Description
Metaly for ACF and SCF is a premium-grade add-on for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) and Secure Custom Fields (SCF). It delivers a curated suite of modern field types that elevate your content editing experience while keeping performance, clarity, and extensibility at the core.
Whether you’re building client sites, complex content models, or internal tools, this plugin gives you more expressive inputs without the bloat.
Why teams choose Metaly for ACF and SCF
- Polished UI that feels native to WordPress and ACF/SCF
- Front-end ready (works with
acf_form()) - Repeaters + Flexible Content compatible
- REST API-friendly values
- Built with WordPress coding standards and best practices
Dependencies
Required:
* Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) or Secure Custom Fields (SCF)
Optional:
* WooCommerce (only needed for the SKU Lookup field)
Included Field Types
- Address — structured address input with country selection
- Action Button — trigger custom actions without storing values
- Checklist — configurable checklist with progress UI
- Code Scan — QR/barcode scanner with camera support
- Countries — country selector with optional flag preview
- HTML — CodeMirror-powered HTML editor
- Likert Scale — scale selector with labels/emojis
- Progress Bar — editable progress indicator
- QR Code — live QR generator from text input
- Quantity — numeric input with step/min/max
- Rating Stars — star rating input with optional number display
- Read Only — display computed or stored values with copy action
- Signature — draw and store a signature image (base64)
- SKU Lookup — search WooCommerce products by SKU (optional)
- Smart Notes — timestamped notes with metadata
- Steps — step indicator with navigation controls
- User Context Snapshot — capture user/context metadata on save
Developer Notes
Metaly for ACF and SCF is built with extensibility in mind.
Developers can hook into field registration, settings, and rendering logic to extend or customize behavior.
Source code follows WordPress coding standards and avoids unnecessary abstractions.
For documentation and updates, visit:
https://racmanuel.dev/
Installation
- Install and activate Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) or Secure Custom Fields (SCF).
- Upload this plugin to
/wp-content/plugins/or install via the WordPress plugin uploader. - Activate Metaly for ACF and SCF.
- Create/edit a field group and select any of the new field types.
FAQ
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Do I need ACF or SCF?
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Yes. This plugin requires ACF or SCF to register the custom fields.
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Is WooCommerce required?
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Only for the SKU Lookup field. All other fields work without WooCommerce.
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Does it work on the frontend?
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Yes. Fields are compatible with
acf_form()and frontend rendering. -
Are values available in the REST API?
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Yes. Field values are designed to be REST compatible.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release
- Added 17 custom field types compatible with ACF/SCF
- REST API compatibility and frontend support
