ACF to Custom Database Tables

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Most reviewers love the speed and clarity of moving ACF data into custom tables, though some hit gaps with bulk imports, existing posts, and repeater fields, and one flags that it hasn't been tested with recent WordPress releases.

1. ★★★★★ MoLy

   11mo ago

   Funciona perfectamente para todo aquellos que quieran añadir millones de datos en las bases de datos.

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2. ★★★★★ petruciucur

   2.3y ago

   Last updated – 2 years ago This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. This topic was modified 3 months ago by petruciucur.

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3. ★★★★★ badi2018

   2.9y ago

   Hi, does your plugin support saving data from the front ( using acf_form() )  (not from the admin area) ? Thanks for your help. This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by badi2018.

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4. ★★★★★ alexene22

   2.9y ago

   You have to create the custom posts by hand, one by one, from the admin. If you import them bulk, the custom table will not be updated. I have a custom post already created that I want to transfer to custom table; if I go to a post and update it, nothing happens, the data is not saved in the custom table.

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5. ★★★★★ tomo55555

   3.0y ago

   This plugin is very useful. The only feature I would love to see is an automatic update option built in.

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6. ★★★★★ emanuelechiari

   3.9y ago

   First of all I want to thanks the author of this amazing plugin… we have a meet call where he explained to me some really usefully tricks to import a large database in his custom table, saving hours of working. This plugin is a must for anyone who use ACF. Also it works perfect with the JSON method from ACF. Nothing if more fast than this combination…. Again thanks and thanks 😄

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7. ★★★★★ Andreas 2013

   4.6y ago

   Working with a custom table is much more clear than working with the wp_postmeta table. I can edit the custom table now directly without problems. Many thanks to the developer 🙂

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8. ★★★★★ nick6352683

   4.7y ago

   Absolutely a 5 star plugin. Now why did I say “Excellent Start”? Because it does not support the Repeater field, which is almost a necessity for almost any serious ACF (Pro) project. Any project that uses the Repeater field won’t be able to easily export all the Custom Field values, it will only see faster query executions. I hope this will be added in the future… but I do understand the difficulties in coding to support such functinality. Update: I just checked the official Documentation page, it it says it does support the Repeater field, which is not listed in the Description of this site… so I need to test it to find out which one is true… there are 2 conflicting statements here… Latest Update (after initial review): After further testing, Repeater fields are NOT supported, unless I’m doing something wrong, the documentation is definitely wrong ! Conclusions: Out of the box, extremely easy to setup, works like a charm by testing only few of the supported fields, and there are plenty of them. That said, I also wonder if there is a way to make it support 3rd party ACF fields, as the ACF eco. is quite large and there are a number of 3rd party custom made ACF fields that some of us use. The Read Only feature is an interesting one too, only Admins can edit that. I’m involved in another plugin that can make a field a Read Only, and in that case it is really a Read Only, nobody can edit it, so this take is way better ! Another interesting note: I think the Custom Fields by default also get stored in the Post Meta table as well the custom Table be create for them. Thankfully there is a filter to stop this behavior for those who want it. Obviously I need more time to read all the Doc pages and do more thorough testing in a few days… I absolutely love what I have experienced so far, Soon, I will come back here and give a verdict on the Repeater field, and clear things up ! Thanks a million, Nick. This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by nick6352683.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-03-03 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-03-02 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-03-01 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2026-02-27 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-02-26 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2026-02-25 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-02-24 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2026-02-23 600+ → 700+ up after 11 days in tier

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