{"id":16890,"date":"2018-09-17T12:58:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T12:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=16890"},"modified":"2025-12-05T20:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:33:42","slug":"acf-vs-pods-vs-toolset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/acf-vs-pods-vs-toolset\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Custom Fields Vs. Pods Vs. Toolset: A Detailed Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16890\" class=\"elementor elementor-16890\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-197aa15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"197aa15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5c88e9\" data-id=\"a5c88e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a095c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a095c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to build more complex websites with WordPress and Elementor,&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-custom-post-types\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custom post types<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-custom-fields\/\">custom fields<\/a> are your best friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elementor Pro lets you build templates for custom post types using the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/theme-builder\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">theme builder<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and insert data from custom fields using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/intro-to-dynamic-content\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the Dynamic Content option<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. But when it comes to actually creating and managing custom post types and custom fields on your site, you&#8217;ll need a separate tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Three of the most popular options for working with custom post types and custom fields are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced Custom Fields<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pods<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toolset<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c3217a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c3217a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=703,h=333\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/survey-elementor-facebook-group.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-16936\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=703\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/survey-elementor-facebook-group.png 703w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/survey-elementor-facebook-group-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eb3ea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6eb3ea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kix-page kix-page-paginated\"><div class=\"kix-page-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"kix-page-column\"><div><div id=\"h.ck8y24p29oli\" class=\"kix-paragraphrenderer\"><div class=\"kix-lineview\"><div class=\"kix-lineview-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So&#8230;<\/span><b>when it comes to Advanced Custom Fields vs. Pods vs. Toolset, which tool should you use to help build your site?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That&#8217;s what we aim to help you choose in this post! <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All three of these tools are high-quality options, so this won&#8217;t be some winner-take-all post where we recommend you a single option at the end.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead, for each tool, we&#8217;re going to:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Highlight where it excels.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Give you a quick tour of the interface so that you have a basic idea of how it functions.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Share information about support and pricing.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f429a81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f429a81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-492cf152\" data-id=\"492cf152\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28ba42b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28ba42b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn More About Custom Post Types<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d7fc6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66d7fc6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-custom-post-types\/\">How to create Custom Post Types in WordPress<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/custom-post-types-benefits\/\">Benefits of Using Custom Post Types<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f69a1dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f69a1dd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d79583c\" data-id=\"d79583c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37b91fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37b91fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Defining a Few Key Terms Before We Start This Comparison<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a55c60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a55c60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you&#8217;re already a veteran when it comes to terms like custom fields and custom post types, you might want to click <a href=\"#here\">here<\/a> to skip straight to the comparison.<\/span> \n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But we want this post to be accessible to Elementor users of <\/span><b>all <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">knowledge levels. So before we get into the actual nitty-gritty comparison, we&#8217;ll quickly cover some common terms you&#8217;ll see in this article and, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">more importantly<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, how these concepts help you build more advanced WordPress sites with Elementor.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let&#8217;s start with the two biggies &#8211; <\/span><b>custom post types<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>custom fields<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6717cb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6717cb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Custom Post Types Explained\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdb89a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdb89a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><b>custom post type <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a type of content, just like regular posts or pages. Because it&#8217;s &#8220;custom&#8221; you can make it whatever you want. Two examples of custom post types you, or a plugin, might want to create are:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Houses <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; if you had a real estate site, you might create a &#8220;house&#8221; custom post type. Then, to add a new real estate listing, you would create a new &#8220;house&#8221; inside your dashboard.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Event <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; if you had an events site, you might want to create an &#8220;event&#8221; custom post type for each event (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or, if you use an events plugin, it will create an events custom post type for you<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, if you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/introducing-woocommerce-builder\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">use WooCommerce<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, it creates a custom post type for &#8220;Products&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-976e215 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"976e215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Custom Fields Explained<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87b5dca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87b5dca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><b>custom field<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> lets you add additional information to &#8220;something&#8221; in WordPress. This &#8220;something&#8221; could be a post, a page, a custom post type, or even a category or tag. Let&#8217;s use those same examples from above to explain custom fields:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>For a real estate custom post type<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, you&#8217;d add custom fields to contain information like how many bedrooms a house has, how many bathrooms, square feet\/meters, etc.