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title: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Capabilities
description: "The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin turns WordPress sites into a fully-fledged content management system by giving you all the tools to do more with your data. You can use the ACF plugin to take full control of your WordPress…"
url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/acf-capabilities/"
updated: "2026-10-14"
category: WordPress Permissions / WordPress Plugins
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# Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Capabilities

The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin turns WordPress sites into a fully-fledged content management system by giving you all the tools to do more with your data.

You can use the ACF plugin to take full control of your WordPress edit screens, custom field data, and more.

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## About Advanced Custom Fields Plugin Capabilities

The Advanced Custom Fields plugin use a core WordPress capability to control user access:

- [manage_options](https://publishpress.com/links/manage_options)

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## How to Give Advanced Custom Fields Capabilities to User Roles

If you use the [PublishPress Capabilities](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities) plugin, you can choose which user roles have access to the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. Go to the "Capabilities" screen and click the "Admin" tab. You will be able to grant this capability to a new user role.

![Wordfence plugin capabilities](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/manage-options-1024x480.png)

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## Helpful link for Advanced Custom Fields Capabilities

- [The official Advanced Custom Fields plugin page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/).