Hierarchical custom Fields

• Shobhit

• March 3, 2015 at 3:20 pm

Can we have hierarchical custom fields using ACF?

• James

• April 6, 2016 at 9:43 pm

Hi @shobhit,

Thanks for the question.

I am not sure I am clear on what you mean by hierarchical custom fields but with ACF it is possible to nest fields within other fields.

The parent field should be a flexible content field or a Repeater field.

Please have a look at these pages for more info: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/repeater/ and http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/flexible-content/

• whoweez

• October 16, 2018 at 8:26 pm

Hi James,

I think I might want the same thing @shobhit is looking for:

I’m looking for an interface very much the same as WP menu. Creating an item (A) and then a sub item (A1), where A1 is a child of A. So one would be able to drag and drop the items into any hierarchy, however deep (3 or 4 levels): i.e.

custom field A
– custom field A1
— custom field A1.1
— custom field A1.2
— custom field A1.2.1
custom field B
– custom field B1
— custom field B1.1
— custom field B1.1.1

(drag and drop to alter hierarchies…)

P.S. it would be great if “custom field” above could be a repeater field where the row contains multiple fields…

Thanks
Wzz

• Amber1213445

• March 24, 2021 at 4:19 pm

Hi there,

Is there an answer for this?

I also need to use the Parent – Child hierarchy setup.