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>For an event custom post type<\/b>, you&#8217;d add custom fields for stuff like venue, organizer, date, etc.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c79cb33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c79cb33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Custom Post Types and Custom Fields Are Important for Elementor Users<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9594135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9594135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Together, these concepts are what help make WordPress a complete <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/cms\/\"   title=\"What Is a Content Management System (CMS)? (2025)\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26809\">content management system<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><b>For Elementor users, custom post types and custom fields play an essential role in helping you create more customized websites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basically, you can use custom post types and custom fields to organize your content on the back-end (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or, to make it easier for your clients to add information to the backend<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, you can use Elementor Pro to display all this information on the front-end by:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creating templates for custom post types using theme building functionality.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inserting dynamic information from custom fields in your templates.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>The three tools that we&#8217;ll look at in this post are all quality solutions that can help you work with custom fields and custom post types without requiring any specialized coding knowledge.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e653d4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e653d4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25e87c7\" data-id=\"25e87c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9897bbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"9897bbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"here\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-755c199 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"755c199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advanced Custom Fields vs Pods vs Toolset: A Quick Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12492b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12492b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><td>\u00a0<\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced Custom Fields<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pods<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toolset<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Free version?<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Starting price for pro<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$25<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">100% free<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$69<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lifetime plan?<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, lifetime updates<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">N\/A, free<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Custom fields?<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Custom post types?<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bi-directional relationships<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Available<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/post-2-post-for-acf\/\">\u00a0with extension<\/a><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4816518 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4816518\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Ready to go? Let&#8217;s dig into the plugins!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fbba4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fbba4b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d19dd02\" data-id=\"d19dd02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52f782d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52f782d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advanced Custom Fields - Great for Pure Custom Fields<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f48e00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f48e00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the name suggests, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) is entirely focused on helping you work with custom fields.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a result, it has:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A huge variety of custom fields &#8211; <\/span><b>over 30 different fields<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at the time we&#8217;re writing this post. This includes more advanced fields for galleries (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">great for helping clients manage galleries<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), Google Maps, color pickers, and many more. View <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedcustomfields.com\/resources\/#field-types\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the full list here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A really simple UI because it&#8217;s only focused on one thing. Most people will probably find Advanced Custom Fields to have the smallest learning curve thanks in large part to its UI.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyond that, Advanced Custom Fields has a big community behind it (it&#8217;s active on over 1 million sites).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This benefits you in two main ways:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There&#8217;s a thriving marketplace of third-party Advanced Custom Fields add-ons to extend the plugin&#8217;s functionality (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">see <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedcustomfields.com\/add-ons\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">some of the most popular options here<\/span><\/i><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/awesomeacf.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">huge library here<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s easy to find help and tutorials if you run into issues.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One thing to note, though, is that <\/span><b>you will still need to pair Advanced Custom Fields with another solution for creating custom post types and\/or custom taxonomies.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> For that, you can either:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/reference\/functions\/register_post_type\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manually register custom post types<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and taxonomies yourself if you feel comfortable &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/generatewp.com\/post-type\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this site helps you generate the code you need<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use one of the many free custom post types plugins at WordPress.org &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/custom-post-type-ui\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Custom Post Type UI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> seems to be what most ACF users choose.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade04d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ade04d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Quick Tour of the Advanced Custom Fields Interface<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58241af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58241af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced Custom Fields uses something called <\/span><b>Field Groups<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which are exactly what they sound like (a group of one or more fields).