As ever, exceptionally briliant. I don't know how or when you find the time to do great informative, educational and professional videos on all things related to WordPress, but I am so grateful you do. I am really pleased that you mentioned ACPT because the developer Mauro Cassani is a tremendous work horse. Thanks Paul for another great video.👍
Great overview mate (as always). I have most of these tools, but I think (so far) JetEngine has proven to be the game changer when it comes to dynamic website development
@WPTuts When can you delight us with an ACPT v2 tutorial? How would you make a property site or professional directory? Thank you very much for everything you help us Paul.
Shout out to ACPT and Mauro Cassani. He is very responsive and actively developing the product to take it to a place when it would take the king status from ACF. Best wishes
I deleted Toolset because I would sometimes hit a bug that made me feel unsafe. It's one thing if a plugin is helping with some formatting, but it's another if it's driving your data. I appreciate this round up of the main candidates - super helpful knowledge to add to my notes.
Thanks for the overview. Meta Box, the commercial version, is a good fit for me. Didn't find it too complex but that was after working with Toolset for a while.
One test that I'd like to see for block sets, and maybe for plugins in general, is what happens to a site if you need to delete the plugin. How much continues to work and what breaks? I realise that in many cases the plugin has been used to generate normal code in a post, and that might continue to work. But what else? Sometimes a website is the core of a person's career. So we need to know what it depends on.
If you want to go for paid option which option will you go for ?, myself as a starter i would go for Crocoblock as i can get much more for additional cost. What do you recommend if you have to choose from ACF or Jet Engine Paid option. I tried pod but i am stuck as i am not able to get Repeater fields in Tabular format for multiple repeater fields for Tournament Table such as MatchDate, TeamA, TeamB, Score, Venue etc. I want these to be one row when user will enter data for these fields but this doesnt seem to be possible with Pod, with ACF it may be possible as we can enter field with when creating these fields i am not sure about Jet Engine.. This is the delima i am stuck with on one end we have lot more option with crocoblock and with ACF we may have flexibility. So which one you recomment?
I use Toolset, but ran into a BIG problem with the REST API. In order to update related data you need to write a bunch of custom code to register the fields and handle the updating of the relationships. I feel like this should be a core feature, but it is not. Do you know of anything that would handle this out of the box?
Does ACPT work just as well as ACF Pro when it comes to importing with WP All Import Pro? When it comes to Metabox for example, which is what I use at the moment, importing gallery images is still not ideal and looks a lot more simple with ACF Pro and their native integration.
Is it possible to use ACF to add Affiliate Program on Custom Dashboard? And is it possible to introduce Customer Levels (Levels increase with purchase)?
The best part of the subset of tools is the competition. Pushing each plugin to add more capabilities. I have tried all but Cube and tend to fall back to ACF because of how widely it is supported and how few of the "other" features offered from the alternatives I use. The fact that ACF Pro is bundled into some popular themes and Advanced Themer for Bricks makes the cost of entry negligible.
Do yourself a favor, just get ACPT it does everything the others do but for a bargain of a price and they seem to be working hard on it. I have a LTD and only use ACF because I also have that from another plug in i use so no sense installing 2 CPT programs
ACF Pro is included in the Avada theme. Avadas conditional logic combined with dynamic data features is free and included in the theme. This is a good option worth mentioning, but they maybe don’t pay you for that. 😂 A lot of plugins are expensive and then you also often need to add their extensions on top of that, resulting into a rather high total cost.
And these plugins pay me for it? 🤷🏼♂️🤦♂️ The question is, why would I include Avada in this list when it’s just bundling ACF - the whole point of this video? It’s not an alternative to ACF, it’s a theme.
Hi, when I finally feel that based on the opinion of the majority, I will choose ACPT, then I read your opinion, which is exactly the opposite of what has been said so far. Could you write what you think is wrong with ACPT please? Thanks
Coming from ACF, acpt now offer me same features + integrates custom pot types, all in one place. Great plugin with great support
As ever, exceptionally briliant. I don't know how or when you find the time to do great informative, educational and professional videos on all things related to WordPress, but I am so grateful you do. I am really pleased that you mentioned ACPT because the developer Mauro Cassani is a tremendous work horse. Thanks Paul for another great video.👍
Great overview mate (as always). I have most of these tools, but I think (so far) JetEngine has proven to be the game changer when it comes to dynamic website development
@WPTuts When can you delight us with an ACPT v2 tutorial? How would you make a property site or professional directory? Thank you very much for everything you help us Paul.
No need to look past ACPT. Now my go to. Excellent tool and v2 coming later this year. Developer is fantastic and responsive. Love it.
