Title: existing custom fields
Last modified: October 8, 2018

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# existing custom fields

 *  [actionmatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/actionmatt/)
 * (@actionmatt)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-custom-fields/)
 * I have tried the ACF plugin but when I activate it my existing custom fields 
   disappear from existing posts.
 * Is the ACF compatible with existing fields? If so how do you ensure they keep
   showing when editing posts?

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 *  [pingram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pingram3541/)
 * (@pingram3541)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-custom-fields/#post-10772493)
 * They now disable the built-in custom fields from loading on the post edit screen
   and to re-enable it you must add the following to your theme’s functions.php
 * `add_filter('acf/settings/remove_wp_meta_box', '__return_false');`
 * I have mixed feelings about this change but nevertheless they could have saved
   countless support threads by applying a notice within WordPress of this change
   and allowing the ability to override it without forcing users to write code, 
   of which most are non-coders and could break their websites.

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 * Last reply from: [pingram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pingram3541/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-custom-fields/#post-10772493)
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