Missing 'Link field'

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January 17, 2020 at 9:59 AM #17866

COMCEPT
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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

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January 18, 2020 at 9:49 AM #17889

Anh Tran
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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.

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January 23, 2020 at 7:33 PM #17974

COMCEPT
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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

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January 24, 2020 at 8:58 AM #17986

Anh Tran
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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.

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January 28, 2020 at 5:59 PM #18027

SLG Marketing
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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.

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January 28, 2020 at 9:56 PM #18035

Anh Tran
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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.

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February 8, 2020 at 6:51 PM #18200

Andrea Barghigiani
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I am looking forward to this field type as well ?

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April 25, 2020 at 2:58 AM #19284

Pea
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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.

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March 10, 2021 at 5:35 PM #24816

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

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

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December 5, 2021 at 12:08 PM #32432

Andrea Barghigiani
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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 😊

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December 27, 2021 at 11:37 PM #32883

Eugene
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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.

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February 1, 2023 at 4:52 PM #40375

Luca
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+1 for me either

As noted above a link field would be very useful

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February 16, 2024 at 6:35 AM #44581

Adam Hodson
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+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?

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