Fields

Overview

The Fields module lets you build custom field groups and attach them to any content — a lightweight, built-in take on ACF.

Create a field group, add fields with a drag-and-drop builder, and set location rules that decide where it shows. Matching posts get a meta box, values save as ordinary post meta, and you read them back with template tags or Elementor dynamic tags.

What you can do

• Build field groups with a drag-and-drop field list
• Choose from 37 field types across six groups
• Nest fields in group, repeater, flexible content and clone containers
• Target content with location rules — post type, template, status or page
• Add a keyless Google Map field with address autocomplete
• Read values with template tags or Elementor dynamic tags

Requirements & compatibility

Fields runs on any modern WordPress host with no external service.

Installation & activation

Fields ships inside WPStack — switch it on per site from the modules panel.

The field builder

A field group is a drag-and-drop list of fields. Click a field to edit it in a popover, set its width, and drag the handle to reorder.

Editing a field

Click a field to open its editor popover — a floating panel that never resizes the tile or pushes the other fields. Set the Label, the Field Name (the post-meta key), the Type, Instructions, a Default value, a Placeholder, prepend / append text, whether it is Required, and the width.

Field types

Thirty-seven field types, organised into six groups.

Nested containers

Four field types hold other fields, so you can model structured and repeatable content.

• Group — bundle related fields; the value is an associative array
• Repeater — unlimited repeatable rows; the value is an array of rows
• Flexible Content — pick from named layout blocks per row
• Clone — reuse a whole group, either seamlessly or nested under a name

Location rules

Rules decide exactly where a field group appears.

Meta boxes on your posts

Every matching post gets the group as a meta box on the classic editor.

• One meta box per matching active group
• Values save on save_post as post meta
• Emptied fields are cleared; nested containers store structured arrays
• Targeted at the classic editor editing screen

Google Map field

A map field that works with no API key — and can upgrade to interactive with your own.

Embed mode (default, keyless)

By default the field stores a location string and renders Google’s free embed map — no API key and no Google billing. Address autocomplete is powered by OpenStreetMap Nominatim.

Interactive mode (opt-in)

Add your own Google Maps key — via the SF_GOOGLE_MAPS_KEY constant, the sf_google_maps_api_key filter, or the field’s own key — to enable a draggable pin and Places, storing the address plus latitude, longitude and zoom.

Reading values (template tags)

Output field values in your theme with a small set of template tags.

// Print a value
sf_the_field( 'headline' );

// Return a value to work with
$price = sf_get_field( 'price' );

// All of a post's values
$all = sf_get_fields();

• sf_get_field( $name, $post_id ) — return a single value
• sf_the_field( $name, $post_id ) — print a single value
• sf_get_fields( $post_id ) — return all of a post’s values
• sf_update_field( $name, $value, $post_id ) — set a value

Elementor dynamic tags

Bind field values into Elementor designs with no code.

Fields registers two Elementor dynamic tags in the WPStack Fields group — a Text tag and an Image tag. Pick one from any widget’s dynamic-tag picker and choose the field to bind.

Custom post types

Create and register real custom post types from a form — no code, no snippets plugin.

Give the post type a key and a singular and plural label — every other label is generated for you. Choose its options, pick what it supports, set a menu icon and position, and attach taxonomies. The post type is registered on init and its rewrite rules are flushed automatically, so archives and single URLs work straight away.

Options

Supports

Toggle the core editor features the post type offers: title, editor, excerpt, featured image, custom fields, author, comments, revisions and page attributes.

Taxonomies

Register your own taxonomies and attach them to any post type — including the ones you build here.

Create a taxonomy with a key and labels, choose whether it is hierarchical (category-style, with parent/child terms) or flat (tag-style), and attach it to one or more post types.

Import & export

Move a field group between sites with a portable JSON file, from the Tools tab.

Export

From WPStack → Fields → Tools, export a field group to a JSON file — its fields, settings and location rules are all included. Keep it as a backup or move it to another site.

Import

Import a JSON file to recreate the group as a new field group with fresh field keys. Nothing existing is overwritten — the import always adds a new group.

Field group settings

Each group carries a handful of settings alongside its fields.

FAQ

Changelog