ACF My Media Cluster is an extension for the Advance Custom Fields plugin, which adds the ability to create groups of media files for download on a pa …

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<p>ACF My Media Cluster is an extension for Advance Custom Fields which adds the feature to create groups of media files for download on a page/post/custom post type. The plugin does come with both a simple to use shortcode and a helper function if you wish to customize your output.<br />
* Visually create your Fields in the ACF interface.<br />
* Assign your fields to post types<br />
* Easily load data through a simple and friendly helper function, or just use the shortcode.<br />
* Uses the native WordPress custom post type for ease of use and fast processing<br />
* Uses the native WordPress metadata for ease of use and fast processing<br />
* Add multiple media files to your posts, pages, and custom post types. You can also modify title, caption and description from this interface.</p>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<p>Use the helper function below to pull data from the database. The function will be return an array. The helper function takes in 3 parameters.</p>
<pre><code>acf_media_cluster(string|required $acf_field_name, int $postID, array $options);
</code></pre>
<h4>Example</h4>
<p>Based on the helper function above. Let say we want to pull annual reports from current page.</p>
<pre><code>acf_media_cluster('annual_reports', get_the_ID());
</code></pre>
<p>The data that will be return will be an array. You can then loop over the array and use the data anyway you want.</p>
<pre><code>$ap = acf_media_cluster('annual_reports', get_the_ID());
if( !empty($ap) ){
    foreach($ap as $item){
        var_dump($item); //Use the data as you wish
    }
}
</code></pre>
<h4>Options</h4>
<p>The 3rd parameter of the <code>acf_media_cluster(string|required $acf_field_name, int $postID, array $options);</code> helper function is options which takes in an array. You can pass the following:</p>
<pre><code>acf_media_cluster('annual_reports', get_the_ID(), array(
    'orderby' => 'post__in',
    'order' => 'ASC'
));
</code></pre>
<p>For acceptable values for order and orderby, please refer to <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_posts/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_posts/</a></p>
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
<p>In your editor, add the following shortcode where you want the media to appear.</p>
<pre><code>[acf-media-cluster field_name="my_media_field"]
</code></pre>
<p>The shortcode accepts the following parameters.</p>
<p>string|required $field_name – Which ACF field name should be used<br />
string $container_id – Wrap the output with your custom CSS ID name<br />
string $container_class – Wrap the output with your custom CSS class name<br />
string $skin – Do you want default CSS styling to apply? yes|no<br />
string $format – html format for the output. table|list<br />
string $title – a title wrapped in an container tag.  Leave blank for no tag.<br />
string $title_container – html tag to wrap the title in, with no brackets. “h3” is default.<br />
string $show_meta – Do you want to display file metadata (size, downloads, date)? yes|no</p>
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<p>This ACF field type is compatible with:<br />
* ACF 6<br />
* ACF 5</p>
<p>This ACF field is compatible with the iThemes Security plugin, but you must uncheck the option for “Disable PHP in plugins” under PHP Execution in System Tweaks.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>This plugin is based on ACF Media Cluster by Navneil Naicker. (<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/acf-media-cluster/" rel="ugc">https://wordpress.org/plugins/acf-media-cluster/</a>)</p>
<p>It also takes some inspiration from the Download Attachments plugin by dfactory, which sadly no longer exists.</p>


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