ACF Extended allows developers to add custom metas values in the Field Group settings directly from the Field Group administration.
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Array
(
[ID] => 37
[key] => group_5f20935b9a777
[title] => Field Group
[fields] => Array()
[location] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[param] => post_type
[operator] => ==
[value] => post
)
)
)
[menu_order] => 0
[position] => normal
[style] => default
[label_placement] => left
[instruction_placement] => acfe_instructions_tooltip
[hide_on_screen] => Array()
[active] => 1
[description] =>
[acfe_display_title] =>
[acfe_autosync] =>
[acfe_permissions] =>
[acfe_meta] => Array()
[acfe_note] =>
[_valid] => 1
)WP_Post Object
(
[ID] => 37
[post_author] => 1
[post_date] => 2020-07-28 23:06:48
[post_date_gmt] => 2020-07-28 21:06:48
[post_content] => a:13:{s:8:"location";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{i:0;a:3:{s:5:"param";s:9:"post_type";s:8:"operator";s:2:"==";s:5:"value";s:4:"post";}}}s:8:"position";s:6:"normal";s:5:"style";s:7:"default";s:15:"label_placement";s:4:"left";s:21:"instruction_placement";s:25:"acfe_instructions_tooltip";s:14:"hide_on_screen";a:1:{i:0;s:11:"the_content";}s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:18:"acfe_display_title";s:0:"";s:13:"acfe_autosync";s:0:"";s:16:"acfe_permissions";s:0:"";s:9:"acfe_form";i:0;s:9:"acfe_meta";a:2:{s:13:"5f3a7307cc3ba";a:2:{s:13:"acfe_meta_key";s:3:"foo";s:15:"acfe_meta_value";s:3:"bar";}s:13:"5f3a730dcc3bb";a:2:{s:13:"acfe_meta_key";s:3:"key";s:15:"acfe_meta_value";s:5:"value";}}s:9:"acfe_note";s:0:"";}
[post_title] => Field Group
[post_excerpt] => field-group
[post_status] => publish
[comment_status] => closed
[ping_status] => closed
[post_password] =>
[post_name] => group_5f20935b9a777
[to_ping] =>
[pinged] =>
[post_modified] => 2020-08-17 14:07:55
[post_modified_gmt] => 2020-08-17 12:07:55
[post_content_filtered] =>
[post_parent] => 0
[guid] => /?post_type=acf-field-group&p=37
[menu_order] => 0
[post_type] => acf-field-group
[post_mime_type] =>
[comment_count] => 0
[filter] => raw
)Add personal note. Only visible to administrators
You can add custom meta in your field group declaration from the acfe.meta key. Usage example:
acf_add_local_field_group(array(
'key' => 'group_my_field_group',
'title' => 'My Field Group',
'active' => true,
'acfe' => array(
'meta' => array(
array(
'key' => 'my key',
'value' => 'my value',
),
array(
'key' => 'my second key',
'value' => 'my second value',
),
),
),
));You can retrieve settings using acf_get_field_group() and the acfe_get() helper. Usage example:
$field_group = acf_get_field_group('group_my_field_group');
/**
* $field_group = array(
* 'key' => 'group_my_field_group',
* 'title' => 'My Field Group',
* 'active' => true,
* 'acfe' => array(
* 'meta' => array(
* array(
* 'key' => 'my key',
* 'value' => 'my value',
* ),
* array(
* 'key' => 'my second key',
* 'value' => 'my second value',
* ),
* ),
* ),
* )
*/
$meta = acfe_get($field_group, 'acfe.meta');
/*
* $meta = array(
* array(
* 'key' => 'my key',
* 'value' => 'my value',
* ),
* array(
* 'key' => 'my second key',
* 'value' => 'my second value',
* ),
* ),
*/