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ACF Live Preview

Adds a draggable, resizable live preview panel to the WordPress classic editor for ACF-powered pages.

by 8AM Creative · github.com/8amscott/acf-live-preview

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v1.0.2latest · 4mo ago

Install

Download acf-live-preview.zip From the v1.0.1 release on GitHub, May 4, 2026

Upload it under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, then activate.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/8amscott/acf-live-preview/releases/download/v1.0.1/acf-live-preview.zip

Updates itself. It ships its own updater (Plugin Update Checker), so new versions appear under Dashboard → Updates.

Readme github.com/8amscott/acf-live-preview ↗

WordPress plugin: draggable, resizable live preview panel inside the classic editor for ACF-powered pages.

Submits the post form to a hidden iframe (so ACF + post fields all get saved to an autosave revision), then loads the WordPress preview URL inside the panel iframe.

Installation

Upload as a normal WordPress plugin (zip the folder) or copy the folder into wp-content/plugins/.

Requires ACF (free or Pro) to be active.

Development

This is the canonical source. Per-site copies under wp-content/plugins/acf-live-preview/ should be kept in sync with this repo.

See CHANGELOG.md for version history.

Releases

2 releases. Each count is every asset in that release; expand a row for the breakdown.

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v1.0.2 latest

Jun 30, 2026 4mo ago

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v1.0.1

May 4, 2026 6mo ago

acf-live-preview.zip