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you get started with the plugin, you&#8217;ll:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create a new field group<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Associate it with one or more post types (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this is where the new fields will show up<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Configure some other basic design settings<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5236b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5236b6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/advanced-custom-fields-1-r4q6yfvz6uvmditdb89l7nhg6ntery4tcc9m7t1gng.png\" title=\"advanced-custom-fields-1\" alt=\"advanced-custom-fields-1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc44bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc44bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, you can get to work by adding any of the available fields using the <\/span><b>+ Add Field<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> button. For each custom field, you can:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choose what type of field to use<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add labels and instructions to make it more user-friendly<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choose whether or not it&#8217;s required<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use conditional logic (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e.g. only display this field based on how a different field is configured<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21fba60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21fba60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/advanced-custom-fields-2-r4q70j32dlqk6bs544rqr4ibphirvqfcaogglxxzie.png\" title=\"advanced-custom-fields-2\" alt=\"advanced-custom-fields-2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e38302 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e38302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once you publish your field group, all the custom fields that you added will display at their target location:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f09c5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f09c5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/advanced-custom-fields-3-1-r4q71v0u25k6mfuic7hpsaeu04yhsapnh9q831yw2u.png\" title=\"advanced-custom-fields-3\" alt=\"advanced-custom-fields-3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf57b09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf57b09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And you&#8217;ll also be able to insert those custom fields in Elementor templates that you build with Elementor Pro using the <\/span><b>Dynamic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> option and the <\/span><b>ACF Field <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">option in the drop-down:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-113c568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"113c568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/advanced-custom-fields-4-1-r4q738ua4dgdpru59b0xyfu9hk4y497fc4ayipx0im.png\" title=\"advanced-custom-fields-4\" alt=\"advanced-custom-fields-4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-459dc3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"459dc3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Getting Support If You Need Help With Advanced Custom Fields<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dabb74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dabb74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced Custom Fields offers several ways to get support:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedcustomfields.com\/resources\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detailed and well-written documentation<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.advancedcustomfields.com\/topics\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">public community support forum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.advancedcustomfields.com\/new-ticket\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ticket system<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57d0e5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57d0e5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advanced Custom Fields Pricing<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c885901 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c885901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There&#8217;s a popular free version of Advanced Custom Fields at WordPress.org. The free version is generous with its functionality and will have enough functionality for many webmasters all by itself.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pro version adds some new field types, as well as a variety of new features &#8211; see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedcustomfields.com\/pro\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">all the new stuff here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pro version comes with <\/span><b>lifetime updates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and has two tiers:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b>Personal <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; $25 for use on a single site.<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><strong>Developer<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; $100 for use on unlimited sites.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2381f07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2381f07\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d56a464\" data-id=\"d56a464\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e87fc53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e87fc53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pods - 100% Free and Great With Relationships<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d849066 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d849066\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pods is a popular, and <\/span><b>100% free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, solution to help you create and manage custom post types, custom fields, and custom taxonomies. What\u2019s more, it is the only plugin to offer \u201cAdvanced Content Types\u201d. These are entirely separate from WordPress and function off their own database tables. This functionality is extremely valuable for advanced developers, and includes performance and coding benefits you can read more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pods.io\/docs\/learn\/what-are-advanced-content-types\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s kind of an &#8220;all-in-one solution&#8221; for custom content. You can:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create a custom post type<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add custom fields to your post type (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or any existing custom post types<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create custom taxonomies and associate them with your custom post types<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add custom fields to those custom taxonomies that you&#8217;ve created.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Etc.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the biggest areas where Pods excels is how it handles <\/span><b>relationships<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> between different content types.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04d8a68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04d8a68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More About Relationships (And Why Pods Does Relationships Well)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1058334 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1058334\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Relationships are a powerful feature that let you get even more creative with how you structure your site.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Essentially, they let you &#8220;connect&#8221; two things together. For example, if you have:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One custom post type for &#8220;Book&#8221;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One custom post type for &#8220;Author&#8221;<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Relationships let you connect the Books post type with the Author post type.