Title: Magic Fields 2 Custom Fields Support? Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # Magic Fields 2 Custom Fields Support? * Resolved [katrinaglover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katrinaglover/) * (@katrinaglover) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/) * Hi there, * I currently use Magic Fields 2 for custom fields and I’m trying to extend some portfolio items from my “parent site” to a sub site. Unfortunately, I cannot get any of my custom fields to show up. I’ve added the custom post type and group name into the white list area with no luck. * INSTALLATION: WordPress 4.5.3; plugin is activated across entire network; custom fields only exist on “parent site”, custom post type exists on both parent and sub sites. * NOTE: I did test with ACF and it worked fine but I’m hoping that it will be a simple fix as I would have to recode and redo the entire portfolio if I have to switch over. * Please let me know if you have run into this before and have any suggestions. Thank you! * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/threewp-broadcast/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/threewp-broadcast/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Plugin Author [edward_plainview](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward_plainview/) * (@edward_plainview) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537582) * Where can I find this Magic Fields 2 plugin? It doesn’t seem to exist in the plugin repo. * Thread Starter [katrinaglover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katrinaglover/) * (@katrinaglover) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537657) * Thanks for the quick response! I just checked and it looks like it’s been removed. Not sure why; it’s been in there for years. You can also download it from here: [http://magicfields.org/](http://magicfields.org/) * I checked and it’s the latest version. * Appreciate the help! * Plugin Author [edward_plainview](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward_plainview/) * (@edward_plainview) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537694) * The latest version of MF2 does not exist in the WP repo and the latest update was 6 months ago. * I’m trying to decide whether there is enough demand for a 3rd party plugin add- on for MF2. Do you know how many users that plugin has? * How long would it take you to convert the MF2 fields to ACF fields? * Thread Starter [katrinaglover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katrinaglover/) * (@katrinaglover) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537788) * I’m so sorry; for some reason I am not receiving any emails of follow up 🙁 * I do not understand why it’s out of WordPress repo (I’ve actually emailed the collaborators to see what’s going on). * I don’t remember how many times it had been installed but I usually don’t trust a plugin that hasn’t had favorable reviews and isn’t widely used. I wish I could help more in that department. * I do know that there has been at least one other question regarding Magic Fields 2 in this plugin’s support forum (I believe they had the same issue). * For myself, I use Magic Fields 2 on every website I build so to switch from Magic Fields to ACF entirely is not an option for me. I will be honest and say that this is the first site that has required the ability to cross publish content and I estimate the time it would take to convert from MF2 to ACF to be around 48hrs (I’d have to rebuild an entire portfolio). * Thank you, again, for your quick response and I apologize for not seeing it earlier. I’ll keep this window open and refresh periodically as the email notification isn’t working for me. * Plugin Author [edward_plainview](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward_plainview/) * (@edward_plainview) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537789) * Perhaps a conversion script would be an idea? How does the MF store its data, compared to ACF, do you know? * Anyways, get back to me on the repo thing – if they put it back in the repo, or at the very least, release some user numbers, then I can write an add-on to add support for MF. If there are enough users, then I could be convinced. * Currently, I would very much suggest using ACF, seeing as it has … what? A million users? And Broadcast support for all types of weird ACF fields is very, very mature. * Thread Starter [katrinaglover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katrinaglover/) * (@katrinaglover) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537792) * Unfortunately, I do not know. I do know that when I played around with the ACF interface, it wasn’t quite as user friendly as MF2 (it could also just be because I’ve used it so much that I find MF2 much easier to set up/navigate). * I’ve queried the contributors to see their response on users. As I have over 5 years and countless custom projects built, code written, etc. I’m very hesitant to switch. * Thread Starter [katrinaglover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katrinaglover/) * (@katrinaglover) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537820) * Hello, * I received a response from MF2. The plugin has been active on WP for 7 years and has(had) over 140,000 downloads. * Not sure if this meets your quota but thought I’d let you know. * Thank you so much for your help! * Plugin Author [edward_plainview](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward_plainview/) * (@edward_plainview) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537821) * I’ll have me a look and see what I can do. * Plugin Author [edward_plainview](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward_plainview/) * (@edward_plainview) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537823) * Yeah, this is going to require a new add-on. MF2 has tables all over the place, so copying over the field data – especially fields that require special handling like image fields – is going to be complicated. * The add-on will work kinda like the ACF add-on: it detects which fields are used in the post, what types of fields, copy images if necessary, and then assign the correct field IDs on each child blog. * Which kind of fields are you using, btw? * Plugin Author [edward_plainview](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward_plainview/) * (@edward_plainview) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537824) * Development is going badly. Why? Magic Fields 2 is badly coded. * How I figured that out? I have WordPress debug mode enabled, which displays all sorts of warnings when authors are not coding properly. * I exported the fields from one blog and tried to import them to another. Didn’t work. The export function outputs PHP warnings which breaks the export file. So I exported again but this time switching off all debug info. * I imported the file and was rewarded with the imported fields… and a ton of WordPress warnings tell me how mf_register_post_types is not registering the post types properly. * Try it for yourself. Set WP_DEBUG to true, and then try to export and import fields between blogs. * This is NOT good karma for the MF2 developers. Why did they say that they aren’t on the repo anymore? * I’m not very tempted to continue working on this, to be quiet honest. It’s one thing to write a compatibility add-on for a plugin, it’s another to write one for a badly coded plugin. * Thread Starter [katrinaglover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katrinaglover/) * (@katrinaglover) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537826) * Thank you so much for looking into it and starting to work on it. I understand completely if it’s not an easy thing. Please don’t worry about it! For now, I will duplicate the content (with some changes) and look into making the transfer over to ACF. * The reason they gave for leaving WP was a “disagreement”. There was no information given beyond that. * Thank you again for your help and quick responses. Very appreciated! * Plugin Author [edward_plainview](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edward_plainview/) * (@edward_plainview) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magic-fields-2-custom-fields-support/#post-7537827) * > disagreement * Sounds sketchy to me. * > look into making the transfer over to ACF. * A nicely written conversion script from MF2 to ACF can be reused and therefore save you time. I wonder if there is one available anywhere. * At any rate, Broadcast has great support for all types of weird ACF fields and combinations (repeaters in repeaters), so your switch to ACF is a great idea. 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