Welcome to Easy Content Manager (ECM) Custom Fields! This handy tool makes it simple to add extra fields to your WordPress edit screens, letting you store and manage unique information—like event dates, product details, or user profiles—anywhere you need. With a clean dashboard, you can decide where these fields show up and keep everything organized. Whether you’re building a blog or a complex site, ECM Custom Fields helps you customize your content effortlessly.

Open: Custom Fields

In your WordPress dashboard, go to: Content Manager → Field Groups.

You will see:

• Tabs: All, Active, Inactive, Trash
  
• Columns: Post Title, Description, Key, Location, Fields
  
• And add field group in the top right corner.

Use the tabs to filter groups. The Fields column shows how many fields are inside each group.

Create a Field Group

1. Click Add Field Group.
   
2. At the top, enter a Group Name.
   
3. Click Save Field Groups at any time to store your progress.

Add Fields to the Group

Inside the Field Groups panel:

• Each field row shows Label, Name, and others ( based on the field type).
  
• Actions per field: Edit, Duplicate, Delete.
  
• Tabs per field: General, Validation, Conditional Logic.

A. General

• Field Type: choose from options like Text, Textarea, Number, Email, URL, Password, Rich Text, File, Image, Video, Switch, Time, Date.
  
• Field Label: the title shown to the editor.
  
• Field Name: machine-friendly name (single word; underscores and dashes allowed).
  
• Default Value: optional prefilled value.
  

B. Validation

• Set basic rules (for example: required).
  
• Keep rules simple so editors understand what to enter.

C. Conditional Logic

• Show or hide this field based on other field values in the same group.
  
• Add conditions as needed to keep the form clean.

Add more fields: click + Add.
Finish a field: click Close or Close and Add Field to move on quickly.

Advanced Settings (for the Group)

At the bottom you’ll find Advanced Settings with tabs: 

1) Location Rules

Controls where this Field Group appears in the admin.

• Start with: Show this group if
  
• Example rule: Post Type is equal to Post
  
• Click And to add more rules within the same set.
  
• Click Add Rule Group to create an “OR” group (another set of rules).

After you save, the fields from this group will appear on the edit screen of the locations you selected.

3) Group Settings

Active and delete your existing field groups.

Save the Group

• Click Save Field Groups (top right).
  
• If the group is Active, it will show in the editor for the locations you set.
  
• You can switch groups to Inactive or move them to Trash from the list view.

Edit or Manage Field Groups

• Go to Content Manager → Field Groups.
  
• Use All / Active / Inactive / Trash to find items.
  
• Click a row to edit.
  
• Use the row actions to manage or delete fields inside a group.

Where the Fields Appear

Once saved and set with Location Rules, your fields will appear on the edit screen of the matching post type, page, or other location you chose (for example: Post Type = Post). Editors can fill in these extra fields right there, alongside the title and content.