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All three of these tools support relationships at some level, but a lot of developers like how Pods implements relationships (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toolset also has deep relationships support, while Advanced Custom Fields isn&#8217;t quite as feature-rich<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First off, Pods supports:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One-to-one relationships<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One-to-many relationships<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many-to-many relationships<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toolset has <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/documentation\/post-relationships\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a great article explaining the three types of relationships<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pods also supports something called <\/span><b>bi-directional<\/b> <b>relationships. <\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let&#8217;s go back to that book example to explain what this lets you do\u2026<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each book will have an author associated with it<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each author will have one or more books associated with him or her<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rather than having to:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manually set the author for each book while editing the book<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manually select the book for each author while editing the author<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A bi-directional field lets you just make the selection in <\/span><b>one of those interfaces<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and then that information will automatically propagate to the other. For example, if you select the author while editing the book custom post type, that book will automatically show up in the author custom post type &#8211; no action needed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pods also keeps strengthening its relationship functionality. For example, Pods 2.7 added an awesome new productivity-boosting feature that lets you actually edit related content <\/span><b>from one single interface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in a modal popup.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To hit our example one more time, you can:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add a new book to the book custom post type <\/span><b>from the author custom post type<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Edit all the existing books associated with that author <\/span><b>from the author custom post type<\/b><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This can save you <\/span><b>a ton of time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> when working with relationships &#8211; this video does a great job of showing how powerful it is:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39a6983 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"39a6983\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=V8c067GAEcA&quot;,&quot;lazy_load&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab2fa00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab2fa00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Quick Tour of the Pods Interface<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e46b1c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e46b1c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because Pods works with custom post types, custom fields, and custom taxonomies, it has more going on than Advanced Custom Fields, which means we won&#8217;t be able to show every nook and cranny of the interface.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite having more features, the learning curve still is fairly simple and you should be able to quickly grasp most of the core functionality.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you head to <\/span><b>Add New<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Pods, you can choose two core options:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b>Create New <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; lets you create an entirely new post type or taxonomy (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">you&#8217;ll then be able to add custom fields later on<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><strong>Extend Existing<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; lets you extend an <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">existing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> post type or taxonomy with custom fields and other settings.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0baf09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0baf09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/pods-1-r4q72q1iboqn9klgb2wekkl1luplub4slj98x6owqu.png\" title=\"pods-1\" alt=\"pods-1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a7c48f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a7c48f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Extend Existing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">functionality is sort of like what Advanced Custom Fields does, while <\/span><b>Create New<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is something you can&#8217;t do with Advanced Custom Fields (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that&#8217;s why people often stack ACF with Custom Post Type UI<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you go with <\/span><b>Create New<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, you&#8217;ll choose a content type from the drop-down and give it a label:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea7dd3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea7dd3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/pods-2-1-e1537187786368-r4q72qzciirxl6k35lb152ci78kz208ixnwqegniie.png\" title=\"pods-2\" alt=\"pods-2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-167218e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"167218e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, once you create your content type, you&#8217;ll be able to add custom fields and configure other important settings like:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whether or not to display the content type in search results<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creating an &#8220;Archive&#8221; page<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently, Pods offers <\/span><b>18 different custom fields<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. You can see how Advanced Custom Fields goes a little deeper with its 30+ available fields:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d6691b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d6691b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/pods-3-r4q72q1iboqn9klgb2wekkl1luplub4slj98x6owow.png\" title=\"pods-3\" alt=\"pods-3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eda17f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9eda17f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once you&#8217;re finished, you&#8217;ll be able to create a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/library\/all-categories\/\"   title=\"Alle categorie\u00ebn\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26808\">template<\/a> for your custom post type using Elementor Pro:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e0ca00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e0ca00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/pods-4-1-r4q77aj9joztpbyimk046x2pka6u9c9tk5f7wlx01a.png\" title=\"pods-4\" alt=\"pods-4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af1b0b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af1b0b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And you&#8217;ll also be able to dynamically insert content from Pods&#8217; custom fields using Elementor Pro&#8217;s <\/span><b>Dynamic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> option and the <\/span><b>Pods Field<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> option in the drop-down:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbe70dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fbe70dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/pods-5-r4q6zp08awldusztzrrojc3kp5n11f3xijkx936k5k.png\" title=\"pods-5\" alt=\"pods-5\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e30173 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e30173\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Getting Support If You Need Help With Pods<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5796fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5796fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite being free, Pods has an awesome support community if you ever run into issues.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are a few different ways that you can get help:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pods.io\/docs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">detailed written documentation<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/plugin\/pods\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">use the support forum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can get <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pods.io\/support\/support-hours-policy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">live support in the Pods Slack chat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Official support hours are on Monday and Friday, but you can often get help from the community outside those hours.