dreihochzwo

<p>If an ACF field requires a longer instruction text, the layout of the edit screen is messy and a lot of space is wasted.</p>
<p>The ACF Tooltip plugin hides the field instructions, adds a help symbol to the field labels and generates a tooltip based on the instruction text.</p>
<h4>New in Version 1.2.0</h4>
<p>The tooltip will not hide if moused over, allowing create a tooltip with a link inside without hiding the tooltip.</p>
<h4>Custom settings</h4>
<p>There are 7 filters that allow adjusting the design and the behavior of the tooltips.</p>
<p><strong>This plugin works only with the <a href="https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">ACF PRO</a> (version 5.5.0 or higher).</strong></p>
<h4>Localizations</h4>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>Deutsch</li>
</ul>
<h3>Custom settings with filter hooks</h3>
<p>There are 7 filters that allow adjusting the design and the behavior of the tooltips can be adjusted.</p>
<h4>Set the design of the tooltips</h4>
<pre><code><?php
function acf_tooltip_style() {
    $style = 'qtip-acf';

    return $style;
}
add_filter('acf/tooltip/style', 'acf_tooltip_style');
?>
</code></pre>
<p>The available styles can be found on the <a href="http://qtip2.com/options#style" rel="nofollow ugc">qTip options page</a> and are shown on the <a href="http://qtip2.com/demos/" rel="nofollow ugc">qTip demo site</a>.</p>
<p>You can mix the styles; e.g. “qtip-acf qtip-rounded qtip-shadow”</p>
<p>If you like, you can define your own style, with the class name of your style from your own CSS file (see next filter).</p>
<p>The qtip-acf style is the standard style, which is set without a filter.</p>
<h4>Define your own CSS file</h4>
<pre><code><?php
function acf_tooltip_css() {
    $css_file = get_bloginfo('template_url') . '/qtip-own.css'; // if the file is saved in your themes folder

    return $css_file;
}
add_filter('acf/tooltip/css', 'acf_tooltip_css');
?>
</code></pre>
<p>You will find a ‘qtip-example-style.css’ in the ‘/assets/css’ folder.</p>
<h4>Positioning the corner of the tooltip</h4>
<pre><code><?php
function acf_tooltip_position_my() {
    $position_my = 'center left';

    return $position_my;
}
add_filter('acf/tooltip/position/my', 'acf_tooltip_position_my');
?>
</code></pre>
<h4>Position in relation to the tooltip icon</h4>
<pre><code><?php
function acf_tooltip_position_at() {
    $position_at = 'center right';

    return $position_at;
}
add_filter('acf/tooltip/position/at', 'acf_tooltip_position_at');
?>
</code></pre>
<p>Check out the <a href="http://qtip2.com/demos/" rel="nofollow ugc">qTip demo site</a> to find your perfect positioning.</p>
<h4>Apply tooltips only to fields with specific class</h4>
<pre><code><?php
function acf_tooltip_class() {
    $class = 'with__tooltip'; // edit this to your prefered class name

    return $class;
}
add_filter('acf/tooltip/class/only', 'acf_tooltip_class');
?>
</code></pre>
<p>Add the class to the fields where you want to show tooltips.</p>
<h4>Exclude tooltips on fields with specific class</h4>
<pre><code><?php
function acf_tooltip_class_exclude() {
    $class = 'no__tooltip'; // edit this to your prefered class name

    return $class;
}
add_filter('acf/tooltip/class/exclude', 'acf_tooltip_class_exclude');
?>
</code></pre>
<p>Add the class to the fields where you <em>don’t</em> want to show tooltips.</p>
<h4>Add tooltips to the Field Editor</h4>
<p>With this filter, you can specify whether the instructions in the Field Editor are displayed as tooltips as well. By default, the instructions are displayed.</p>
<pre><code><?php
add_filter('acf/tooltip/fieldeditor', '__return_true');
?>
</code></pre>


ACF Tooltip

Great plugin! Does the job well. However, a bit heavy; for large use cases where you have many ACF fields, I have seen a significant performance drop in the WP dashboard and increased load times.

Excellent!

Displays ACF field instructions as tooltips

dauidus

<p>Add Post Type Instructions allows admins to easily set instructional context for metaboxes and more on pages, posts or custom post types.  Currently it supports adding instructional context in the following areas on the add/edit screen:</p>
<ul>
<li>above the title field</li>
<li>above the WYSIWYG editor</li>
<li>default content within the WYSIWYG editor</li>
</ul>
<p>and within the following metaboxes:</p>
<ul>
<li>publish</li>
<li>author</li>
<li>featured image</li>
<li>excerpt</li>
<li>trackbacks</li>
<li>custom fields</li>
<li>page attributes</li>
<li>categories</li>
<li>tags</li>
<li>post format</li>
<li>discussion</li>
<li>comments</li>
<li>revisions</li>
<li>slug</li>
</ul>
<p>APTI uses OOP standards to add options only for those metaboxes which are supported for each post type and to execute code only on those pages where it is needed.  It works especially well for sites with many custom post types that require content to be entered in a specific way (ie. when a post type requires a specific page template or when the absence of a featured image will break the intended look of a post).  Think of any theme or plugin that supports an image slider powered by a required featured image, and you can surely see where APTI can come in handy.</p>
<p>To be clear, APTI does absolutely nothing to the front-end of your site.  It simply adds instructional context to the add/edit page/post admin screen so your clients and site editors might better understand how content is to be added.</p>
<p>APTI works with multisite networks and allows users to define settings on a per-site basis.</p>
<h4>Coming soon</h4>
<ul>
<li>Translations – to submit a translation, please contact the author</li>
</ul>
<p>APTI will work with drag-n-drop builders such as Visual Composer, but the author cannot recommend its use with them.  This will be addressed in a future release.</p>
<h4>Suggestions are welcome</h4>
<ul>
<li>email the author at dave@dauid.us</li>
</ul>
<h4>Follow Development on Github</h4>
<ul>
<li>https://github.com/dauidus/add-post-type-instructions</li>
</ul>


Add Post Type Instructions

Absolutely fantastic, every design decision is spot on, looks like native WordPress.
Options to configure as you need per-post-type and being able to pre-populate the wysiwyg is a great optional bonus.
I have a site with multiple post types, many authors and some very specific posting requirements. Following instructions written elsewhere hasn't proven that effective but I'm confident having instructions directly next to the fields is going to make everything go so much more smoothly.



Brilliant

Allows admins to easily set instructional context for metaboxes and more on pages, posts or custom post types.

ACF Tooltip vs Add Post Type Instructions