Advanced Custom Fields Tutorial - Create Dynamic Testimonials

This is a detailed tutorial on creating a custom testimonial setup using custom post types and meta fields to dynamically generate testimonials on a website.

The tutorial covers the following key steps:

1. Creating a Custom Post Type: Creating a custom post type for testimonials using Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), including setting up the necessary labels and ensuring it supports titles, editors, and featured images.

2. Adding Custom Meta Fields: The tutorial continues adding custom fields for the author's name and position to the testimonial post type, using ACF to define these fields and their settings.

3. Implementing the Testimonial Layout: Using the Bricks Builder, I'll show you how to design a testimonial layout that dynamically pulls in the title, content, featured image, author's name, and position from the custom post type and meta fields.

The tutorial emphasizes the flexibility of this approach, noting that other tools like Generate Blocks, Kadence Blocks Pro, or Elementor Pro could also be used.

4. Using Dynamic Data and Query Loops: The tutorial explains how to use dynamic data and query loops to display the testimonials, including setting up a system to randomize which testimonials are shown and how to refresh the displayed testimonials after a certain time.

5. Saving and Reusing the Template: Finally, I show how to save the testimonial block as a template for easy reuse throughout the site, ensuring that the dynamic content can be efficiently managed and updated.

The tutorial concludes by emphasizing the ease and efficiency of using custom post types and dynamic content to manage and display testimonials, encouraging viewers to explore further applications of these techniques.

00:00 - 00 - Introduction and demo
00:43 - 01 - Creating the ACF Custom Post Type
03:11 - 02 - Connecting the Data
06:47 - 03 - Creating a reusable template

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[Jim.Hummel]

Adding ACF Pro to my blueprint site was a no-brainer, but what I love is building section templates like this (clean and simple with minimal styling) for my blueprint site as well. It saves so much time since all the busy work is done. All I have to do is style it per the project design. Thanks for this nifty follow-up video. These little nuggets are pure gold!

[vaughanprint]

The randomised trials me to live option is a nice touch.

[christian-k]

I already knew how to do this, but Paul's videos are always helpful and interesting. That's why I had to watch it anyway.

[milanmilicev]

Great tutorial. Additional tip: if you are planing to use that Testimonial section on multiple pages, it's better to insert it as a Template widget (render without wrapper turned on) than to insert it from a Template Library.

[Bcpsambo]

I have been waiting for this follow up Video..
Good Job..
Amazing Content

[merman]

Thanks for the video, I just had an 'aha' moment with advanced custom fields.
Also, a question that is not related, and I apologise if there is a better place to ask the question. Have you tried using Coreframework with Generate Blocks? I want to make the typography more dynamic in generate blocks and I thought this could be an interesting approach. I'm just researching it now but I thought I would ask as you are a fan of both.

[vaughanprint]

Hi Paul,

You did a video late last year where you compared all the various CPT options by vendor. In that video you showed a graph of percentage market share for each of therse. Is there a site where we can see this information?

[ayeshacamran]

can you please make a video of how to integrate Dflip 3D Book plugin shortcode in ACF in each single post I'm not getting any solutions for it. Kindly help me.. Thank you

[julikame]

Thank you for tutorial, really helps to create clear section for customer usage. But I met other problem - created Taxonomy "Teachers" with Photo/ Descr, and create "Product Courses" (woo) that this Teachers holds. So in Course are ACF fields created special to Course Product (Group1) but I want to catch the Teachers Photo/Descr there too, from other ACF Group2 not to multiply fields. Using elementor PRO. On frontend ACF fields from Group2 are empty. Why it happens? (I made it through loop, and also from shortcode. Guess ACF gather info only in Group associated with Product Course)

[MarkoKozlica]

I have a suggestion for a video that you can cover. The theme is how to handle the users registration and login in Wordrpress in the right way for the sites that needs users to register and login - like a company directory.

I would like to see how to handle making the custom register and login forms with WS form, using ACF custom fields for users and how to handle changing the default Wordpress register and login URLs to custom forms, regular or popup versions. If possible to do all this programmatically through code snippets rather than existing plugins.

Thumbs up if other people would like to see the same :D

Thx

[yossicohen]

Hello, wow, master of the WordPress world, I want to create a button to download digital products, how do you do it?

[wehavewebsite]

Could you please make a video of all author loop pages?#acf ...I've created all product loop pages.

[akshaysrivastavaofficial]

Elementor does not have support for repeater fields. What do you prefer as an alternate: Bricks or Oxygen or anything else? I know coding (both server and client side) but I am lazy and want to save time. With Elementor I have to write custom code to make it work.

[CLOUDBURST]

@WPTuts
Hi Paul, could make a video about ASE pros CPT capabilities?

[fatjay]

It would be good to take those from google places ... :)