Title: [Plugin: WP Document Revisions] Advanced Custom Fields Integration
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP Document Revisions] Advanced Custom Fields Integration

 *  [wordfiend84](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordfiend84/)
 * (@wordfiend84)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-document-revisions-advanced-custom-fields-integration/)
 * So, I downloaded Advanced Custom Fields so that I could create a field to accommodate
   a document description as well as one for a thumbnail to be used in Document 
   Revisions shortcodes. My ultimate goal is to build a document library on a static
   page as well as use the shortcodes for different widgets for different pages 
   to display related documents filtered by a category. I want to be able to display
   a list of documents either way, possibly broken down by category and be able 
   to list some lead-in text to describe the document as well show a thumbnail.
 * I was successful in creating the description field but realized when I was done
   that I have no earthly idea how to translate that through doc revision shortcodes.
   I can use ACM shortcodes to make the field appear but I can’t combine with the
   shortcode to get the documents to appear at the same time. Could you explain 
   to me how I can correlate the two to work together and also once I create the
   thumbnail field, how I can relate it to images in the related document or media
   library? If I am going about this the hard way, I am open to suggestions. Thanks!
 * A good example of what I am looking for is the “Related Posts” widget I have 
   listed on this page: [http://siapsprogram.org/approach/global-initiatives/hivaids/](http://siapsprogram.org/approach/global-initiatives/hivaids/)
 * This is the shortcode on the backend, displaying through the widget:
 * [catlist name=hivaids thumbnail=yes thumbnail_class=alignleft numberposts=5 date
   =yes excerpt=yes excerpt_size=280 orderby=date date_tag=i title_tag=strong excerpt_tag
   =p]
 * in case there is something similar I am missing through document revisions.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-document-revisions/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-document-revisions/)

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 *  [mrwweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrwweb/)
 * (@mrwweb)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-document-revisions-advanced-custom-fields-integration/#post-3028384)
 * Another two issues with ACF + WP Document Revisions:
    1. I added a description field (like the OP), but it seems that I couldn’t update
       the document and save the entry unless I also made some other change to the 
       document. After just adding a description, the “Update” button was disabled.
    2. If I use a rich text field for the description that has the Upload/Insert button,
       the document upload feature hijacks, so instead of inserting an image into the
       description field, the image becomes a “new version” of the existing document.
 * This seems like a really great plugin, but the inability to add metadata (beyond
   taxonomies) to the document seems like a really downfall. Integration with ACF
   would be an awesome upgrade.

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## Tags

 * [advance custom fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/advance-custom-fields/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [mrwweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrwweb/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-document-revisions-advanced-custom-fields-integration/#post-3028384)
 * Status: not resolved