Title: [Plugin: Advanced Custom Fields] Function names are too generic
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Advanced Custom Fields] Function names are too generic

 *  [rezgo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rezgo/)
 * (@rezgo)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-advanced-custom-fields-function-names-are-too-generic/)
 * The function names are too generic and are conflicting with other plugins. For
   instance, instead of get_fields() you should change it to acf_get_fields()
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin#Plugin_Development_Suggestions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin#Plugin_Development_Suggestions)

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-advanced-custom-fields-function-names-are-too-generic/)
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