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title: How to Add Google Drive Files to Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
description: "Do you want each post, product or project page to carry its own Google Drive files, like a brochure for every product or a photo set for every client? You can easily do this with **DriveHub** and **Advanced Custom Fields**.…"
url: "https://sovlix.com/docs/how-to-add-google-drive-files-to-advanced-custom-fields-acf/"
updated: "2026-10-07"
category: DriveHub / Media Integration
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# How to Add Google Drive Files to Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)

Do you want each post, product or project page to carry its own Google Drive files, like a brochure for every product or a photo set for every client? You can easily do this with **DriveHub** and **Advanced Custom Fields**.

DriveHub adds a **Google Drive Files** field type to ACF. Editors pick Drive files right on the edit screen, and a single DriveHub module can then show the files of whatever post it sits on.

Here is an easy, step-by-step guide to help you set it all up!

**Note:** The ACF integration needs DriveHub Pro and the Advanced Custom Fields plugin.

## Step 1: Turn On the ACF Integration

- Go to **DriveHub** > **Integrations** from your WP-Admin.
- Find the **Advanced Custom Fields** card under **Media and custom fields**.
- Turn on the switch. The card now says **Active**.
- Click **Save changes** in the bar at the bottom of the screen.

[![The Advanced Custom Fields card on the DriveHub Integrations page](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-01-enable-acf.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-01-enable-acf.webp)

**Tip:** If the card says **Advanced Custom Fields not detected**, install and activate ACF from **Plugins** > **Add New Plugin** first.

## Step 2: Add a Google Drive Files Field

Now create the field your editors will fill in:

- Go to **ACF** > **Field Groups** and click **Add New**.
- Give the group a title (for example, **Project Files**).
- In **Field Type**, choose **Google Drive Files** (you'll find it under **Content**).
- Type a **Field Label**, for example **Project Documents**. ACF fills in the **Field Name** for you (`project_documents`). Note this name down, you will need it in Step 5.

[![Choosing Google Drive Files as the ACF field type](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-02-add-drive-field.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-02-add-drive-field.webp)

## Step 3: Set a Minimum Number of Files (optional)

- In the field settings, fill in **Minimum files** if every post needs a certain number of files. Leave it at **0** for no minimum.
- Turn on **Required** if the field may never be left empty.
- Under **Settings** > **Location Rules**, choose where the field shows up (for example, **Post Type** is equal to **Post**).
- Click **Save Changes**.

[![The Minimum files setting of the Google Drive Files field](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-03-minimum-files.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-03-minimum-files.webp)

If an editor adds fewer files than the minimum, they see a message like "Please select at least 2 files." when they save.

## Step 4: Add Google Drive Files to a Post

- Open a post (or the post type you chose) for editing.
- Scroll to your **Project Documents** field and click on **Add File**.

[![The empty Project Documents field with the Add File button](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-04-add-file-button.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-04-add-file-button.webp)

- In the **Select Google Drive files** window, tick the files you want (for example, **Project Brief.docx** and **Budget 2026.xlsx**).
- Click **Confirm Selection**.

[![Picking Project Brief.docx and Budget 2026.xlsx in the Select Google Drive files window](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-05-pick-drive-files.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-05-pick-drive-files.webp)

The files now appear in a small table with their **Name** and **File ID**. Use **View** to open a file in Google Drive, **Download** to save it, or **Remove** to take it out of the field.

[![The Project Documents field listing two Google Drive files](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-06-field-with-files.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-06-field-with-files.webp)

- Click **Update** (or **Publish**) to save the post.

## Step 5: Show the Field's Files with a DriveHub Module

Here is where it gets handy. Build one module and use it on every post, and each post shows its own files:

- Go to **DriveHub** > **Modules** and create a new module (a **List** or **Gallery** works well), or open an existing one.
- On the **Source** tab, turn on **Use ACF field Files**.
- In **ACF Field Key**, type the field name from Step 2: `project_documents`.
- Click **Save module**.

[![Use ACF field Files turned on with project_documents as the ACF Field Key](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-07-use-acf-field-files.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-07-use-acf-field-files.webp)

Now add this module to your posts (or to your post template). On each post, the module shows the files picked in that post's **Project Documents** field.

[![A post showing Project Brief.docx and Budget 2026.xlsx from its Project Documents field](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-08-acf-frontend.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/drivehub-acf-08-acf-frontend.webp)

**Tip:** Developers can also read the files in a theme template with `get_field( 'project_documents' )`. Each file comes back with its `id`, `account_id`, `name`, `type`, `size`, `embed_link`, `download_link`, `view_link`, `icon_link` and `thumbnail_link`.

## Benefits of Using Google Drive with ACF

- **Files per post:** Every product, project or client page gets its own Google Drive files.
- **One module, many pages:** Build the module once and it follows each post's field.
- **Easy for editors:** Picking files is a click, with no links to copy.
- **Save WordPress storage:** Files stay in Google Drive, not in your uploads folder.
- **Developer friendly:** Use the file data in your own templates when you need to.

With **DriveHub** and ACF, your Google Drive files go exactly where each post needs them.