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On a personal note, I was impressed with the support I received via the Pods Slack chat &#8211; it certainly feels like you&#8217;re getting premium support even though it&#8217;s a free plugin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-795b45b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"795b45b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pods Pricing<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc9050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bc9050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, everything about Pods is <\/span><b>100% free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you&#8217;d like to support the project, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pods.io\/friends-of-pods\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">you can donate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. But donations are optional and supporters don&#8217;t get any extra features (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">though they do get other perks &#8211; like discounts at sponsor stores<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa0f5d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa0f5d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43e1d2c\" data-id=\"43e1d2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28484f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28484f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Toolset - the Deepest Feature List, Including Front-End Content Creation and Search Filters<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-109ac63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"109ac63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toolset is a suite of plugins from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/podcast-1-amir-helzer\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OnTheGoSystems<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the same team behind <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/translate-elementor-with-wpml\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WPML<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">). These modular plugins all connect to help you build deeply customized sites without needing to know any PHP.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In terms of the pure amount of functionality that you get access to, Toolset does &#8220;more&#8221; than both Advanced Custom Fields and Pods.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toolset comes with 7 different &#8220;components&#8221;. You can mix-and-match them as needed to get the functionality that you need.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The two <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">core<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> components are:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/home\/types-manage-post-types-taxonomy-and-custom-fields\/\">Types<\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; this is the basic building block that helps you create and manage custom post types, custom taxonomies, and custom fields.<\/span><\/b><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Blocks <\/strong>\u2013 this helps you display custom content on the front-end of your site. It&#8217;s especially helpful for creating custom queries based on your custom post types\/custom fields. You can then take <a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/course-lesson\/creating-a-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a list generated by one of these queries<\/a> and display it in Elementor using the dedicated Views widget.<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, there are a number of optional components that you can also make use of:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/home\/cred\/\">Forms<\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; this helps you create front-end forms from which users can submit content. For example, if you have a custom post type for &#8220;Classifieds ad&#8221;, you could create a front-end form so that users can add a new classified ad from the front-end of your site. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forms was formerly known as &#8220;CRED&#8221; &#8211; you still might see some references to that name<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/b><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/home\/types-access\/\">Access<\/a><\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; this one helps you create custom user roles and edit capabilities. It&#8217;s helpful for controlling what users can do with the custom content types that you add.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Toolset <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/woocommerce-builder\/\"   title=\"WooCommerce Builder\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26807\">WooCommerce<\/a> Blocks<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; helps you work with WooCommerce products.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Forms Commerce<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; lets you add payment collection to forms.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Maps<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; this helps you display your content <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Google Maps. For example, you could put the address from a custom field on an embedded Google Maps map.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to get an idea of how all those extra features play out, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/showcase\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">huge Toolset showcase<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> does a great job of showing off what you can actually do with it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because you have access to so much functionality, Toolset can have the highest learning curve of these three tools. That&#8217;s not a negative &#8211; just be aware that you&#8217;ll likely need to spend more time learning to unlock the full power of Toolset.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a72e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43a72e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Quick Tour Of The Toolset Interface<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cda6cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cda6cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because Toolset has even more feature than Pods, we can&#8217;t show you anywhere near everything that you can do with it. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead, we&#8217;ll focus on the Types component because it&#8217;s the building block &#8211; just remember that there&#8217;s a lot more going on, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/home\/blocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the Views component<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is also a big part of what makes Toolset so powerful.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Toolset Dashboard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> gives you an overview of all the custom content types on your site, including those you&#8217;ve added yourself or from third-party plugins.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like Pods, you can:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add your own post types.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extend one of these existing post types with custom fields or taxonomies, or create a view or form.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69235ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69235ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/toolset-1-r4q70vayug7ad9ae4s1w5jfbfhujnsruocxrujfups.png\" title=\"toolset-1\" alt=\"toolset-1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d74535 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d74535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here&#8217;s what it looks like to create a post type:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5d4e25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b5d4e25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=488\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/toolset-2-1024x625.