Shout out to ACPT and Mauro Cassani. He is very responsive and actively developing the product to take it to a place when it would take the king status from ACF.
Best wishes
I deleted Toolset because I would sometimes hit a bug that made me feel unsafe. It's one thing if a plugin is helping with some formatting, but it's another if it's driving your data.
I appreciate this round up of the main candidates - super helpful knowledge to add to my notes.
Are these also all equally useful for making job boards?
Great video, Paul!
Thanks for the overview. Meta Box, the commercial version, is a good fit for me. Didn't find it too complex but that was after working with Toolset for a while.
One test that I'd like to see for block sets, and maybe for plugins in general, is what happens to a site if you need to delete the plugin. How much continues to work and what breaks?
I realise that in many cases the plugin has been used to generate normal code in a post, and that might continue to work. But what else?
Sometimes a website is the core of a person's career. So we need to know what it depends on.
Thanks Paul for sharing.
If you want to go for paid option which option will you go for ?, myself as a starter i would go for Crocoblock as i can get much more for additional cost. What do you recommend if you have to choose from ACF or Jet Engine Paid option.
I tried pod but i am stuck as i am not able to get Repeater fields in Tabular format for multiple repeater fields for Tournament Table such as MatchDate, TeamA, TeamB, Score, Venue etc. I want these to be one row when user will enter data for these fields but this doesnt seem to be possible with Pod, with ACF it may be possible as we can enter field with when creating these fields i am not sure about Jet Engine.. This is the delima i am stuck with on one end we have lot more option with crocoblock and with ACF we may have flexibility. So which one you recomment?
I use pods and I love it
JetEngine's support is also unrivalled
I use Toolset, but ran into a BIG problem with the REST API. In order to update related data you need to write a bunch of custom code to register the fields and handle the updating of the relationships. I feel like this should be a core feature, but it is not. Do you know of anything that would handle this out of the box?
If you have ACPT pro, do you need to get jet engine?
Thanks for sharing.
Very good review, lazyblocks can be added to the list I think
my free version of ACF wont let me save any changes..
Does ACPT work just as well as ACF Pro when it comes to importing with WP All Import Pro? When it comes to Metabox for example, which is what I use at the moment, importing gallery images is still not ideal and looks a lot more simple with ACF Pro and their native integration.
Is it possible to use ACF to add Affiliate Program on Custom Dashboard? And is it possible to introduce Customer Levels (Levels increase with purchase)?
Hey Paul, how do you do your cool animated, depth of field screenshot animations? I bet you've got a cool tool for that...
It's done in FCP with a plugin called 3D Camera Rig.
motionarray.com/final-cut-pro-templates/3d-camera-rig-1425769/
@@WPTuts Thanks. Will check it out.
Carbon fields?
@@Hellmiauz never heard of it I’m afraid.
Pods Beaver Themer Add-On was last updated TWO years ago. What a shame!
ACPT is the way...
The best part of the subset of tools is the competition. Pushing each plugin to add more capabilities. I have tried all but Cube and tend to fall back to ACF because of how widely it is supported and how few of the "other" features offered from the alternatives I use. The fact that ACF Pro is bundled into some popular themes and Advanced Themer for Bricks makes the cost of entry negligible.
@@christosmontariou3105 Ye., it is still included. In the settings under Miscellaneous you can show or hide ACF (in casyou don't need it).
Carbon Fields, more advance but probably the best solution overall.
Just curious as to why Cwicly was not covered in your video as an option?
Cwicly isn’t an alternative to ACF. It’s a page builder/site designer with ACF Pro included.
Do yourself a favor, just get ACPT it does everything the others do but for a bargain of a price and they seem to be working hard on it. I have a LTD and only use ACF because I also have that from another plug in i use so no sense installing 2 CPT programs
ACF Pro is included in the Avada theme. Avadas conditional logic combined with dynamic data features is free and included in the theme. This is a good option worth mentioning, but they maybe don’t pay you for that. 😂
A lot of plugins are expensive and then you also often need to add their extensions on top of that, resulting into a rather high total cost.
And these plugins pay me for it? 🤷🏼♂️🤦♂️
The question is, why would I include Avada in this list when it’s just bundling ACF - the whole point of this video?
It’s not an alternative to ACF, it’s a theme.
I don't recommend ACPT. It's bad finished product. I paid for it. Disappointing
Hi, when I finally feel that based on the opinion of the majority, I will choose ACPT, then I read your opinion, which is exactly the opposite of what has been said so far. Could you write what you think is wrong with ACPT please? Thanks