25, 2025</strong>
Last modified: March 25, 2025

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# Media Carousel ACF Field

 By [Srawan Paudel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srawan071/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/media-carousel-acf-field.1.0.14.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/media-carousel-acf-field/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/media-carousel-acf-field/#developers)

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## Description

A plugin that displays media items (images & videos) in a carousel fetched from 
an ACF field.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Adding field in field groups. Label could be any thing(media_carousel, media_carousel_B
   etc). Name could be anything but must me unique(media_carousel_json, media_carousel_B
   etc) this name is used for shortcode. Label must be a text area.
 * [[
 * Adding data in Custom post type. Follow the json structure shown in the Screenshots.
   In “image” enter image url and in “video” use the embeded youtube video link.
   You can use as many image and video you want.
 * [[
 * Adding shortcode, format is [media_carousel field= “your_acf_field”] replace 
   your_acf_field with field shown on screenshot 1. Example: [media_carousel field
   = “media_carousel_json”].
 * [[
 * Media carousel displayed on custom post.

## Installation

 1. Download the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

## FAQ

### How do I use this plugin?

Step 1. Goto WordPress dashboard ACF-> Field Groups-> Edit Field Group.
 Step 2.
Add a new field of type Text Area for eg: Field Label= Media Carousel B and Field
Name= media_carousel_B Step 3. In your ACF post add the data in json format. for
eg: [ { “image”: “https://onlinecs.baylor.edu/sites/default/files/field/image/Future%
20of%20Software_Engineering%20%281%29.jpg” }, { “video”: “https://www.youtube.com/
embed/vM4fSXvXHfY?autoplay=0&mute=1” }, { “image”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wphvzxlRc6k/
hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLD64y8hdTRkgGFAch2rOMr0KoQ_7g”},{“
video”: “https://www.youtube.com/embed/tgbNymZ7vqY?autoplay=0&mute=1” }, { “image”:“
https://static-cse.canva.com/blob/1878802/1600w-njRT1AbT5-4.jpg” }, { “image”: “
https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/uIK81JFqiXlpZa48CSGOQ1HtrJjPkUyhFrrkvIwmrv0-
UdJN390yCLPDkRvvlDVrzTY=w2560-h1440-rw” }, { “video”: “https://www.youtube.com/embed/
BQTaBibVbo4?si=uRHnyjDyiG5uji8V”} ]

You can add as many image/ video entry you want. In image add the image url and 
in video add the embeded Url of youtube video or any site.
 You can copy-paste the
above json including square braces [ ]. Step 4. Use the shortcode `[media_carousel
field="media_carousel_B"]` inside a post or page.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Media Carousel ACF Field” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Srawan Paudel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srawan071/)

[Translate “Media Carousel ACF Field” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/media-carousel-acf-field)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-carousel-acf-field/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/media-carousel-acf-field/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/media-carousel-acf-field/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/media-carousel-acf-field/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.13

 * Improved shortcode functionality.
 * Added Simply Static Compatibility tag.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.14**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.7.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-carousel-acf-field/)
 * Tags
 * [acf](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/acf/)[images](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)
   [videos](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/videos/)[WordPress](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/media-carousel-acf-field/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Srawan Paudel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srawan071/)

## Support

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