Advanced Custom Fields for AMP

Advanced Custom Fields for AMP is a WordPress extension designed to integrate Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) custom fields into Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). This plugin allows all the additional content you manage with ACF to display correctly in the mobile-optimized versions of your site, maintaining the loading speed and visual consistency required by the AMP standard.

It is aimed at developers and administrators of WordPress sites who already use Advanced Custom Fields to enrich their posts, products, or pages with custom fields, and who need that information to also be present in AMP versions without breaking the structure or sacrificing performance. The extension avoids having to rewrite code from scratch, as it only requires small, targeted integrations for custom fields to work within the AMP environment.

Among its main features, the conditional placement logic stands out, an advanced option that allows you to decide exactly where each custom field will be displayed. You can target any page, content type, or taxonomy, and add additional rules to further refine control over data display. It also includes a PHP editor that replicates the same syntax you already know from ACF, such as the_field('field_name'), so the learning curve is minimal if you already work with custom fields in WordPress.

Another relevant feature is the JavaScript field for AMP, designed for cases where the PHP code you display requires special AMP components, such as the amp-carousel.js carousel. If you display fields in a standard way, this field is not necessary, keeping the configuration simple and lightweight.

In summary, Advanced Custom Fields for AMP is the practical solution for those who want to leverage the full potential of ACF in their accelerated pages, achieving a more attractive, creative, and functional site without sacrificing speed or user experience on mobile devices.