Reply To: ACF Pro Distribution

• James

• June 22, 2016 at 12:54 pm

Hi @slifty

I’ll copy and paste the statement in this page in case you missed it:

You can include the ACF PRO plugin within a premium theme/plugin as long as it is made clear in the copyright / information that the ACF PRO files are not to be used or distributed outside of the premium theme/plugin.
You can not include the ACF PRO plugin within a free theme/plugin.
You can not include a ACF PRO license key within the theme/plugin/materials.
You can include the (free) ACF plugin within a free or premium theme/plugin.

That being said, I’m afraid you need to include ACF free instead if you want to add it in your free theme. I think the reason is simple, if you include ACF PRO in your free theme, it means that your users or any other people can download your theme to get ACF PRO instead of buying it from the plugin author. That’s not what you want if you sell something, right?

I hope this makes sense 🙂