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  • January 17, 2020 at 9:59 AM #17866
    COMCEPTCOMCEPT
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    I can't find any field similar to WordPress native link popup (the same you find in WYSIWYG editor buttons – even in this support topic).

    I'm looking for a field similar to ACF Link Field.

    The Link field allows a link to be selected or defined (url, title, target) by using the native WordPress link popup.

    It should optionally return an array of Link data (url, title, target) or the Link URL (string).

    It's very useful to create relations with internal resources (posts, terms or other contents, also thanks to the powerful Better Internal Link Search, which includes taxonomies within search results).

    To achieve the same you currently need to create a complex group of fields, with a Select field to choose between Post or Taxonomy or URL (external link) field + a Text field for custom link title + a Checkbox field for custom link target.

    Is Link field already in your road map?
    Thanks,
    Davide

    January 18, 2020 at 9:49 AM #17889
    Anh TranAnh Tran
    Keymaster

    Hi Davide,

    We don't have a link field yet. There are not many people asking for this. However, I've put it in our to-do list.

    January 23, 2020 at 7:33 PM #17974
    COMCEPTCOMCEPT
    Participant

    Hi Ahn,
    is it possible to have an estimate of the release date?
    I'm switching to Meta Box on several projects and I need to migrate ACF link field to something similar.
    Thanks

    January 24, 2020 at 8:58 AM #17986
    Anh TranAnh Tran
    Keymaster

    Hi Davide,

    I'm afraid I can't give you an estimate at the moment. We have quite a long to-do list and this feature has less priority than some other items.

    January 28, 2020 at 5:59 PM #18027
    SLG MarketingSLG Marketing
    Participant

    I was wondering if it was possible to get the WordPress link dialog added into the core?

    It would make a really useful addition to the toolset. Currently to have a custom link area you have to define a text box for the button or link text and also define a URL box. The downside to this method is that the end user must enter the full URL of the destination.

    With the WP link box the user can easily select the destination if it is internal or enter the full URL if it is a rarer external link.

    I have included a screenshot of the dialog box I mean.

    Sorry if this is already built in somewhere, I couldn't find it in the documentation.

    January 28, 2020 at 9:56 PM #18035
    Anh TranAnh Tran
    Keymaster

    Hi,

    It's not available in the plugin yet. There was a request to add it. I'll merge this topic into the older topic so we'll have discussion on the same place.

    February 8, 2020 at 6:51 PM #18200
    Andrea BarghigianiAndrea Barghigiani
    Participant

    I am looking forward to this field type as well ?

    April 25, 2020 at 2:58 AM #19284
    PeaPea
    Participant

    I am also looking for this, for the same case as the @SLG Marketing described. There is a button for which the user needs to specify text, link (internal or external) and target (if external).

    Gutenberg uses an autocomplete for links, while classic editor (and ACF link field) uses the link selection modal. The primary benefit is that it handles both internal and external links; a user can select a post/page/etc OR enter a URL.

    March 10, 2021 at 5:35 PM #24816
    SLG MarketingSLG Marketing
    Participant

    I was wondering whether any progress had been made on this?

    It would be very useful for our non-technical users.

    December 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM #32432
    Andrea BarghigianiAndrea Barghigiani
    Participant

    Still no ETA or information about this? Kind of sad, I have a client that I am sure it'll ask for it in a few days 😊

    December 27, 2021 at 11:37 PM #32883
    EugeneEugene
    Participant

    Strange enough that Metabox don't have such basic thing in comparison with ACF. Any plans for implement? Would be nice update for URL field.

    February 1, 2023 at 4:52 PM #40375
    LucaLuca
    Participant

    +1 for me either

    As noted above a link field would be very useful

    February 16, 2024 at 6:35 AM #44581
    Adam HodsonAdam Hodson
    Participant

    +1 @Anh-Tran - this is definitely a feature a lot of people want. Why is it not part of the core plugin after 4 years?

    February 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM #47570
    metafanmetafan
    Participant

    Yes, an url field with internal link suggestions would be great!

    Setting internal links by copy & paste is not very smart.

    Any news about that feature?
    Thanks.

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