Dustin Filippini

<p>Easily add and change Widget Areas on any page template using Advanced Custom Fields and the Advanced Custom Fields: Widget Area Field plugin.  This plugin will add a field with a drop-down selection of all registered Widget Areas in your WordPress installation.  You can select which widget area you would like to display in your template files when using ACF’s get_field and the_field functions.</p>
<p>As of version 1.0, support for ACF v5 is included.</p>
<h4>This Plugin Requires Advanced Custom Fields Version 4 or Higher</h4>
<p>Advanced Custom Fields can be found in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/" rel="ugc">WordPress Plugin Repository Here</a>.</p>
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<p>This add-on will work with:</p>
<ul>
<li>Advanced Custom Fields version 4 and up</li>
</ul>


Advanced Custom Fields: Widget Area Field

Add-on to Advanced Custom Fields giving you a field to display Widget Areas.

kkarpieszuk

<p>Since version 5.6 Advanced Custom Fields plugin hides WordPress native interface to display custom fields on the posts<br />
edit screen.</p>
<p>If you are plugin developer, advanced WordPress user or you feel much better when you have custom fields at<br />
a glance, you probably would like to discard this change.</p>
<p>When you activate this tiny plugin, you will see the native custom fields interface again.</p>


Native Custom Fields Meta Box and ACF

Show WordPress native meta box for custom fields when Advanced Custom Fields plugin is active

Advanced Custom Fields: Widget Area Field vs Native Custom Fields Meta Box and ACF