Reverse missing Wordpress custom fields when ACF is activated.
As of April 2026, Custom Fields Missing When ACF is Active is a WordPress acf plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 916 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®).
When the plugin ACF or ACF Pro 5.6.0 is active the native WordPress Custom Fields on post, pages or CPTs is not visible and gone missing. If you disable the ACF plugin the custom fields are visible again.
The functionality to hide the WordPress custom fields was introduced in ACF version 5.5.13 but then made default in 5.6.0, it was made default to speed up the page speed load of the admin edit page/post screen.
This plugin reverse this behaviour, so you don’t need to edit the function.php of your template.
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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