Reply To: Rows/blocks difference and more?

• John Huebner

• March 14, 2017 at 8:14 am

The second page you linked to for the_flexible_field(), this function is deprecated and should not be used.

Layout: Table, Block or Row, refers to a repeater type field and not a flixible content field. Although you could be seeing something else if you’re using ACF4. I don’t have access to flex fields in ACF4 so I’m going by ACF5

Flex fields and repeaters share some similarities and they have differences.

The difference between the repeater layouts block an row are subtle to say the least. The block layout basically displays the sub fields in the same manner as other fields in a group, with the label above the input area while a row displays the labels in a column on the left with the inputs in a column on the right.

There are only a few function names that include the word row or rows and these all have to do with display of repeater fields and flex fields. Repeaters and flex fields are both what I consider to be “repeaters” the main difference between them is that the “rows” of a flex field can contain different sub fields while the “rows” of a repeater all contain the same sub fields.

For either type of repeater you’ll want to use a have_rows() loop https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/have_rows/