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erickertz/acf-hidden
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A hidden field for Advanced Custom Fields

1.0.4(9y ago)113.4kGPL-3.0+PHP

Since Jun 27Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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ACF Hidden Field
================

[](#acf-hidden-field)

A hidden field for Advanced Custom Fields

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### Description

[](#description)

A hidden field for Advanced Custom Fields based off of acf-field-type-template: . Provides litte value on its own but could be handy when used in conjunction with other plugins.

### Compatibility

[](#compatibility)

This ACF field type is compatible with:

- ACF 5
- ACF 4

### Installation

[](#installation)

1. Copy the `acf-hidden` folder into your `wp-content/plugins` folder
2. Activate the hidden plugin via the plugins admin page
3. Create a new field via ACF and select the hidden type
4. Please refer to the description for more info regarding the field type settings

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see `readme.txt` for changelog

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

3292d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8ea4dbfa6b7bd0032e3a5530651b21fb605da3461e597bcf7877c75d0cf7a31d?d=identicon)[mgargano](/maintainers/mgargano)

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Top Contributors

[![erictr1ck](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/407114?v=4)](https://github.com/erictr1ck "erictr1ck (2 commits)")

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Tags

wordpress

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