Héctor Prieto

Thanks again! Interesting, that helps. I’ll double check the fix just in case.

Hi there,

Thanks for reporting this issue. To help investigate, could you provide some additional information?

Environment details:

• WordPress version?
• Secure Custom Fields version?
• PHP version?
• Are you using the Block Editor (Gutenberg) or Classic Editor?

About the CPT/Taxonomy issue:

• When you say “selection sections didn’t appear” – could you share a screenshot of what you’re seeing vs. what you expected?
• Were you creating a new Post Type or Taxonomy through SCF → Post Types / Taxonomies?

About the missing Categories/Tags:

• Are they missing from the edit screen, the quick edit, or both?
• Could you check Screen Options (top-right of the edit post screen) and confirm whether Categories/Tags checkboxes are visible and checked?
• Does this affect all users or just your account?
• If you create a brand new admin user, do they also see the issue?

Any screenshots or additional context would be very helpful in narrowing this down.

Thanks for following up. I’ll mark this issue as resolved then, but let us know if you find any other issues.

Hi @inverseparadox ,

Thanks for reporting this issue. To help us investigate, could you please provide:

1. WordPress version
2. PHP version
3. Active theme (and whether issue persists with a default theme like Twenty Twenty-Four)
4. Other active plugins (or whether issue persists with only SCF active)
5. What changed during the server migration (PHP version, hosting provider, server software)?
6. Browser console output – the full error stack trace if possible
7. Can you reproduce on a fresh WordPress install?

Any additional details about your server environment before and after migration would help narrow this down.

• This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by Héctor Prieto.

Hi @s3nd41,

I’m sorry there’s still not enough documentation for it; here’s how to display your custom field content on the frontend:

Option 1: PHP in Theme Templates
Use the get_field() function in your theme files:

Option 2: Block Bindings (WordPress 6.5+)
In the block editor, you can bind core blocks to SCF fields:

1. Select a block (e.g., Paragraph)
2. Open the block settings sidebar
3. Under “Attributes”, click the connection icon
4. Select your SCF field

Option 3: Shortcodes
Note: Shortcodes are disabled by default in SCF 6.3+. To enable them, add this to your theme’s functions.php:

add_filter('acf/settings/enable_shortcode', '__return_true');

Then use: [acf field="your_field_name"]

Let me know if you need help with a specific field type!

Thanks, @kosmavision . The stacktrace was incredibly helpful to find the issue; a fix is underway and an updated version will be out as soon as possible, we’ll let you know.

• This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by Héctor Prieto.

I hope I haven’t lost everything by reinstalling the plugin.

Hi @mengeco. Reinstalling the plugin is fine, no content should be lost, all data lives safely in the database.

Hi again. A new working 6.5.4 version is available in the plugin directory. Since the site admin can’t be accessed, the plugin can be updated by running wp plugin update secure-custom-field in the installation folder. If the new version doesn’t appear, run first wp plugin list .

Can anyone confirm whether their update was broken through auto-updates? Auto-updates should be able to fix the problem automatically as well, it would be great if somebody could confirm it worked for them.

Sorry again for the inconvenience.