This update includes a fair number of security fixes found as the result of an external security audit. Kudos to the ACF team for having an external audit.

The recent ACF 6.3 expanded the conditional logic options for showing and hiding fields. Imran Siddiq has a short video that shows the enhancement.

ACF 6.3 Pro was released. It adds data validation for block fields and the ability to store block data in post meta. They are also bumped up the minimum PHP version to 7.4 and WordPress version to 6.0.

ACF Pro version 6.3 beta is out. It includes several enhancements for ACF blocks. The update includes field validation for fields in blocks and the ability to save block field values in post meta (better when using blocks in templates), among other enhancements and fixes.

Advanced Custom Fields wins the Torque Plugin Madness competition for the third time. Congrats to the ACF team.

ACF 6.2.8 was released. It adds support for the new Block Binding API that shipped with WordPress 6.5. However, the current core API is limited, so the current implementation will mainly be of interest to developers. This release also now locks pro features so that a license key is required. Previously you could install the pro version and use all features, but would not get any updates. This change is in relation to arrangements made with plugin developers who bundled ACF Pro in their plugins.

The release candidate for the next version of ACF is available. In addition to WordPress 6.5 support, it is also the release that will require an activated pro license to use pro features (regarding changes for plugins that include ACF Pro).

Advanced Custom Fields version 6.2.5 is now available. This release is a security fix release containing an important change you need to be aware of before you update. From ACF 6.2.5, use of the ACF Shortcode to output an ACF field will be escaped by the WordPress HTML escaping function wp_kses.

It has not been uncommon for a theme or plugin to stagnate after it is purchased by a hosting company. One exception is ACF. The ACF team has been doing an excellent job moving the plugin forward and also has communicated well with its user base. If you are interested in what the team has accomplished, here is the ACF 2023 year in review.