I use ACF on almost every website I build because it makes it very easy to create intuitive interfaces for custom post meta, and especially for complex template layouts. On the front end, however, I use native WordPress functions to look up post metadata and render templates.
Use the following code to stop ACF Pro from loading on the website front end, giving the site a slight speed boost.
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| <?php | |
| add_filter( 'option_active_plugins', __NAMESPACE__ . '\disable_acf_on_frontend' ); | |
| /** | |
| * Disable ACF Pro on website frontend. | |
| * | |
| * Provides a performance boost if ACF frontend functions aren't being used. | |
| * | |
| * @since 1.0.0 | |
| * @link https://www.billerickson.net/code/disable-acf-frontend/ | |
| * | |
| */ | |
| function disable_acf_on_frontend( $plugins ) { | |
| if ( is_admin() ) { | |
| return $plugins; | |
| } | |
| foreach ( $plugins as $index => $plugin ) { | |
| if ( 'advanced-custom-fields-pro/acf.php' == $plugin ) { | |
| unset( $plugins[ $index ] ); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return $plugins; | |
| } |
Credit Bill Erickson, see https://www.billerickson.net/code/disable-acf-frontend/
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