Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) for Purple DAM
5 min
advanced custom fields for the purple dam you can add advanced custom fields (acfs) to media files in the purple dam to store structured metadata on any attachment type supported field types are select (dropdown) text checkbox radio button button group true / false date picker date time picker unsupported types are shown as plain text with a warning indicator step 1 creating an acf for media files for creation of acf fields read create custom fields in purple hub docid\ sfolj8v8qcn3m3jibzbuk step 2 using acfs as filters acfs can be used to filter files in the purple dam this can be achieved by checking the option 'filterable' step 3 allow access to value in editor ui each acf has a toggle allow access to value in editor ui when enabled, the field value is accessible when inserting media into an article via the editor step 4 location rules each acf group needs to be displayed, either for specific media types, or for all in the case of all media make sure to set the rule for the group to attachements > is equal to > all see also configure acfs as filter docid 73k7oumo4sdk4nbwc3tuc