Do you need Types to work with Views and Woocommerce Views?

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Last updated by StanleyT8485 5 years, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Nigel.

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March 1, 2019 at 6:25 am #1208093

StanleyT8485

Hi,

We are currently using ACF as our custom fields plugin for one of our websites.

Do we need Types to work with Views and Woocommerce Views?

Stan

March 1, 2019 at 11:58 am #1208518

Nigel

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Hi Stan

I can't think of anything from Types that is required here, Views (and the WooCommerce Views extension) should work fine with standard custom fields, including those created using ACF.

(Note that any ACF fields that are stored in a proprietary format, e.g. as serialised arrays, wouldn't be expected to work, but anything that is essentially stored as a string will be interpreted as such by Views.)

March 4, 2019 at 10:26 pm #1209733

StanleyT8485

Are you sure because I have this notification bar at the top?

"The following plugins are required for WooCommerce Views to run properly:

1. Types"

March 5, 2019 at 8:40 am #1209864

Nigel

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Right. I stand corrected, Types is required for the settings pages for WooCommerce Views, so it does need to be active, although you are not obliged to use it for registering post types, or—in your case—custom fields.

Sorry for the confusion.

March 6, 2019 at 10:01 pm #1210902

StanleyT8485

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!