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16944\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/toolset-2-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/toolset-2-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/toolset-2-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1187\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/toolset-2.png 1187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f62e127 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f62e127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then here&#8217;s how it looks to add your own custom fields. Toolset lets you pick from <\/span><b>~20 custom field types<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3739538 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3739538\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/toolset-3-r4q76nz4zo4xyovaaa92j2rnb1a14ls9h1rkdyufuo.png\" title=\"toolset-3\" alt=\"toolset-3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b3a564 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b3a564\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toolset also gives you a dedicated tool to set up relationships (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/course-lesson\/what-are-post-relationships-and-how-they-work\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this article explains what the different types mean<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">):<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e1add elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49e1add\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/toolset-4-e1537187949505-r4q72iist0gcoowdizne0mhcurqo4qaxwi1d2z019i.png\" title=\"toolset-4\" alt=\"toolset-4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b1915c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b1915c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And once you get everything set up, you&#8217;ll be able to create templates for your Toolset content types with Elementor Pro and use custom fields from Toolset using Elementor Pro&#8217;s <\/span><b>Dynamic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">option:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59da733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59da733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/toolset-5-r4q717ivbao0k6sn5fc1jycb5i6bfv4d21f334xqda.png\" title=\"toolset-5\" alt=\"toolset-5\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b8a1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82b8a1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to see more about how Toolset and Elementor work together, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/2018\/07\/toolset-elementor-integration\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this post is a great place to start<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It shows you Toolset&#8217;s dedicated <\/span><b>Views<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Elementor widget, which makes it easy to insert Views queries into your Elementor designs.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-675bfde elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"675bfde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Getting Support If You Need Help With Toolset<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a1f40a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a1f40a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Because Toolset can have a bit of a learning curve, the developers have done a great job of creating not just documentation, but also complete training courses and lessons based on real use-cases (including <a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/course-lesson\/using-toolset-with-elementor-page-builder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to use Toolset with Elementor<\/a>).<\/p><p>Running through a few of these tutorials is a great way to familiarize yourself with how Toolset works \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/course-lesson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out the lessons here<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whole training courses here<\/a>. You also can <a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/reference-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">look at pre-built reference sites<\/a> to see how everything comes together.<\/p><p>Beyond those detailed user guides, you also get:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/documentation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tons of documentation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/forums\/forum\/professional-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A professional support forum<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Overall, the depth of Toolset\u2019s documentation is quite impressive all by itself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4261f0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4261f0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Toolset Pricing<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d74f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d74f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toolset comes in a few different plans, all of which offer one year of support, access to all Toolset&#8217;s plugins, and updates:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b>1 Site <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; $69 &#8211; includes all components and supports a single-site license.<\/span><\/b><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>3 Sites<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; $149 &#8211; includes all components and supports 3 websites.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Unlimited sites<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; $299 &#8211; includes all components and supports <\/span>unlimited websites<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All plans get a <b>25% renewal discount<\/b> after the first year.<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toolset no longer offers lifetime plans <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/2018\/04\/changes-to-the-way-we-take-payment-for-toolset\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as of April 2018<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8908ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8908ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Which One of These Tools Should You Use?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2a24f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2a24f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like we set up at the beginning, this isn&#8217;t a winner-take-all post. Instead, you should pick the tool that best matches your needs based on its features and ease of use.<\/span><\/p><p><b>To help you do that, let&#8217;s quickly recap where each tool excels&#8230;<\/b><\/p><p><b>Advanced Custom Fields <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a great option if you&#8217;re primarily interested in adding custom fields to content types. It has the simplest interface and the largest number of custom field types. You&#8217;ll just need to stack it with something like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/custom-post-type-ui\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Custom Post Type UI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> if you want to create and manage custom post types.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Pods<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is more of an all-in-one solution because it handles both custom post types and taxonomies, as well as custom fields for new or existing content types. Its focus on content relationships (and productivity-boosting tools therein) also makes it an especially great option if your site relies on &#8220;connections&#8221; between content.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Toolset <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gives you the most functionality with things like front-end content creation forms and the detailed query options in Views. If you want the most power, Toolset is probably the best match for you. Using those more advanced features naturally necessitates a higher learning curve, but Toolset has plenty of guides\/tutorials to help you learn.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Now over to you all \u2014 what are you using to build and manage content types on your Elementor sites?<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we provide you an in-depth review of three of the most popular custom post types plugins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50988,"featured_media":16966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[79],"marketing_persona":[],"marketing_intent":[],"class_list":["post-16890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","tag-build"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Advanced Custom Fields Vs. 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